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Tag: In The Shop

  • First Bike Flat of 2013-14 School Year

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    It isn’t even officially the school year yet and I am setting up my classroom, labs, and servers and as you see here am repairing my first flat.  I picked up a small wire, ?steel belted truck tire?, but all good now.

  • How to Check for Chain Wear

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    Off to the shop this weekend to check my bike chain for wear.  It seems slightly odd that given my mechanical aptitude and background with so many things, that I haven’t actually learned much about bike maintenance beyond the obvious. Karma from this summer delivered a short review of BicycleTutor.com which had this video and…