While I worked at a LBS, there were tons of talk that one could essentially use shifter housing for their mechanical disc brakes to make it feel more like hydraulic brakes. You see, sometimes when you’re grabbing for some brakes on a mech set, your hands and arms tend to get tired because you’re applying [...]

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Some of us out there either 1) don’t want to pay $100 for a pair of sunglasses or 2) have disfigured faces. Lucky me, I fit both of those categories! Well, actually the bridge of my nose protrudes a lot more than a normal person’s(that or my eyes are sunken into my skull) so mainstream [...]

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Next week, I’ll be showing you something you can do with PVC pipes and a bike part!

So stay tuned!
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Having worked at a shop, building (assembling) bikes was something I became pretty good at. At times I can put 2-3 bikes together in an hour. While doing this, I learned a few tricks that will help you put your new bike together quickly.
First and foremost, you’ll need some basic tools. A pair of diagonal [...]

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Flat Free sent us some samples of the product to test and review for the site.

Here’s some info on the product:

Flat Free is a chemical solution tire sealant that when installed inside a tire, will provide full time protection against air loss for the entire life of a tire!
Flat Free is designed to seal
* tread [...]

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Here’s another “service” that Service Managers have come up with. But all it is taking money out of your wallet.
“Chem and lube.” This is a stupid service where they use fancy words like, “degrease, lubricate, moving parts,” and my favorite, “bicycle specific chemicals.” They may charge anywhere from $7.00-$15.00 to get this service done.
But [...]

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Race days comes sooner than you expect. Usually you’ve done quite a bit to get yourself prepared by training, and dieting. You’ve even check out the previous year’s race results to see how close you need to be in order to place or at least not be last. You’ve probably even test rode the course [...]

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It’s ridiculously easy. I did this in about 5 minutes.
1. Unthread the lever pivot set screw by using a 2.5 mm allen wrench and turning counterclockwise. Make sure to keep your hand underneath the brake as the screw may fall down suddenly.

2. Unthread the lever adjuster screw by using [...]

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Some people call this a diagonal bunny hop, or a sideways bunny hop. Our friend Scott Tauzin who has shown us how to do a regular bunny hop, is now demonstrating how to do a fancier style of bunny hopping that can be useful to to jump over logs, poop, ruts, sidewalks and old people.
Enjoy!

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On this week’s Thursday Tech Tip, I show you how to lube your brake and derailleur cables. But for some weird reason I said in the video “lube your chain”….it was late so I’ll give that one to being tired. Other than that, enjoy!

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