{"id":88,"date":"2026-07-06T21:39:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/bike-rental\/2026\/07\/06\/simple-bike-care-habits\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T21:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:39:39","slug":"simple-bike-care-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/bike-rental\/2026\/07\/06\/simple-bike-care-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Bike Care Habits That Keep You Rolling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead mb-4\">Four habits that take a minute each and prevent almost every roadside problem we get called out to.<\/p><h3 class=\"mb-3 mt-4\">Check the Tyres Before You Ride<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">Squeeze them. If your thumb sinks in easily, pump them up. Under-inflated tyres are the single most common cause of a puncture and they make every ride feel harder than it is.<\/p><h3 class=\"mb-3 mt-4\">Keep the Chain Clean, Not Drowned<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">A wiped chain with a drop of oil on each link outlasts a soaked one by months. Too much oil collects grit and turns into a grinding paste. Wipe the excess off; that step is the whole trick.<\/p><h3 class=\"mb-3 mt-4\">Listen for New Noises<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">Bikes are quiet. A click that appears today and is still there tomorrow is telling you something, usually that a bolt is loose. Bring it in before it becomes a part you have to replace.<\/p><h3 class=\"mb-3 mt-4\">Test the Brakes at Walking Pace<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">Roll forward and pull each lever separately. If either goes near the bar, the pads or the cable need attention. Thirty seconds at the start of a ride, and it is the check that matters most.<\/p><p class=\"mb-3\">Every bike we rent has all four of these done before it goes out. On a bike of your own they are yours to keep up.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four habits that take a minute each and prevent almost every roadside problem we get called out to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,24,25],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-maintenance","tag-safety","tag-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/bike-rental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/bike-rental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/bike-rental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/bike-rental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/bike-rental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/bike-rental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/bike-rental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/bike-rental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/bike-rental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/bike-rental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}