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A little maintenance here and there.... Bought the Sunny spin bike in late September and use it 2-3 times a week quite vigorously. Here are a couple tips from a former bike mechanic and spinning instructor that may help extend the life of your bike. 1. Lubricate all the friction points, include brake cable inserts, brake arm mounts, all bolts and screws, tension knob threads, with tri-flow lubricant prior to riding and periodically thereafter---I do mine once a month. 2. Use bike grease on the slider components such as the seat post, handlebar insert and saddle insert. This will make it easy to adjust and prevent seizing. 3. Check the torque of all bolts and screws (use a driver) either with a tension wrench, or barring that, a socket wrench and appropriate metric sockets and allen sockets. Refer to Sunny customer support for torque specs, or if you're comfortable, do it by feel--basically, you don't want play in the pedal arms nor looseness (or over torque, for that matter) in the bolts and screws. 4. GREASE the pedal threads prior to installing your SPDs or regular pedals. Don't overtighten the pedal. they should be on solidly (use a pedal wrench) or at least a good box wrench and give them a balanced tightening so that they're really on there, BUT DON'T overdo it! Crank arms are easily strippable. 5.Grab each crank arm and pull side to side and check for any play. There shouldn't be. If there is, flip the dust cap off and tighten the crank arms with a socket to the manufacturer's specs. *I don't know what the specs are, check with CS, or, if you've worked on your own bikes, torque a bit at a time until the play or wiggle is gone. 6. Lubricate the felt brake pads with silicon based lube periodically. I do mine every week. Wipe down the flywheel after each use. I haven't had to lubricate the chain on my bike yet, but I think it's probably a good idea. Just haven't taken the chain guard off yet. 7. Check tightness of knobs, screws, bolts regularly. tighten and re-lube as necessary. Take the tension off the flywheel after each ride. In short, take care of the bike with regular light maintenance and it should be fine.