Okay, if you’ve found this article, my hope is that you want to maintain your bike a little more than most. Great! But the odds are that you’ve had to pay a pile of money to replace a bike chain or you walk a couple miles home with a bike with a broken chain. As...
I’ve been using my BIKEHAND Chain Breaker for at least 4 years and I’m impressed. As a mountain biking enthusiast who enjoys fixing and building bikes, this tool is a valuable addition to my setup. It handles chains from single speeds to 12-speeds with...
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The weather was finally starting to warm up, so I went out to my garage to retrieve my mountain bike. Upon retrieving my bike from the rafters, I noticed that I had forgotten to winterize the chain correctly, and the chain was pretty seized up and rusty. DIY MTB Pro...
I’ve been professionally working on bikes and writing about my journey for over 5 years now. I’ve had my hands on countless bikes, from the most straightforward single-speed types to the complex multi-geared varieties. Together we get to step through the...
You might have considered a chain guard, depending on how hard you ride. But are they worth the added weight, or are they more of a vanity accessory? Most modern mountain bikes have eliminated chain guards because the bike design and pursuit of weight savings...
