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How To: Basic Bike Maintenance for Beginners

In the last few years, bikes have evolved from a mere tool of recreation into a true investment. You no longer have to be a hardcore cyclist to fit the caricaturist joke that your bike is worth more than your car: high end mountain bikes are consistently topping the $10,000 range. Unfortunately, purchasing the bike …

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Mountain Bike Spring Cleaning, Part 2: Drivetrain, Pivots, and Brake Maintenance

This is a continuation of our series on spring bike maintenance. Click here to read Part 1: Washing, Fork Maintenance, and More. Drivetrain Maintenance After cleaning your bike and maintaining your fork, it’s time to tackle the drivetrain, frame pivots, and brakes. Carefully remove the crank arms. Most cranks are self-extracting using an 8mm Allen …

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Mountain Bike Spring Cleaning, Part 1: Washing and Fork Maintenance

So you did the unthinkable and forgot to clean up your bike for the coming riding season. Now youre stuck, and the shops are all backed up for weeks. Well you could panic, cry, curse or all of the above. Or you could try your hand at bike maintenance and do it yourself. Overhauling a …

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Mountain Bike Trail Maintenance 101

We’ve seen a recent surge of interest in trail building here on Singletracks and we just started a new forum for discussions about building mountain bike trails. But building the trail is only half of the equation; maintaining the trails is a long-term task that will never completely go away. I’ve been dedicating more of …

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Dialing Your Mountain Bike in for Fall and Winter Riding

The best few months of riding are upon us: fall! The heat from summer has finally broken and leaves are changing color – it’s truly a great time to be in the woods on a mountain bike. But fall and winter in the southeast and other parts of the country brings changes to the trails. …

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