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Miscellaneous Topics - Repairs |
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6 Awful Things People Do To Suspension
Save your suspension by avoiding these mistakes. |
How to Maintain Cables
4 ways to get rid of the sluggishness. |
How to Maintain Your Seatpost
A neglected post can trash your whole bike. Here's how to stop it. |
How to Maintain Your Seatpost
A neglected post can trash your whole bike. Here's how to stop it. |
Simple Saddle Adjustment
Small shifts can squeeze more speed and power out of your legs. |
How to Take Care of Your Stem
3 short steps to a trouble-free stem |
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Miscellaneous Topics - Tools |
Tool Service and Tool Instructions,
such TS-2 Truing Stand Service and Repair Clamp service |
Handlebar tape wrapping and MTB grip installation
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Torque specifications for bicycle fasteners |
Bicycle washing and cleaning |
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Threaded fastener concepts |
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Wheels & Tire - Repairs |
5 Awful Things People Do To Wheels
Want your wheels to stay true? Don't do this |
How To True Your Wheel
Try these 11 steps before heading to the shop. |
How to Maintain Wheels
A guide to keep your wheels turning round. |
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Wheels & Tire - Tools |
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Tires- replacing tires and/or inner tubes and
removal or installation of wheels |
Inner tubes- patching and repair with the GP-2
Super Patch or VP-1 patch kits |
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Wheels- truing and rim straightening |
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Dishing or Centering Wheel |
Hubs- overhaul and adjusting (cone-type, not
cartridge) |
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Measuring Wheel Spoke tension |
Hubs- overhaul and adjusting (cone-type, not
cartridge) |
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Cassette Cogs, Hubs and Freehubs - Repairs |
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How to Maintain a Cassette Body
Cassette care is easy—just follow these steps. |
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Cassette Cogs, Hubs and
Freehubs - Tools |
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Rear cogs- removing and installing cassettes or
freewheels |
Hubs- overhaul and adjusting (cone-type, not
cartridge) |
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Freehub- removal and service |
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Derailleur and Shifting
(front and rear) - Repairs |
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How to Maintain a Rear Derailleur
5 shortcuts for fine-tuning the most-intimidating component. |
How to Maintain Your Front Derailleur
3 simple ways to ensure smooth shifts. |
How to Maintain Your Front Derailleur
3 simple ways to ensure smooth shifts. |
Emergency Derailleur Fix
Quick repairs—and how to avoid derailleur spoke tangles. |
Tune Your Front Derailleur
Step-by-step guide—plus why it's so important. |
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Derailleur and Shifting (front
and rear) - Tools |
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Rear derailleur- limit screws and index settings |
Shift Lever- cable installation |
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Rear derailleur- overhaul |
Wire cable-sizing and cutting inner wire cable and
housing (gear and brake) |
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Rear derailleur- bent hanger |
Chainline and use CGL-2 |
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Front derailleur- limits screws and index settings |
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Chain -
Repairs |
2 Quick Ways to Test Chain Tension
Is it too tight or too loose? Check here. |
How to Maintain Your Chain
3 fast fixes for cycling's most-neglected part. |
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Chain - Tools |
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Chain- sizing derailleur chain (how long should it
be) |
Chain tension on two-sprocket bikes (one-speeds) |
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Chain- removing or installing |
Tandems- Chain Tension of Primary Chain |
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Fixing tight chain links |
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Bottom Bracket -
Repairs |
How to find the source of a creak—and fix it. |
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Bottom Bracket - Tools |
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Bottom bracket Tool Selection tools for various
types of cartridge bottom bracket service |
Bottom bracket- Adjusting Type including Dura-Ace
BB7700 and XTR BB-M950 |
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Bottom bracket- Cartridge Bearing Type Including
Campagnolo® types, Race Face®, Turavtiv®, and most Shimano®
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Tapping and Facing Bottom Bracket Threads- use of
BTS-1 and BFS-1 |
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Troubleshooting creaking/popping crankarms and
noisy drive train |
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Crankarm and Pedal -
Repairs |
How to Maintain Your Crankset
Quick TLC for one of your bike's most-stressed components. |
Pedal Power
5 things you should know about pedals |
How to Maintain 747 Off-Road Pedals
8 ways to ensure easy exit and entry. |
How to Maintain Pedals
The four most common pedal problems—solved |
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Crankarm
and Pedal - Tools |
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Crankarms- Round-spline type crankarm
removing/installing (Shimano® pipe billet, Octalink® or ISIS Drive®
types) |
Crankarms- Square-spindle type removing/installing |
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Troubleshooting creaking/popping crankarms and
noisy drive train |
Crankarm cassette spider locking- removal and
installation |
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Pedals- removing/installing pedals |
Overhauling Shimano® SPD pedals |
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Headset Bearings and Stem -
Repairs |
Quick Headset Maintenance
Your 6-step guide to getting it done right. |
How to Maintain Your Headset
A few simple steps for threaded and threadless headsets. |
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Headset
Bearings and Stem - Tools |
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Threaded headsets- adjustment, removal and
installation |
Threaded headsets- adjustment, removal and
installation |
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Headset Standards and Nomenclature |
Headtube Facing and Reaming |
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Brake Lever and Brake Caliper
- Repairs |
How to Maintain
Rim Brakes
4 simple solutions to a finicky adjustment. |
Disc Brake Maintenance-No Problem!
Disc brakes may look hard to maintain. But it's easy to keep them
performing well. |
How to Maintain Disc Brakes
4 steps to super stopping power. |
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Brake Lever
and Brake Caliper - Tools |
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Cable housing- sizing and cutting inner wire cable
and housing (gear and brake) |
Linear-pull caliper brake adjustment (including
Shimano V-brake®) |
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Brake Lever- cable fitting into lever |
Cantilever caliper brake adjustment |
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Dual pivot caliper brake adjustment |
Sidepull caliper brake adjustment |
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Handlebar Tape Wrapping |
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Frame, Fork, and
Suspension - Repairs |
How to Maintain Your Frame
6 steps to keep the largest part of the bike strong. |
How To Maintain A Fork
5 fast ways to diagnose problems before they become disasters. |
How to Maintain Rear Suspension
The most-important at-home checks for your rear suspension. |
How To Set Suspension Sag
It takes less than 10 minutes—and no tools! |
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Frame, Fork,
and Suspension - Tools |
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Bottom bracket shell tapping and facing- use of
BTS-1 and BFS-1 |
Headtube Facing and Reaming |
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Fork Crown Machining |
Fork- length and sizing |
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Headset Standards and Nomenclature |
Frame and Fork Dropout Alignment |
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Derailleur Hanger Alignment |
Frame Alignment |
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Chainline and use CGL-2 |
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