newcross wrote:A-bike's steering (and folding mechanism) appears to be on a stiff side at first, but it gets much smoother as you ride more.
Part
A: taking apart is a little tricky and doesn't affect steering that much to me actually.
B: this and
D catch
C too tightly sometimes, and it canbe a cause of heavy steering, so loosen this using 3mm allen key and shift it upwords does help. (it doesn't move much though.)
Very first production batch seems to have a rather rough quality for this (
B) part, so in this case, try smoothing the
B's contact surface with
C by sanding.
In case of lubricating for improving steering, just remove part
B then you can lub part
C (consists of two plastic washer and the main part) in anyway you like.
(*sanding down part
C's plastic washer isn't a good idea.)
I bet
we'd better avoid using those "multi purpose oil" for our A-bike, 'cos these oil seems to be mineral-base oil, which could destroy plastic materials.
hey new cross, before undertaking this very delicate surgery to my abike,
i read all the post, and of course, since i dont belong to this world, subsequently i am not use to those technical terms, i am lost!!!
so just to make sure, i copy one paragraph.
In case of lubricating for improving steering, just remove part
B then you can lub part
C (consists of two plastic washer and the main part) in anyway you like.
(*sanding down part
C's plastic washer isn't a good idea.)
you emphasized that sanding down the part c, is not a good idea.
i am confused!!
i have managed to gather the tools to unscrew the part c, to do what i have been suggested, but the above warning made me think.
since i dont know what those material are, i just want to go with the easy way, and that is sanding the damn part.
should i go ahead?
P.s sorry for reviving an old thread.