By Jim Langley One of my favorite things on rides with friends is coming to their rescue, fixing breakdowns and keeping everyone rolling – not standing by the side of the road waiting. If you enjoy solving problems and being the hero for your riding pals, I bet you feel the same way. All it takes to be a hero and repair most common breakdowns is a little bicycle mechanic … [Read more...] about Be A Hero on the Road
Tire Repair
Quick Tip: Keep Your Repair Kit Up-to-Date
Reader Russ Wood, writes: This comes from personal experience. I'm usually pretty good at keeping my saddle bag/commute trunk tire repair kit up-to-date, but I had gone several thousand miles without a puncture. Unfortunately, when I opened up my repair items, I realized that the tube was a punctured one from my last flat, which I hadn't replaced. I tried to patch it with … [Read more...] about Quick Tip: Keep Your Repair Kit Up-to-Date
How to Fix Bicycle Tire Cuts with Shoe Goo
Our last QT was from Coach Rick Schultz, author of Bike Fit 101: Your Toolset for a Great Bike Fit, about using superglue to fix small cuts in tires. We thought we’d share a couple of follow-ups to Rick’s tip, one from a reader who has had bad results using that technique, and another who’s made use of a product for shoes to accomplish the fix. The first is from John … [Read more...] about How to Fix Bicycle Tire Cuts with Shoe Goo
Fixing a Small Cut in Your Tire
This one’s for the 43% of you who replied to last week’s Question of the Week saying you’re either “Closer to Penny-pincher than spendthrift” or “Penny-pincher. I try to get maximum life from all products.” It comes to us from regular contributor Coach Rick Schultz, author of Bike Fit 101: Your Toolset for a Great Bike Fit. Here’s what he writes: This can be done leaving … [Read more...] about Fixing a Small Cut in Your Tire