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- 'New' bike: what should I be wary of?
- Paint schemes for my classic new steel ride.
- Maintenance Class
- Spring cleaning bike
- 105 Shifter compatability - double to triple
- Alu seatpost on a carbon frame?
- Bird songs eminating from my drive train
- Pack the bearings with grease
- Bottom Bracket Overhaul
- Swapping handlebars---tougher than it looks?
- tire rotation?
- 650B Retrofitting Benefits
- Maintenance reading suggestions?
- Tire Tread
- seatpost shim???
- Help! Derailleur pulley lubrication
- Decent Bike Stand?
- I did it!!
- Why not use WD-40?
- Tight Tires - SO Frustrating!
- Bike computer
- UGH! Tried to tighten stretched cables
- Changing Wheelsets? Do it myself or take to shop?
- hard shifting
- New Conti Gatorskins - Ouch!
- Something is wrong with my breaks--help please!
- DIY bike fitting
- What should I be lubing?
- Matter of truing the rim or replacing it
- Post Ride Maintenance?
- Crank fell off on ride. WWYD?
- A question from the mechanically challenged one...
- What I learned at UBI
- Specialized Headset Extender
- Sealed bearings - how often to re-pack?
- chain hanger
- Trekking bars with twist shifters?
- Seatpost length
- tuning
- rear derailleur and cable problems
- Bike anatomy question
- Chain is jumping cogs
- Stuck Seat Post
- Turbo Trainer-Dumb *** question!
- Adjusting SPD pedals
- Shoe cleaning, but on the inside
- Why does my Road chain get so much dirtier than my MTB chain?
- Fixing up an old bike is fun
- I laid hands on my derailleurs
- Cateye inaccurate??
- Compact crank question
- Convert from downtube shifting?
- Different Cassette?
- Bent seatstay?
- Please teach me how to change a tire
- Brag Time
- Hmm... upgrade would help?
- If you're gonna get wet...
- Broke my Rear Derailleur
- wheel truing
- Noisy juddery brakes
- Why, why, why???
- Bike Maintenance Schedule
- Hubba hubba!
- Cool Tools
- new tube..still leaking
- Bottom bracket
- messy fun
- Specialized dolce - comp headset loose issue
- Help - My Chain Rusted!
- No lock ring on BB?
- Question from my brother
- about those tires....
- Pulled broken glass out of my tire . . .
- switching out drop bars
- Bike Friday Tires...
- Bike Friday Folding Rack
- Nice tools are so.... NICE!!!
- Changing Cassette
- tightening bolts
- Rim strips?
- Tire shelf life
- Seat post slipping...
- Want to know everything
- re using tape
- ? about Stan's
- Trainer Maintenance?
- Complete rebuild?
- Tire size
- Mystery Hub
- tyre pressure?
- keeping shifters up
- EEEEEKKK! My chain came off
- So I have this frame with 126mm rear dropouts...
- question for you large brained bikers!
- Broken Valve Stems
- I'm a little worked up... (Long Rant)
- Almost thru my 1st bike build.
- Cassette wobble
- I broke my Ruby's seat stay! (repair advice please)
- Inverse Principle of Bike Mechanics
- frozen chain link
- Humbled by Howard's Half Hitches on my new gearing
- replacing brakes and shifters
- Learning wheel trueing
- Tire Size
- Mysterious Ticking Solved at Last!
- rustbucket back into a commuter?
- Weird seatpost sizing
- derailleur problem
- To Buy or Not to buy
- Total Fred question...
- Losing a pedal? Sort of a survey.
- ghost shifting
- Wheel build advice
- Can hoods "shift" over time?
- Defective pump?
- Wrench Tool kit suggestions
- 1979 magna obsession.
- Leveling Saddles
- Evil devil tires of doom
- Help with color coordination
- rim cleaner
- The rustbucket strikes again!
- Tool Kits
- What is this thing?
- Hmm? Is this from a shop tool...
- Autumn bath
- How do you give your bike a bath?
- Mechanic Skills Class
- Success!!
- Crankset change--advice appreciated!
- SRAM drivetrains
- BicycleTutor.com
- New bike shifting woes - what's the deal???
- Quill stem question
- Deb? DuraAce noise question
- Wheel Building
- Pedal Install Tools
- Removal of Chain Guard on Trek 7.2 FX
- Cantilever brakes and removing rear wheel
- Front fork Leakage or ???
- How do you measure setback?
- Proofhide
- Rear derailleur cable hanging up
- Silly Question about pedals
- Replacing cleats: singly or as a pair?
- Tyre blow-out.
- basic stuff
- Reference Books and a brake question
- Frequency of replacing parts
- I assembled my first wheels
- Wheels questions, again
- Found Campy Grease...
- Dura-ace 10-7800 vs 7801??
- ? Wrap two colors of bar tape?
- What do you use to lube your seatpost?
- Do carbon bikes have a shelf life?
- Chain replacing specs?
- Spoke troubles...should I replace the rims?
- cheap online bike parts
- mtb - changing bottom brackets
- not becoming one of those annoying zealots
- Which Components to Upgrade
- Lubricating brake cables?
- Saddle Wear - I didn't realize it was this bad!
- Cassette jumping/rattling only in smallest cog?
- What kind of stem is this?
- Headset Question
- Converting to internal gearing?
- Mechanic School?
- Changing grips secret?
- chain rub on front chainring
- Slowing down hill!!!
- Recommendation for maintenance manual?
- Different sprocket for hills?
- Front derailleur rotates on frame
- Chainring wear
- What shifters do I need?
- When to replace a crank?
- I replaced my own brake pad!
- Shut that saddle up!
- brake cables on the tandem...
- Suggestions for finding noise I hear while riding
- Women Ergo Handlebars
- fixing up a nishiki
- change the stem?
- Learned a lesson bleeding brakes -Long post warning
- Chain - To Change or Not to Change...
- How wide do they go?
- time to shop...
- itty-bitty annoying adjustment screw on mtb brakes
- Gitane Mixte - rear wheel issues: is it the dropouts?
- Stupidest Bike Accessory Ever?? (you be the judge ...)
- changing cranksets
- Cable Housing
- Small Rider, Small Hands
- Derailleur adjustment with compact crank
- Replacing handlebars on the cheap
- Brake-in tune up
- "Broken" M324 pedals
- Numbers on headset?
- Do you have a Torque Wrench?
- Kool-Stop tire bead jack
- Help! I broke my shifter!
- Need some help stripping down a thrift bike..
- Presta Valves
- Slowly slipping grips
- Cleaning a Folder
- Specialized Ruby and front derailleur issues
- Won't shift on first try
- Topeak road morph - mounting?
- flats
- Dura-ace 10 speed 7800 casette query
- head tube height? and stem length
- Taking apart, cleaning, and lubing jockey pulleys
- Tool recommendations
- Learned more today than I ever thought...
- going double to triple
- UPDATE: on changing handle bar stuff
- Problem with internal hub (sturmey archer)
- How do you clean out your dirty, oilly rags?
- broken chain cures shyness...
- brake questions
- Are 650c and 24" wheels the same thing?
- When to replace Speedplay Frog Cleats
- Powertap Standard vs Powertap Pro
- Cost for repainting / powder coating frame?
- Should I patch the tube only before I'm going to use it?
- Disc Brakes
- Chain rust = replacement?
- Travel Agents
- wheelbuilding
- Cannot remove the cassette even with the right tools
- PDF on How to Repair Your Frog Pedals
- Bike pump hissing during inflation (beginner question)
- Trying to buy a multi-tool
- 4mm screws fix Frog Problem!
- Brought Lexi for her checkup - gonna be spending some $$$
- Weird bike "stuttering"
- Help! I need a spoke wrench...
- Pump vs cartridges (tools, tools, oh my)
- Warped chainring.
- Presta valve...
- She's done She's Done!!!
- Chain fell off... (first time)
- What am I looking at
- Mountain Bike Cassestte on Road Bike
- Smugness
- Rejuvinating a vintage bike - suggestions?
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