Mountain Bike Maintenance and Cleaning List

Cleaning your Mountain Bike and Mountain Bike Maintenance are things that belong to owning and riding Mountain Bike. In this section we provide you with tool and material lists that are needed for Cleaning and Maintaining your bike.

To Clean your Mountain Bike, it is best to have the following list of stuff prepared.

• Bucket of clean water and sponge
• Liquid soap diluted in a bucket of warm water
• Degreaser (WD-40 or kerosene)
• Brushes of different sizes (old toothbrushes may be used)
• Soft cloth to dry bike (we recommend chamois, makes life easier when drying your bike, and your car)
• Automatic chain cleaner (optional)

When Maintaining your Mountain Bike, a mix of special and ordinary tools may be used.

Below are three lists that are handy for Specific Mountain Bike Maintenance, Everyday and When you are Riding.

Tools specifically for Mountain Bike Maintenance:

• Floor pump or hand pump
• Cable cutter
• Chain whip
• Chain-riveting tool
• Crank puller
• Flat cone wrench set
• Free-wheel splined socket
• Headset wrenches compatible to your headset
• Spoke wrench
• Tire lever set

Tools that may prove handy when riding:

• Spare tire tube
• Puncture repair kit
• Multi-tool with essential allen wrenches
• Chain-riveting tool
• Tire lever set
• Hand pump
• Pocket knife
• Piece of rubber to repair tire cuts

Everyday tools that may be found in any hardware:

• Philips and flat screw driver set
• Open ended and ring combination wrench set (6mm-17mm)
• Socket wrench with socket (6mm-17mm)
• Wide size range of allen keys
• Adjustable wrench
• Long-nose pliers
• Utility pliers

Knowing how to clean and maintain your bike is very important so that you can be assured that you can use your bike for a longer period of time.

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