With the dryer than normal late winter/early spring weather, the mountain bike has been getting a bit more of a workout than normal. Usually, we plan to do any major maintenance when the wet weather is over, no sense installing a bunch of new parts then take them out in the mud, although dusty conditions aren’t much better. Bottom line is that a lot of parts on the trusty Giant need to be replaced, today is the day.
The big job is to replace all of the suspension bearings, a number of them are worn out or “flat spotted”. While the bike is apart, might as well service the rear shock as well. The chain and cassette need to be replaced as well as the front chain rings. I think the rear brake caliper is slowing leaking through the pistons and will probably need to be replaced, but I think I may hold off on that until the leaking really gets bad. Those brakes are not cheap, need to get everything you can out of them.
Blogging is over, off to the bike shop…