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By fang_x on 10/2/2007 i am new to mountain biking, i purchased a somewhat older mountain bike, a giant Ac1 from 2001, for a pretty good price. any how it has marzocchi z1 drop off front suspension and stock rear suspension, as i am new to this can someone give me step by step instructions on how to maintain the bike. i know the basics like how to adjust the derialuers and tighten the bolts ^_^. but for the suspension is there any special things i should be looking for the maintenance of it?
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Mountain bike maintenance
Forum: Advice
Bike repair: Fork and brakes
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By MikeG on 10/23/2006 on MikeG's blog
Today was a crappy weather day, cold and rainy all day. Usually my seven year old son and I go for a 15k ride every Sunday. I take it easy and he rides his little butt off! He is amazing. He wants to go a little farther every week. Someday when he is older (I think he said 12) he wants to do the squeezer race with me. Well today I decided to change the brake pads, since I've been killing the brakes with all of that mud, especially yesterday. I also was getting the feeling that I was losing the back brakes in a real hurry. Never did this before, so today I figured out a good method of tightening the pads right to the rim with the adjustment on the lever all the way out. As soon as I was done with tightening the cable, I returned the lever adjustment back, and it was just the right distance from the rim for good braking/no interference. |
