Difficulty: How to Adjust Your Front Derailleur This guide will cover adjusting the front derailleur on a bicycle. Tools: Repair stand Small Phillips or Flat blade screwdriver Needle nose pliers 5mm Allen wrench 1. Place your bike in a repair stand if you have one, it will make the adjustment much easier. (You can always […]
How to Adjust Your Rear Derailleur
Difficulty: How to Adjust Your Rear Derailleur This tutorial will teach you to adjust your rear derailleur for the best shifting performance. Tools: Repair stand Small Phillips or Flat blade screwdriver 1. Place your bike in a repair stand if you have one, it will make the adjustment much easier. (You can always build a […]
How to Remove and Install Your Pedals
Difficulty: How to Remove and Install Pedals You’ll need: Pedal wrench Grease This guide will cover removing your old pedals and installing some new ones. The concept of removing and installing pedals is quite simple. However, it can be a very hard repair to do, depending on how strong you are. Also, remember that the […]
How to Properly Lube Your Chain
Difficulty: This video will show you how to properly clean then lube your bicycle chain. Applies to all chain-driven bicycles (road, mountain, BMX, etc.) How to Properly Clean and Lube Your Chain Here is a very, very important part of bike maintenance: keeping your chain properly lubricated! You need: Chain lube (like ProLink) A rag […]
How to Clean Your Rims and Brake Pads fo...
Difficulty: This video will show you how to clean your rims and brake pads for better braking performance. Applies to road and mountain bikes using rim brakes (V-brakes, U-brakes, cantilever brakes, caliper brakes.) How to Clean Your Rims and Brake Pads for Better Braking Performance by Levi Bloom An easy way to get better braking […]
How to Replace Your Cassette
This video will show you how to replace the cassette cluster on a road or mountain bike. It demonstrates removal of the old cassette and installation of a new cassette. Difficulty: How To Replace a Cassette on a Road or Mountain Bike This guide will cover removing the old cassette and installing a new […]
How to Grease a Carbon Seatpost
This video will show you how to grease a carbon seatpost. This applies to all carbon bicycles, as well as any bicycle using a carbon seatpost. And here is further information about where to use carbon fiber assembly compound.
How to Grease Your Seatpost
Difficulty: How To Remove, Grease, and Install Your Seatpost One thing I like to do with any bike is grease the seatpost. You don’t want to deal with a stuck seatpost later on, so it’s worthwhile to do some preventative maintenance. This guide will teach you how to remove your seatpost, grease it, and reinstall […]
How to Patch a Tube (with a Glueless Pat...
Difficulty: This video will show you how to patch a bicycle tube using a glueless patch. How to Patch a Tube (with a Glueless Patch) Why waste your money buying a ton of new tubes when you can patch your old tubes and reuse them? A well-patched tube is just as strong as a new […]
How to Patch a Tube (with a Patch + Glue...
Difficulty: This video will show you how to patch a bicycle tube using the traditional method of a patch and glue (rubber cement.) How to Patch a Tube Why waste your money buying a ton of new tubes when you can patch your old tubes and reuse them? A well-patched tube is just as strong […]