How To Remove/Install Bike Head Badge
My 1990 Trek 1000 was missing the head badge/emblem when I got it. I recently bought a 1991 Trek 820 that had the same badge. My plan with the 820 is to clean it up and resell it. I really don’t think the badge being gone will affect the value. So in this video, I …Read more »
How To Remove A Star Fangled Nut From A Fork Steerer Tube
I show how to remove a star nut aka star fangled nut from a fork steerer. The main reason why this might be done is if you plan to cut a steerer tube shorter and there is already a starnut installed. Even then the star fangled nut might not need to be completely removed. How …Read more »
Cheap Easy Tool To Clean Inside Bike Seat Tube
I show how to clean rust and corrosion from the inside of a bike seat tube using a cheap and easy to make tool. This is useful for cleaning out a seat tube after removing a seized seatpost. There is often ugly oxidation left over from the galvanic reaction between the aluminum seat post and …Read more »
Upgrade Vintage 10 Speed Bike To 14 Speed & Indexed Shifting
I show how to update a vintage 10 speed bike (Raleigh Grand Prix) to 14 speeds with Shimano SIS indexed shifting. I spread the chain stays to accommodate a wider wheel. The 5 speed hub rear wheel is replaced with another 27″ wheel with a 6/7 speed hub and 7 spd freewheel. I also replace …Read more »
How To Measure A Bike Frame
In this video I show you how to measure a bike frame. I created a previous version of this video when I was shopping on eBay and craigslist for bikes, and people didn’t know what size of frames their bikes had, and they didn’t know how to measure them. My previous video has gotten lots …Read more »