By Jim Langley At this point in an upgrade, when you have the wheels, bottom bracket, crankset, pedals, handlebars and levers installed, you get to choose whether to install the brakes or derailleurs next. I’m going to cover the brakes first because there are fewer steps so it’s faster and ticks one more…
By Jim Langley I received a good question about a common bike part that can fail, from Mark Pryor of Alameda, California, who’s the co-founder of the Alameda Velo bike club. Mark wrote, “I’m proficient at breaking and loosening rear spokes. I never have problems with fronts; only rear wheels. I’m a 195-pound…
By Jim Langley So far, in this on-going series with tips for upgrading a road bicycle with new components, we’ve covered basic workshop setup and we’ve installed the bottom bracket and crankset. The pedals should be back on the bike, too. From this point, assembling the bicycle is about getting the braking and shifting components…
By Jim Langley In this installment of our ongoing series on upgrading components, I provide tips and trips related to the job of installing a new bottom bracket and crankset. I started this 2-part BB and Crank piece last week. I like to think of the crankset and the bottom bracket, as the…
By Jim Langley In this installment of our ongoing series on upgrading components, I provide tips, tricks and even one big consideration related to the job of installing a new bottom bracket and crankset. Because this is a lot of information to digest at once, I’m breaking it into 2 articles, the second…
