Workshop DIY

"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....

In this age of increasingly scarce bike parts and overbooked service departments - a little home wrenching goes a long way - and this is a pleasingly simple task...

Santa Cruz provides free bearings for the life of your frame - so you should probably take advantage of that, whether you own a Tallboy, Hightower, Nomad, or any other from the SCB stable.

This will serve as a cautionary tale about inattention and complacency, but you can probably use it to help do an SB150 bearing swap...