Maintaining Your Bike
This section provides some basic videos created on how to work on your bike right at home.
Image Source: Aaron Kuehn
Common Bike Repair and Maintenance (Links to YouTube Videos)
In Order of Relative Difficulty
Saddle Height and Fit (How to Adjust a Bike Seat by Howcast)
Cleaning and Lubing (How to Clean & Degrease your Bike by Global Cycling Network)
Road caliper brakes (Road Brake Adjustments by sweetsbench)
V-Brake Rim Brakes (Adjusting a V-Brake by SFMNTS)
Flat Tire (How to Fix a Flat Tire on a Bicycle by Park Tool)
Rear Derailleur (How To: Adjust Shimano Rear Derailleurs by Art’s Cyclery)
Front Derailleur (How To: Adjust Shimano Road Front Derailleurs by Art’s Cyclery)
Wheel Truing (How to True a Bike Wheel Without a Truing Stand by RJ the Bike Guy)
Whole Bike (The Ultimate Bike Repair Movie by Bike Garage)
Whole Bike (Index of 75+ Videos by Park Tool)
Cycling Skills
- Riding in Traffic (Enjoy the Ride – Essential Bicycling Skills by City of Fort Collins)
Other Helpful Sites
- Complete List of bicycle parts by Wikipedia
- Sheldon Brown Website – an encyclopedic resource for all things bicycle: maintenance, riding intelligently, finding the right parts, and bike history and culture.