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Miroslav Djuric
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What bike repair guides should we create?
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We'd like to expand our selection of general-purpose guides for non-electronic devices, starting with bicycles. We envision a set of guides for bikes that will cover the majority of common problems (or maintenance techniques) that folks encounter with their pedaled rides.
The ones I could think of are:
- Front/rear wheel replacement
- Tire patching
- Brake adjustment
- Seat/handlebar adjustment
- Derailleur adjustment
- Cleaning and oiling the bike's chain/sprockets
- Pedal removal and installation
So what am I missing? Are the guides listed above a good sampling to cover the basics of a bike? If we did the guides using one bike, will they easily transfer to all kinds of other bikes? For example, we have a great set of guides for this Specialized Expedition bike, but I'm not sure how useful someone with a Bianchi road bike might find them.
Those are the questions I know not the answer to. Any input will be appreciated.
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don
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mlodyulek
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sgraves
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Not to be a downer, but there are quite a few very excellent books and websites out there that have detailed instructions for bike repair. Park Tool (manufacturer of bike tools) web site is amazingly good.
http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help
Also, the books by Lennard Zinn are readily available, updated regularly, and are expertly written
http://www.amazon.com/Zinn-Art-Road-Bike...
I'd suggest that bike repair is sufficiently well-covered elsewhere online and in print, and your efforts would be better spent expaining repair of things that don't have such existing documentation.
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xqpublic
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One of the keys of bike repair is fixing the actual cause, not just something you suspect to be the problem. In other words, I would suggest a serious diagnostic section. (For example, if you're having a problem with the chain switching gears or falling off the front gear, you can waste a LOT of time adjusting your derailleurs when the actual problem might be a bent chain.) Such a diagnostic section should be full of the most common problems, average lifetimes of various components, as well as various ways to test what may be the actual problem.
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jj velvetackb
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I will admit to having a bias toward utility cycling, but these are the things I get asked about over and over and over as an amateur mechanic:
Cable Changing
different cables
headset bracket overhaul, adjustment
changing handgrips
attaching fenders
attaching rear rack
attaching basket
wheel maintenance (spokes, etc)
changing disk brake pads/adjustment
seat adjustment and swapping
I think that your mountain bike is a good example bike, but you might also consider a 10speed style and classic upright or comfort bike (path) ideally with an internally geared hub.
Tires are different and gearing is different and really, some of the brakes are different as well.
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Ross
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What about bespoke guides for the Brompton folding bike? (www.brompton.c
The biggest problem is they are a little different to normal bikes to repair so good manuals would be great and I'm sure they'd be popular too!
spokes. and how to put those little ribbons on the ends of your handlebars? x
pollytintop,