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Change Your Equipment As You Age to Keep Cycling

Today's Quick Tip comes to us from octogenarian Hildegarde Bender, whose QT arrived under the Subject line: Biking Into Your 80s. Here's what she wrote: I have biked ever since I was a child, but in my 50th year did my first long-distance cycling. At the time, I rode a 10-speed, but then was introduced to a “granny gear” so that winter I rebuilt my 10- speed, adding … [Read more...] about Change Your Equipment As You Age to Keep Cycling

Use a Spare Wheel and Beater Tire on the Trainer

By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher I bought a new trainer recently. When making the purchase online, I noticed that – like many others – the company offers a "trainer tire" for sale. (Their bread and butter are "old school" back wheel-on trainers.) I did not buy one of the trainer tires. When setting up the trainerfor the first time, and getting my bike ready for … [Read more...] about Use a Spare Wheel and Beater Tire on the Trainer

An Alternative Way to Carry Your Spare Tube

Today's QT comes to us from Premium Member Greg Titus, who offers a unique tip that addresses a fundamental item that we roadies need to take along on every ride as part of our flat-repair kit – a spare tube. Of course, you also need to tote something to inflate that tube; in Greg's case, that's a mini-pump. What makes his tip unique is that he has devised a way that … [Read more...] about An Alternative Way to Carry Your Spare Tube

Plumbing the Depths for a 2-Pack of QTs

Today's QT comes to us from Premium Member Russ Starke, who offers a couple of QTs that he has gleaned from personal experience. Both of them have something to do with plumbers, the second a bit "cheekier" than the first. Here's what Russ wrote:  A couple of Quick Tips ideas: 1) I have a set of wheels that the little nut on the tube's valve stem kept loosening … [Read more...] about Plumbing the Depths for a 2-Pack of QTs

Soak Your Chain for Extra Smoothness, Life

By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher This QT is based on a recent experiment I decided to do on my last new chain. I am a years-long user of Chain-L chain lube (click for the RBR review). It is a honey-thick lube (in fact, it looks like dark honey) that you apply to a new chain, let it soak into the pins, wipe off the excess and install the chain. It's a … [Read more...] about Soak Your Chain for Extra Smoothness, Life

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