Nice set of tips on fixing Rear Dérailleur shifting problems. This video is not a tutorial on how to adjust your rear deraileur see Rear Deraileur Adjustment Made Simple - Wow!!! for that. Instead this video goes through common rear shifting problems and how to fix them. As you may have guessed I am...

After installing shorter cranks, I just needed to touch up my front dérailleur. Here’s a video on Front Dérailleur Adjustment. The good news is that front dérailleurs are more stable than rear dérailleurs and don’t require much attention. When they do you usually don’t have to go through...

TerraCycle offers a Longbikes Slipstream Idler Kit that looks very nicely made. It replaces the rubber idlers seen on most recumbents with coged idlers that have high quality bearings. TerraCycle claims that the better idlers provide improved efficiency and quieter operation. This improvement is not...

I knew I should be doing something to my disc barkes. Here’s a nice video on how to clean disc brakes on a bicycle.

  I know tire repair sounds pretty basic but tire repair is a key skill for anyone who rides a bicycle more than walking distance from their home or car. I have had lots of tire repair experience and learned what I  know the hard way, sitting on the ground in the rain with a flat.  [...]

It is time to be thinking about getting my bikes ready for Spring Riding in New Hampshire, if it was a little warmer I’d actually be getting them ready. I know I am behind most other folks, but let’s see if I can catch up by doing it better and smarter this year. As I work [...]