Bicycle Maintenance Gear in K.K.
When my bike started to get really stiff on the pedal, I decided it was time to begin learning how to maintain my bicycle. Since I had no clue how to go about degreasing, oiling, and maintaining a bike I turned to The Complete Bike Book: Choosing, Riding, and Maintaining Your Bike, which I got a year before I bought my GT bike! The book has instructional photographs on how to maintain a bike, which made it easier for me to learn on my own. While it is quite a comprehensive guidebook it lacked recommendations on brands of chain lubes, so I posted a question on Facebook asking for some suggestions.
A few people came back with some ideas ranging from Singer oil to WD-40. Eventually I chose to heed the advice of Clement and headed to Spring Trading to get Pedro’s Lube! While I was there, I realized I needed a couple of more tools to make the maintenance process easier. I got a working stand (RM45), track pump (RM25), cleaning brushes (RM54), and Pedro’s lube (RM 32). The bike shop owner recommended that I use WD-40 (RM 14.90) as a degreaser so I stopped by at the supermarket to pick a can up.
I’m pretty proud to say that my first maintenance session was pretty successful. Pedro’s lube is really silky smooth; took the bike out for a 45 min spin and it rode smoothly and beautifully! Now the next step would be to learn how to maintain the other bike parts and change a flat tire. Wish me luck!!!
To get your bike supplies in K.K., you can head to Spring Trading at Kampung Air:-
Spring Trading Co.
No. 5, Ground Floor, Jln Sentosa,
88000 Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah, Malaysia.
Tel: 088-26 2201
When I first read about you mountain-biking I instantly thought, “Hey! This woman is not all talk and no action.” Now that I am reading about you taking care of your bike yourself, I am thinking, “I can’t believe that this woman is getting her fingers dirty doing this.” You surprise me, Jackie!
Oh, I also clicked on the photo you took of the kitesurfer. That is one cool sport I wish to take up someday. May be you should give it a go too.
Back again but this time I have a question.
Imagine that you are a parent of two. You can pick the gender if you like. Do you know of any good community activities for families with young children to participate in for free/minimal costs in KK/Sabah? Do you know if any is offered on a regular basis? Is there such a thing as Little Athletics?
Hey I only just saw the tab at the top that allows me to contact you directly via email. Do you mind if I contact you via email if I have other questions?
@Pinchy
I thoroughly welcome email comments from my readers but due to my hectic schedule I may not be in a position to respond to some questions at all and others in a timely manner! Best wishes… – Jackie
Thanks Pinchy, glad you like my blog posts. As I’m not a parent nor a school teacher, I don’t actually know about kiddy activities happening in KK. Perhaps it’s better to ask friends in KK who have children?
Hi!
Came upon this blog while trying to find someone blogging about cycling in KK. By the way, I would stay away from using WD-40 as a degreaser or anywhere near the chain. It works but also wears the chain faster.
I know a lot of cyclist does that but well … I would like to believe that they have not been informed or read much into that matter.
Here’s some info though.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2484782/working_on_your_bicycle_skip_the_wd40.html
http://bicycletutor.com/no-wd40-bike-chain/
More on Park Tool stuffs: (of course, there are other brands as well out there non WD-40)
http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=8&item=CL-1
Hi MS,
Thanks for your comment! Actually I have read somewhere about WD-40 corroding the chain but they clean so well. The mild soap and water solution sounds like the sensible thing to do though saying that, won’t water with sodium lauryl sulfate cause some rusting between the links?
Jackie