Never Ending Mountain Bike Maintenance

The trouble with having a nice Mountain Bike is that it takes a lot of looking after. Not only that, but if you have nice components on it then when they wear out you want to replace them with bits and pieces that are at least equal if not better than the originals and that gets expensive.

Recently my Commencal Meta 5.5.1 has had its rear wheel rebuilt after I snapped 3 spokes, so I’m now thinking of getting a brand new wheel for it as well. The bottom bracket wore out so I replaced it with a nice shiny Chris King bottom bracket, the best money can buy apparently. I did a wiper seal maintenance on the forks and rear shock and replaced the bushes on the shock, but now there is some wear on the bearings within the suspension linkage so it’s in having a new bearing set fitted.

What’s more, the chain is pretty worn so needs replacing and no doubt that means at least one of the chainrings and possibly the cassette needs replacing too.

The welsh mud and grit and rain and various bits of forest all take their toll on our hi-tech full suspension Mountain Bikes. I’m sure they used to last longer than this!

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Alan Cole

Alan is a Freelance Website Designer, Sports & Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad & husband with far too many hobbies: Triathlete, Swimming, Cycling, Running, MTBing, Surfing, Windsurfing, SUPing, Gardening, Photography.... The list goes on.

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