Workshop DIY

Uncle Dave has conversations with suspension manufacturers about servicing your lowers

Will these impressive looking brakes from Lewis deliver the promised performance?

This is a quick and easy task that requires only a few basic tools and perhaps 30 minutes

Easier than installing a cable-actuated derailleur but the steps are specific and must be done in order if you hope for perfection.

This is the sort of job anyone with the right tools can handle - but there are some steps to follow to get it done right...

This repair stand is golden, but the red version without the 20th anniversary badge does all the same things, and both perform very well.

SDG Tellis v2 dropper post builds on the previous version

If at first you screw up, double down and change (almost) nothing

We visit some of our favourite tool makers at the Sea Otter Expo Grounds including Abbey, Park, Feedback and Unior.

"Every regret I have from purchasing a hand tool is due to not spending enough..."

An accidental discovery leads to powerful, consistent braking thanks to a rock-solid bleed

I knew I'd bitten off a little too much when the bearings showed up - all 18 of them...

"I stagger back-and-forth from one idea to the next, before eventually buying something with near immediate regret."

Everything on social media about "burnishing" bushings to make your fork smoother, makes it sound irresistible

This article should be useful to anyone installing tubeless tires and particularly so if you are using inserts

Guillaume at S4 Suspension rebuilds Deniz's MRP Hazzard rear shock

Having bike tools is great, having all the tools all in one small, portable kit, can be perfection...

This isn't the only week we'll recommend tools in the gift guide, but it's definitely a theme.

Installing a Hope Tech 4 rear brake through a We Are One Arrival frame with a $27 amazon magnetic kit.

You are not supposed to open that up!

"This likely would be a sub-ten-minute job for most good mechanics, but for me, it felt like it would take a miracle to finish in 30..."

It's a head-to-head lube-off between the Sedulous Drew-Bob and Squidulous Toucan methods of chain lubrication. And you're invited...

Many elements of this swap were less demanding than some of the others I've done - but I still managed to make a mess of it...l

As it turns out, when you remove the sleeve from each side of a SRAM DUB bottom bracket, you are left with 30mm bearings, which means you can reverse engineer a solution....