Bike Repair

In a chef’s personal kitchen, some cooking tools (like knives or bowls) are multipurpose and can be used for a variety of recipes; other tools (like pastry bags or pasta machines) are very specialized. Unless those more special­ized tools are in the kitchen of someone …

The 5th Wave By Rich Tennant “Listen, thanks. I’ll re-burn them as soon as I get the wheels Јixed.” In this part . . . ІШоидИ a bike is not very complicated, some of the procedures required to repair and maintain it are more challenging …

After you’ve reattached the brake pads, you’re ready to reinstall the brakes. To install cantilever brakes, follow these steps: 1. Apply a small amount of grease to the bosses, the frame post that the brake arms mount to. 2. Slide each brake arm onto a …

Despite your best efforts at keeping the chain clean, eventually all your pedaling is going to wear it out. The chain is under constant force and ten­sion and, as it’s shifted back and forth across the different gears, it begins to stretch. You can still …

Although there are a number of ways to tune suspension, we’ll focus on one of the most basic adjustments — controlling the amount of sag (the amount of movement in the suspension when you’re sitting on your saddle). The amount of recommended sag for most …

/ In this part. . . f we had to pick just one part of this book to recom­mend, it would be this one. If you follow the advice in these chapters and make a commitment to regular bike maintenance, you won’t need to spend …

In This Chapter ^ Looking at the length of the crank arm ^ Choosing the right gearing ^ Paying attention to all things saddle ^ Finding the right frame size ^ Handling handlebars Я n the course of maintaining and repairing your bike, you need …

If you’re lucky, you’ll never have to repair your bike anywhere but in the comfort of your own shop at home. But nobody’s that lucky. The fact is, if you ride long enough, sooner or later you’re going to break down on the side of …

Although it’d be nice to have an individual room in which to set up your own bike shop, most people don’t have that much extra space. Fortunately, you don’t need a large space. You just need an area that’s long enough and wide enough to …

In This Chapter ^ Preventing flat tires ^ Removing a wheel, tire, and tube ^ Patching a punctured tube and fixing a tire ^ Putting the tire, tube, and wheel back together again hy does it always seem like a flat tire comes at the …