{"id":81507,"date":"2008-09-16T23:26:22","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T14:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=81507"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:15","slug":"deco-mainte-small-stories-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20080916\/everyday-events\/deco-mainte-small-stories-part-1","title":{"rendered":"Deco-mainte Small Stories, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There’s an inspection and maintenance record book.
\nYou get one when you buy a new bike, right? But honestly, most of the time the inspection is pretty minimal\u2014just visual checks, and they rarely actually disassemble and inspect things hands-on.
\nThat’s what I think, anyway.
\nSo that’s why we decided to inspect the spots that look like they should be checked but usually aren’t, plus all the necessary items.
\nDisassembly and lubrication of the brake lever, clutch lever, shift pedal, and brake pedal.
\nYou take these parts off, clean them, grease them up, check that they work, and tighten them back down.
\nIt’s a hassle. On my own bike, I used to just squirt some oil on from the outside, but that kind of lubrication doesn’t last long.
\nThe durability just isn’t there.
\nWhat goes in easy comes out easy, I think.
\nSo every now and then, take them apart, clean them up, apply a thin, even coat of grease, and improve how smoothly they work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

           There’s an inspection and maintenance record book. You get one when you buy a new bike, right? But honestly, most of the time the inspection is pretty minimal\u2014just visual checks, and they rarely actually disassemble and inspect things hands-on. That’s what I think, anyway. So that’s why we decided to inspect the spots that look like they should be checked but usually aren’t, plus all the necessary items. Disassembly and lubrication of the brake lever, clutch lever, shift pedal, and brake pedal. You take these parts off, clean them, grease them up, check that they work, and tighten them back down. It’s a hassle. On […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-81507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}