For more instructions on how to take your bicycle apart for shipping, you’ll find helpful videos onYouTube. Step 3: Carefully pack the bike Packing a bike involves more than throwing some bubble wrap or packing peanuts in a box. You need to protect the tubes from getting their paint scra...
Learning how to French braid is like learning how to ride a bicycle: once you master this essential skill, you will easily use this pretty and practical hairstyle for any occasion. If you still don’t know how to French braid your own hair, we are here to correct this wrong. Follow the...
Discuss this topic in the Bicycle Repairs and Mechanics Forum Best way to thoroughly clean a chain? Latest post 6 days ago Hi everyone! I hope you're enjoying a great start to 2023. I'm curious to hear your go-to method for getting a chain truly clean. I don't mean, just looks...
With the pads installed, check the brake arm position. Both arms should be facing straight up and down when the pads are contacting the rim. If they are too wide apart, or two close together, you may have to re-arrange the pad washers. One set of washers is usually thicker than the ...
The camera would often take its own sweet time to wake up and identify me–especially irritating when I was trying to unlock 1Password to log into a site–leading me to resort to the keyboard to type in the laptop-specific passcode instead. Two things led me to drop a pattern of denial...
Shiftingmeans going from one gear to another. You shift gears by sliding theshifteron the handlebars. On most bikes, this shifts the chain onto a different sized ring. On three-speed bikes, the gears are inside the hub of the wheel so you don’t see them. ...
Theft of luggage is rare, but for peace of mind take along a bicycle lock or medium-sized padlock to secure your bags. In the sleeping-cars, there are wire hoops hanging down underneath the seats to which you can padlock your luggage while you sleep. Carriage numbers Carriage number A1:...
Picking the right business path: What you need to consider Before you take the plunge into your entrepreneurial journey, there are several factors you should consider: Do you have the necessary funding or savings for your startup? How much time can you genuinely commit to nurturing your business...
Taking broken things apart is a great way to find out how they work.If you're a young person, ask an adult first to make sure what you want to dismantle is really safe. Here's my broken earbud and I've popped the back off it. You can see how the wires run up through the main...
metal such as steel or aluminum alloy. This provides the benefit of being both durable and easilyrepairable. Especially when traveling long distances, you have to be prepared for hiccups and breakdowns with your equipment. The touring bike keeps this in mind, and is designed to take a beating...