Posts Tagged ‘ bicycle maintenance ’

With the mileage I’m doing to and from work, I’m finding that my bike needs a bit more regular TLC than would have otherwise been the case. This is especially true because I’m riding in pretty much any weather - a good soaking & spraying with road grime does little to improve a bike’s...
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Cleaning bikes on Wednesday evening, I checked the chain on my fixie, Byron. Not such good news: Basically, if the peg on the left fits in between the chain links, it means that the chain’s "stretched", and needs replacing before it starts to wear away the rest of the transmission. Chains don’t really stretch of...
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