Bending anything on a bicycle weakens it and could cause the part to break while someone is riding the bicycle causing injury or death. Some of the instructions in this article may not be clear enough for...
If a new tube leaks soon after you put it on the bicycle, it was probably caused by one of these: The tire still had a thorn or the piece of glass in it that punched a hole in the old tube, and now it has...
Main points: Don't tighten spokes all the way the first time. Take bulges and dents out of rim and make rim round before tightening spokes. Easy to replace one or two spokes without taking wheel or tire off,...