Introduction
Hello everyone, is my first time in this amazing community, I love to explore new opportunities and so while going round the hive environment I discovered this community and I said to myself,it is a place to be and I am very much delighted to meet wonderful friends here. I am teachable , please feel free to draw my attention to what I am not doing right as regards to the community rules and regulations.
Today I will be sharing content as regards to the above topic.Everyone desires to own aleast one mode of transportation and one of the amazing means of transportation I love so much is the bicycle, I love it because it serves several purposes. One of the purpose of owning a bicycle is that cycling with it is a form of exercise which is good to the body and for you to have a smooth and enjoyable experience while cycling your bicycle has to be in good condition.I will be sharing some ways of maintaining your bicycle in order to have a good cycling experience.
What is maintenance
Maintenance can be defined as the processes involved in preserving something to be in good condition. It also involves immediate repairs when damaged.
Types of maintenance
There are four different types of maintenance
Proactive maintenance : This is the type of maintenance that for sees and fix equipment failure before it occurs.
Predictive maintenance : This is the type of maintenance that helps to ascertain the state of an equipment in order to alert when maintenance is to be implemented.
Preventive maintenance : This is the type of maintenance that is carried out regularly to help prevent any form of failure in the future .
Corrective maintenance : This is the type of maintenance that is carried out to know the fault of an equipment or machine so that it can be restored properly back to a workable condition.
Essential ways of bike maintenance
There are seven essential ways of maintaining your bicycle for a good cycling experience there are;
Always inspect your tires.
Never allow your bike to be kept dirty make sure to clean it.
Often check your brakes.
Always look out for your bolts screws and nuts to be sure they are well tightened.
Make sur to always lubricate your drive train when need be.
Get trained on how to fix your flat tire in order to be on the safe side incase of eventuality.
Never neglect servicing your bike.
Conclusion
When we carried out this mentioned practices to maintain our bike ,our bikes will be in good condition and we will sure have an amazing cycling experience.