By Jim Langley The first rule is to wait until you’re ready before checking out your bike and gear post-crash. If you’re with friends (and you can still ride), ask someone else to give your bike the once-over, because you might be a little out of it and not see the problems they can. If…
By Jim Langley Whether you’ve got regular old levers that don’t even shift, or the latest models with every bell and whistle, it’s important to set them up right. If you don’t, you can lose braking power and make your bike less safe, you can put pressure on your wrists and hands leading to numbness…
By Jim Langley I literally wrote the book on home bicycle workshops, Your Home Bicycle Workshop (eBook), and I think every roadie would like to have a nice at-home bike shop. But, you can actually do just fine without a shop if you have the most useful shop tool — a bicycle repair…
By Jim Langley I literally wrote the book on home bicycle workshops, Your Home Bicycle Workshop (eBook), and I think every roadie would like to have a nice at-home bike shop. But, you can actually do just fine without a shop if you have the most useful shop tool — a bicycle repair…
By Jim Langley Recently I helped a couple of my riding buddies with their rear wheel hubs. Hubs are the cylindrically shaped parts at the center of the wheels. The rear hub is among the hardest-working bicycle components because it spins whenever the bike’s moving, and, in most modern hubs, it includes the freehub that…
