Bike Maintenance

Most of the stuff below comes from the the ruminations of the diseased brain of Slowtwitch editor Dan Empfield. It's solely your fault if you choose to believe anything below, as this is a compilation of best guesses, best efforts, best intentions, of many people. There is also a lot of experience represented in the ideas below. But if you crash, or your bike breaks, your parts fail, or you go down in a heap or up in smoke, just remember this disflamer. Forwarned is forearmed.

OVERVIEW

TOOLS

CHAINS AND DERAILLEURS

TUBES AND TIRES

CRANKS

FRAMES

WHEELS

HANDLEBARS

CLEAN AND LUBE