Some people call this a diagonal bunny hop, or a sideways bunny hop. Our friend Scott Tauzin who has shown us how to do a regular bunny hop, is now demonstrating how to do a fancier style of bunny hopping that can be useful to to jump over logs, poop, ruts, sidewalks and old people.…
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Priscilla was running some nice Avid Vbrakes on her bike. She wanted to give disc brakes a try so I installed a set of Avid BB5’s on her bike. This video shows you how to remove the Vbrake system and install disc brakes. Enjoy!
One of the best ways to maintain your cables is to properly lube it. There are many ways to do this and the one that I am most familiar with is to dismount the cable/housing from the braze ons and slide the housing up or down, then apply lube on the cable. But if you…
This week’s Thursday Tech Tip was proudly presented by Jeremy Yang. He needed some help with the Redline Mono9’s crank arms. So rather than giving the boy the fish, I taught him how to catch a fish…and placed him in front of the camera for the whole world to see! So with out further adieu..I…
The best way to build up your mountain biking confidence is to start working on your own bike. Working on your bike isn’t rocket science….well truing and building wheels might be. But having the knowledge and skills to repair your bike on the work stand or on the trail will greatly increase your cycling confidence.…
This week’s Tech Tip shows you how to remove a cassette. You’ll actually need bicycle specific tools for this such as a chain whip, cassette remover and an 8mm allen for the remover. Watch it here and if you want to see more tech tips, check out MtnBikeRidersTV.com
When Randy lived in New Cumberland, PA, it would snow there. So he was smart enough to make his own tire chains so he could go riding in the freezing cold. You can find out how to make that by clicking HERE. He even tested his invention and it works! You can read that HERE.
Here’s a little trick I learned recently. Yes I know that the bike I’m using for this tip isn’t a mountain bike, but if you have a bike that uses Canti-levers or V brakes, this should work for you. Check out the Video HERE.
This weeks Thursday Tech Tip is all about adjusting your vbrakes. Yes…its true there are still people out there that use vbrakes. In fact Priscilla’s Super Fly Motobecane has v brakes. Check out the video on MtnBikeRidersTV.com
I really should start calling these “Tuesday Tech Tips” since I get these out around Tuesday of each week… Anyhow, at last weekend’s 24hours of Fullerton, legendary mountain bike hall of famer, Steve Boehmke showed us a great tip. Check out the video and you’ll see how to do it.