Bike maintenance

Regular bike maintenance helps keep your bike safe, efficient, and enjoyable to ride. The Walk Wheel Cycle Trust highlights the importance of routine checks such as cleaning the bike thoroughly, degreasing and lubricating the chain, and performing an M‑check to inspect tyres, brakes, gears, handlebars, and other key components for safety and proper function.

BikeRight also emphasises keeping your bike clean, carrying out basic preventative maintenance, and learning essential skills—either through their hands‑on maintenance courses or at Dr Bike sessions where qualified mechanics can check and tune your bike.

The video below by Bikeability shows you how to do a basic check on your bike.