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It's always good to have an old rag lying around to clean off grease and your hands and a variety of bicycle parts. This can be pretty much anything. I have a tendency to use any sock that I can't find its partner for, or an old t-shirt.
rag Tutorials
Clean a Bike Chain
Cleaning your chain is an essential part of bike maintenance that a lot of people neglect. Cleaning it will save you a lot of money in the long run and will make your bike run better. It will save...
Type: Repair Tutorial
Essential Items for a Basic Repair Kit
What to have in your repair kit:
This is for a basic repair kit- the essentials.
First, you should definitely have a pump. In the video is a morph pump, which can morph out and...
Type: Repair Tutorial
How to Rotafix (tighten/loosen) a Fixed Gear Cog without Chain Whip
How to Rotafix:
Rotafix is a technique for tightening or loosening a cog without a chain whip.
Why Roafix? Because standard chain whips do not fit 1/8” cogs, and you get the...
Type: Repair Tutorial
How to Put Decals on a Bike Frame
How to apply decals only your bike:
For this you will need the decals, wax and grease remover, rag, and painter’s tape to prevent you from damaging the paint on your bike or ripping any off...
Type: Repair Tutorial
How to Remove Paint from Bicycle Frame
How to remove paint from your bike frame:
There are a few things you’ll need when removing paint from your frame: paint remover, paintbrush, some steel wool and/or some sandpaper.
...
Type: Repair Tutorial
How to Check and Adjust a Front Derailleur
How to adjust a front derailleur:
Before you adjust your front derailleur, make sure that the rear one is working properly. For this job, all you will need is a 5mm allen wrench, a phillips...
Type: Repair Tutorial
How to Check and Adjust a Rear Derailleur
How to adjust your rear derailleur:
What does your rear derailleur actually do? It is responsible for moving your chain from one cog to the next. It does this by pushing or pulling the...
Type: Repair Tutorial
Remove a Tubular Tire and Excess Glue from Zipp Rims
This video will show you how to remove a tubular tire and how to remove the excess glue from the rim bed afterwards.
There are two ways to remove the tire from your rim. If you do not plan...
Company: Zipp
Type: Repair Tutorial
How to Bleed SRAM Hydraulic Disc Brakes
This video will show you how to properly bleed your SRAM Hydraulic disc brakes.
You will need the following tools and supplies: Avid Bleed Kit, T10 Torx Wrench, 2.5 mm Hex wrench, torque...
Type: Repair Tutorial
How to Stop External Bottom Bracket Creaks and Remove Cranks
Taking off crank and eliminating creaks:
This video will deal with external bottom bracket styles. You will need a chain breaker, bottom bracket puller, 8mm allen, 4-5-6 mm allen, a...
Type: Repair Tutorial
Mounting of CeramicSpeed with BB30 Bottom Brackets and Tool
CeramicSpeed bearings are hand made in Denmark from the finest quality components and special CeramicSpeed balls. Each part is designed to have the lowest friction possible and the longest...
Company: CeramicSpeed Park
Type: Repair Tutorial
DIY How to Tighten Loose Water Bottle Bosses/Rive-nuts
“I have an old CAAD 6 road frame and the lower water bottle boss on the down tube has come loose. Do you have any tips to fix it?”
Water bottle bosses are also known as rive-nuts, and they...
Type: Repair Tutorial
Fix Bike Crank Bolt Issues
For the most part bolts that creek or are loose are a pretty easy fix, either tighten them, lube them, or replace them. That's partly true with bicycle bolts as well but when dealing with the...
Company: Truvativ
Type: Repair Tutorial
Maintenance for Shimano Saint Pedals
Today, I’m going to show you how to look after your Shimano Saint pedals. You don’t need many tools and you just need a bit of grease, so there’s no reason not to get your hands dirty. Shimano...
Type: Repair Tutorial
Cut and Resize Shimano Disc Brake Hose
Today, we are going to be cutting the hose. As you can see I installed this hose and it's huge. You can do this off the bike or on the bike, however you like. I do it on, because I...
Type: Repair Tutorial
How To Paint a Bicycle Frame
While your bike frame performs mainly a functional purpose of holding all the components together and yourself upright, that doesn't mean it can't be stylish at the same time. Whether you're...
Type: Repair Tutorial
How to Bleed Magura Hydraulic Brakes
I’ll probably repeat it a bah-jillion times but it is worth repeating: if you are bleeding hydraulic brakes, mineral oil and DOT fluid ARE NOT INTERCHANGABLE! It’s kind of like when they tell you...
Type: Repair Tutorial
How to Bleed Shimano Hydraulic Disc Brakes
Hydraulic brakes work by applying pressure to a liquid in a tube. They work by means of a piston in the lever which shoots liquid into the caliper piston which causes the brakes to clamp...
Company: Shimano
Type: Repair Tutorial
How to Clean & Lube your Bicycle's Drivetrain
A man and his rag: In this video we give you a quick overview of how keep your bike in superb running condition by keeping your drivetrain (i.e. cassette, chain, chain rings, dearailleur) clean....
Company: Park
Type: Repair Tutorial