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How to set up a professional bike workshop
A workshop is a workflow problem before it is a tool problem. Bench placement, repair-stand choice, and a find-it-in-five-seconds tool system decide how many bikes a mechanic can turn around...
How to set up a professional bike workshop
A workshop is a workflow problem before it is a tool problem. Bench placement, repair-stand choice, and a find-it-in-five-seconds tool system decide how many bikes a mechanic can turn around...
How to true a bike wheel
A workshop walk-through for bringing a wheel back into true — lateral, radial, dish, and tension — plus the call on when a wheel is past saving.
How to true a bike wheel
A workshop walk-through for bringing a wheel back into true — lateral, radial, dish, and tension — plus the call on when a wheel is past saving.
How to use a torque wrench on your bike
A workshop guide to using a slipper-type torque wrench on bike fasteners. Covers technique, scale reading, the low-torque/high-torque split, common bike values, and the calibration habits that keep the tool...
How to use a torque wrench on your bike
A workshop guide to using a slipper-type torque wrench on bike fasteners. Covers technique, scale reading, the low-torque/high-torque split, common bike values, and the calibration habits that keep the tool...
How to choose the right bike tool kit
A buyer's guide to bike tool kits. Covers the Home Kit, Pro Kit, and Master Tool Kit tiers, plus specialized sets for wheel building, suspension, and bearings. Match the kit...
How to choose the right bike tool kit
A buyer's guide to bike tool kits. Covers the Home Kit, Pro Kit, and Master Tool Kit tiers, plus specialized sets for wheel building, suspension, and bearings. Match the kit...
How to remove and install a bike tire
Pulling a tire and putting one back on is the most-performed bike repair in any workshop. This guide walks through removal, install, valve service, and bead seating, with the tools...
How to remove and install a bike tire
Pulling a tire and putting one back on is the most-performed bike repair in any workshop. This guide walks through removal, install, valve service, and bead seating, with the tools...
How to service your suspension fork's lower legs
A 30-50 hour service interval keeps your fork plush and your stanchions from scoring. Here is how we run a lower-leg service in our workshop, the tools we reach for,...
How to service your suspension fork's lower legs
A 30-50 hour service interval keeps your fork plush and your stanchions from scoring. Here is how we run a lower-leg service in our workshop, the tools we reach for,...