help for a new " female " newby

babybellebooboo

hi all
my husband and i have just bought a couple of second hand bikes for recreation and keeping fit. i would just like some help and advice on some of the components on the bikes and what i need to do to keep ourselves safe
my husband has a carrera fury with the following specs
rockshox 318 with 2 lockout dials...i understand when to use suspension and when not to but don't understand the travel dial etc.
avid juicy 3 hydraulic discs.....do i need to top this up and how do i know when to

also the front wheel was removed for transportation but am having trouble refitting the wheel due to the disc brake not going in to its holder ??... what am i doing wrong.

please be patient with me. i don't have much money to be paying for a service etc on both bikes

thank you in anticipation
karen

rick_chasey

This won't be much use but I'd suggest posting this in the mountain-biking part of the forum - they're more likely to know about disc brakes and suspension etc.

babybellebooboo

thank you i will do

Schobiedoo

Not sure whether you got an answer on the other forum.

You should not need to top up the hydraulic fluid on your brakes unless they start feeling "spongy" which means they have air in them. This should be very rare though.

I would imagine that when you took the front wheel out, the brake lever got squeezed forcing the pads together. Carefully get a flat-bladed screwdriver between them and push them apart. It may take some force, but they're designed for this. Just be careful not to damage the pads.

I'm not sure which model of fork it is (look at the name on it "Tora", "Recon", etc) which will help identify the dials. Cheap forks have two dials for spring pressure in each leg, expensive forks have one (left) which controls the spring tension, and the other (right) for the rebound/lockout.

Hope this helps