All tyres lose air pressure, it's normal. Now, if you're tyre is flat , and it wasn't yesterday, Then you have a puncture...and I will cover that in another blog.
Narrow/high pressure tyres lose ...
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More Bike noises
Chain noise, and poor shifting only when pedaling. This is probably a derailleur adjustment issue. This may be as simple as a stretched shift cable, a simple and quick adjustment in the shop. Somethi...
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Noises that a bike makes…And what to do about it!
In general, Cycling should be a pretty quiet endeavour. When you are out for a ride, the only sounds should be from the natural world around you. If you are riding along and it sounds like you are be...
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Building Wheels
This winter I will teach students 1 on 1 about wheel building.
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Unusual Handlebar wrap
Electrified quad-cycle
I just finished the modifications to this quad. I removed the hand cycle side of the bike, and made it a fixed position hand grip. I added a BBS02 electric mid drive with a large 17ah 48v Li Ion ...
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Here’s what my shop looked like in 1958
A friend sent me this photo of my shop when it was a Paris Cleaners. It was only a cleaners for a year or so, then it was McClernan reality for about the next 40+ years. The shop had fallen on har...
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Winter Hours Tuesday-Saturday 10am to 2pm
Lone cross-country rider
We had a cross country rider in the shop on Friday of last week and again in the morning on Saturday. He was needing some maintenance on his Trek 520. wheel repairs, broken spokes, a much needed heads...
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Commuting to the Shop
Thick fog on the way in this morning. I've been commuting 3 or 4 times a week for the last 3 weeks. 11 miles each way. 22 miles a day. This is the first day that the weather has been....well,... not p...
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