Which bike chain cleaners are best? Bikes are amazingly reliable machines—so reliable, in fact, that it’s easy to neglect them. A little maintenance goes a long way. A clean, well-oiled drivetrain ...
It may seem obvious to seasoned triathletes (though maybe not, given the state of some literally "seasoned" bikes in transition), but it's important to keep your bike clean. Not just from a Type-A tri ...
The chain is the most used and abused part of a bike. At over a hundred links, you can imagine each pin constantly stretching and bending to adapt to your gears as you pedal along briskly at your ...
October 16, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Most bike shops recommend that you purchase mechanical bicycle chain cleaners or pay their repair shop to clean ...
Cleaning your bike is an easy thing to put off — it’s mostly superficial and it’s just going to get dirty again anyway, right? False. Leaving your bike dirty has all sorts of bad consequences aside ...
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This article has been freshly updated as part of our 'New to Riding' week, running from March 10 to March 17, with a special ...
There's a saying: a clean bike is a fast bike, and as cliche as it sounds, there's a huge amount of truth in it. The proper function of a bike depends on a number of moving parts being able to, well, ...