Cycling, DIY Bicycle Repairs

Many people ride their bike for a couple of years and have moved through replacing their components until one day they realize that they don’t know when to replace break pads cycling. It’s a strange realization that the very thing that keeps you most safe second to your helmet doesn’t get considered very often for…

When I first moved to San Francisco and had my bike that would now be forty years old – if it did not get  San Francisco’d – I came from Los Angeles. More specifically, I came from one of the many valleys in Los Angeles that are very flat. Moving to Northern California, I had…

When you are riding with a slow leak, it can be frustrating because most of the time you don’t even know you have a slow leak and finding bike tire slow leak can be difficult. Now that you know you have a slow leak, you want to find out where the microscopic piece of nail…

This post is how to remove a front sprocket with a Shimano Ultegra crank set. The instructions are the same for a normal sprocket. The only difference is rather than using a special Shimano Tool to remove the crank set, you will use a normal Allen key. If you’re like us and want to do…

When you’re riding up hawk hill and chasing down a friend of yours that got the jump on you, you are not going to get the element of surprise if you have a bike creaking when pedaling hard. When the bike creaks when pedaling hard it can be a ton of different options with what…

When you are trying to go for a relaxing ride and the first thing that happens when you turn the corner and accelerate is your bike chain skips. The first thought that you have is probably an expletive because you’ve been trying to fix this problem for a month. Your second thought is Why is…

There is a ton of dirt getting on your bike, grease collecting along the chain and you just rode through some Ice cream that a tourist dropped while walking across the Golden Gate. You may be wondering can I hose down my bike? Hosing down your bike would seem like the best thing to do…

If I had 5 cents for every bicycle tire, I have replaced I would almost be able to afford a cup of coffee in San Francisco after my ride. There are just so many times and opportunities for the bicycle tire to go flat that I am beginning to understand why tubeless tires are becoming…

If you want to purchase a new set of wheels that are rim brakes, it is your best choice to do so now. Soon there will not be many left available. If you are shopping for wheels and you find your favorite wheel of choice, though the wheel is a disc brake and your set…

I always felt envious when I would watch the YouTube videos of the guys telling me how to do very simple (and some complex fixes) on my bikes. The first stumbling block is having the right tools. Then after you go through the motions of finding the right tool, the person then all of a…