Low maintenance!
Aux1
Posts: 865
I'd just like to post my impressions after almost 3 months of riding the new bike.
I had an old one before. It required the standard chain cleaning and lubing. Besides that, I always had to adjust the V-brakes. Screeching, power loss, pad rubbing, asymmetry, cleaning the rims... They always needed maintenance! The hub and BB bearings needed cleaning and regreasing. The headset needed tightening now and then. Also, the derailleurs had to be adjusted pretty often. I remember having a service day on the balcony the day after every ride. It was a really good bike for the price, but it doesn't hold a candle to the new one.
I was surprised how little maintenance it requires... Clean and relube the chain every 1-2 weeks or as needed, wipe off the dirt and lube the stanchions, and that's about it! Nothing needs adjusting, brakes and shifters work perfectly, all bolts are tight, I can abuse it in mud and water, get home, clean it and relube it, and it runs like new. I never thought it would be that simple! I hope it will remain that way too... [:)]
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KTM Ultra Flite 2007
I had an old one before. It required the standard chain cleaning and lubing. Besides that, I always had to adjust the V-brakes. Screeching, power loss, pad rubbing, asymmetry, cleaning the rims... They always needed maintenance! The hub and BB bearings needed cleaning and regreasing. The headset needed tightening now and then. Also, the derailleurs had to be adjusted pretty often. I remember having a service day on the balcony the day after every ride. It was a really good bike for the price, but it doesn't hold a candle to the new one.
I was surprised how little maintenance it requires... Clean and relube the chain every 1-2 weeks or as needed, wipe off the dirt and lube the stanchions, and that's about it! Nothing needs adjusting, brakes and shifters work perfectly, all bolts are tight, I can abuse it in mud and water, get home, clean it and relube it, and it runs like new. I never thought it would be that simple! I hope it will remain that way too... [:)]
<font size="1">To clip or not to clip, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind of men to suffer the dings and contusions of unclipp'd riding, or to bind thy feet against a sea of gnarly singletrack and by these contraptions, ride o'er them with ease. To clip... to slip no more, and by clipping to end the buttache and the thousand natural shocks that ryders are heir to; tis a consummation devoutly to be honed. No clip - to slip perchance to be thrashed most heinously...</font id="size1">
KTM Ultra Flite 2007
http://tinyurl.com/357krj The mud hog
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