Tips for safer biking from the Firefox Bikes franchise

The Firefox Bikes franchise ’s website has a host of ideas for new bike riders. The bicycle franchise advices on safe riding and maintenance of bicycles for amateurs. The bicycle services franchise also gives a list of the chores that bikes need on a weekly and a monthly basis.

The ‘Firefox Guide to Safer Cycling’ features valuable advice. One has to make sure that the tyre pressures correct before starting the bike. One also needs to check on the brakes and the lights before alighting and taking off.

On a weekly basis, customers need to check on the conditions of the tyres and fix them up if necessary. The condition of the brakes needs to be checked too. Brakes should not be too tight or too loose. The chain lubrication and the perfect tightness of the nuts and bolts need to checked and fixed if necessary.

On a monthly basis, the bike owner should see if the cranks are tight enough and the gears are smooth enough. There should be no play in bottom bracket axle or wheel cones. The headset and the cable lubrication are the other important things.

The bicycle services franchise advises that new riders should must pedal slowly and aim to achieve a pedal rate of between 65 and 85 revolutions per minute. This may be difficult at first, but in the long run are best for the knees and leg muscles. Riders need to take frequents sips of water or any drink when they pedal any distance, especially in the hot weather.

Carrying a puncture repair kit all the time will be e great help, if not one will have to walk a long way when a puncture takes place. The kit should also contain an Allen key and a spanner, a dumbbell spanner with different nut sizes and the lock on the bike is a must.