Breaking in a new bike....

Stoo61

Does it take a bit of time to break in a bike?

I reaslise that the brakes need to bed in and also the forks but does that mean you shouldn't thrash it straight away?

Tis' my first reletively expensive brand new bike so dont want to ruin it straight away.

The Northern Monkey

Make sure its fully lubed and ride it gently until its loosened up

nicklouse

and then take it back for its first free service at 4-6 weeks.

jayson

Whenever ive had a new bike i always avoid the ruff stuff for the first 50 or so miles just to give the wheels time to bed in properly before i venture off road.

After that i just make sure everything is tight where it should be and that everything else is nicely lubed then im away, job done!!!

dave_hill

bigbenj_08 wrote:

Make sure its fully lubed and ride it gently until its loosened up

...I'll get my coat...