Bicycling Magazine provide a pretty solid maintenance checklist for those getting their fair-weather bike out of storage, whether because they didn’t ride this winter or because they rode a beater bike.

The League of American Bicyclists ABC QuickCheck, as taught in Bike Ed courses, is a good checklist to execute each and every time you take the bike out for a ride.

Taking good care of your ride makes for a more pleasant bicycling experience for you and for anyone you might choose as a riding companion.

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Author: julie

Julie Kosbab is an online marketing consultant and active transportation advocate living in Anoka County, Minnesota. She was one of Minnesota's only League of American Bicyclists Certified Instructors when certified in 2005. She is a past member of the National Bicycle Tour Directors Association. She has 2 children and 4 bicycles. Find her on Twitter as @betweenstations.