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Tired of flat tyres
Does any one have any experience putting motorbike tyres on a fatbike.
I just fixed my latest flat and counted 12 patches on my tube. I've had the ebike about 3-4 months. And the tiny things that are ...
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Why are many frames designed to expect an offset seatpost?
I assume that the construction "frame for no-offset seatpost + no-offset seatpost" can be made lighter than the one with an offset. Still, very many (probably most?) seatposts seen around ...
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Can someone help me identify my Kona bike?
I'm new to the forum. I just picked up a bike for $80 aud, which seems great for what it is. Tyres are cracked, apart from that, everything works.
It seems to be a Kona Dew Delux, Numbers underneath ...
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Tools to access motor wiring on ebike
My ebike wiring has broken in an inaccessble place. What tools do I need to order to access whereever the wiring is so I can replace the wires?
There are no bike shops in my locale so I may need to ...
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Fine adjustment of V-brakes
The question is about adjusting V-brakes on an old city bicycle (Since there exist a great variety of brake mechanisms, I add below an image that resembles the one that I am talking about.)
The rear ...
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Would a 20.125 inch tire tube work in a 20.35 tire?
I've got a bmx tire that's blown out and i'm thinking about changing the tube with a 20.125 tube, and i need some help with the viability of this quick fix.
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Is it worth getting a Park 5.2 Disc Mount Facing Tool?
My experience to day with tolerances on disk mounts on road bikes is poor. I am tempted to just invest in a Park 5.2 Disc Mount Facing Tool and just run my current and future bikes through it.
But I'...
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Giant rear hub needing re-greasing help
I'm needing to find a diagram of a Giant bikes rear hub and what and how to correctly use the correct grease/red grease for the hub.
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Are there objective limitations for when to bike in winter conditions?
This winter I'm finding myself taking public transport instead of cycling to work more often than I'd like, and I'm unsure whether it's genuinely bad weather/bike path conditions (in which case public ...
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What this part might be?
Today I decided to take out a loose part from inside the main(?) tube of my Fuji Transonic two.5 from around 2016. See picture below.
I wonder what this might be? Can someone say from that picture?
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Tips for biking in snowy weather
I am looking for tips on biking in snowy weather, when some places may be potentially icy.
From looking through the posts in this community, I realize that winter/snow tires are really an option to ...
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How do I replace or repair these v-brake posts?
I have an old Schwinn Frontier (unknown year). I attempted to re-grease the front brake arms because they weren't returning to position. Unfortunately, when I reinstalled them, I over-torqued the ...
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Help a newbie with fixing a bike!
I've got this cheap bike with pretty spotty maintenance (all I've done since getting it 5 years ago is replace tires and lubricate the chain).
I can tell it's in need of a lot of work, but either I ...
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How do I use this pump?
This is my tire valve:
Tire Size: 27 X 1 3/8
SR 078-32
These are my pump parts:
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B009VYEKSO?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
"Supports American, British, and French ...
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Very weak performance of the rear disk brake
In the last weeks I observed a marked decrease of performance of my rear disk brake (I have a Canyon Grizl CF SL 6 AXS, with a SRAM groupset).
When the bike is on the stand and I spin the wheel the ...
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