Maintenance
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Green Oil’s seven bike maintenance secrets
December 19, 2011
Simon Nash shares some top maintenance advice to keep your bike running nicely through the winter
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Chain lube: Wet or dry?
December 1, 2011
It’s vital, especially in the winter, to keep your chain well lubed. But to go dry or wet?
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Essential Guide: Clean your chain
As chores go, cleaning your chain ranks right up there alongside unblocking the toilet or creasoting the shed for sheer unwelcomingness
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Weldtite Dirtwash silicone spray
February 3, 2011
Dirtwash silicone spray for keeping your bike shiny You wait ages for a silicone bike spray and then two come along at the same time. Recently Muc-Off launched its Silicon Shine and at Core Bike show earlier this week we spotted Weldtite’s Dirtwash. It was actually launched at Eurobike last year but clearly we didn’t [...]
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Green Oil reveals CF3 spray can
January 31, 2011
Until now, lovers of spray can lubes have had a dilemma – either use Green Oil, or a can of spray lube. Cycle hire venues and mechanics like the ease and speed of spraying on lube, and with the CF3 can now spray with Green Oil. The CF3 is a re-fillable, re-useable unit accessible to [...]
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Essential Guide: Winterising your bike
December 26, 2010
Get your bike prepared for the winter with these six top tips
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The chore of cleaning
November 19, 2010
One very muddy bike ready for a clean Mud, it gets everywhere. No matter how careful you are, the inside of the car and the path to the washing machine is one littered with bits of mud and the occasional twig or leaf that has been dragged in from the outdoors. Winter poses the biggest [...]
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Lennard Zinn updates maintenance book
Maintenance book gets fifth update Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance has just been updated with a new fifth edition This new fifth edition offers total coverage of the newest mountain bike tech without neglecting tried-and-true components, with a whopping 464 pages and 600 illustrations it’s the perfect accompaniment to the budding mechanic. [...]
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Nomad 18V portable pressure washer – review
November 9, 2010
The Nomad 18V packs a mighty punch in the cleaning stakes Cleaning bikes is, for a lot of people, an arduous task that would (if it didn’t lead to a rapid deterioration of a bikes working order) be ignored. But as it is, with the winter setting in and the trails taking on a [...]
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Aston Hill trail maintenance session
November 5, 2010
Two dates for your diary Aston Hill is holding a trail maintenance session this Sunday, November 7. Fancy learning how to develop and maintain safe, sustainable trails that rock? Now’s your chance with the first in a series of sessions. It’s sure to be a hands-on morning so come dressed to dig. You’ll learn skills [...]
