While wrenching on my bikes I realized I’d always have to run upstairs to grab a bottle opener. Since a good brew is essential to any wrenching session I decided to finally make myself a personalized bottle opener. I’d seen a couple of these how to articles with different methods, one of which was using [...]

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This week’s Thursday Tech Tip show you how to do a kick out. You can use this to kill water bottles, realign your rear wheel if you’re going down a trail or just for fun. Check it out…

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It wasn’t too long ago that I learned more about pumping. This is a pretty common practice with BMX guys. Basically when you’re going through rhythm section or roller/bump, you pump or push down on your handle bars and legs on the back side to help you gain some free speed to the next roller. [...]

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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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