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How to Tighten Bicycle Spokes and True the Wheel

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How to Tighten Bicycle Spokes and True the Wheel Main Points:  Don't tighten spokes all the way the first time.  Take bulges and dents out of rim and make rim round before tightening spokes.  Easy to replace one or two spokes without taking wheel or tire off, except right rear.    All of this is dangerous.  Warning:  Bending a rim to straighten it as I describe can weaken the rim, and can cause it to break which could cause injury or death.  If you bend a rim, examine it after yu bend it to see if it has any cracks in it.  If it has a crack in it,  do not put it on a bicycle because it could be dangerous.  Also, spokes that have been under too much stress could break while someone is riding the bicycle causing a wreck, especially if more than one spoke breaks at the same time. If the rim is not bent and ALL of the spokes need to be tightened, I have found that this is the best w...
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How To Straighten Bent Bicycle Rim And True the Wheel

How To Straighten Bent Bicycle Rim And True the Wheel 59K Views  on other website as of 3-16-18 Bending anything on a bicycle weakens it and could cause the part to break while someone is riding the bicycle causing injury or death. Some of the instructions in this article may not be clear enough for anyone to follow as I intended.  Therefore, if you try to follow the instructions below, you do so at your own risk.  These instructions are just to give you a general idea of how some people do things and if you try to follow my instructions you could do something that I did not intend for you to do and it could cause injury or death. Aluminum alloy rims are much more difficult to straighten than steel rims.  Also, the metal is more brittle and will crack or break easier than steel rims when you are bending it.  After you bend an aluminum alloy rim, check it for cracks and do not use the rim on a bicycle if it has any cracks in it....
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How to install Bearings and Cups in Bicycle one piece Crank

How to install Bearings and Cups in Bicycle one piece Crank Frequently, when a crank bearing tears up, the inside lip of the  cup has cracked and is bent.  This will cause new bearings to tear up soon after you put them in.  Sometimes, the inside lip of a cup has a crack in it and has not yet become bent.  You can probably see that crack by looking through the inside of the bottom bracket shell with a flashlight.  If the inside lip of a cup is cracked and  not bent, it might be several days, months, or years before it bends and causes the bearing to tear up.  Most bicycle mechanics advise to replace cracked cups.  If you want to remove the old cups, just get something long enough that you can hit with something to knock the cups out.   Don't hit the cup so hard  that it comes out the first time you hit it.  Instead, hit the cup a few times in different places until it comes out.  ...
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Avoid a flat right after you put on a new bicycle tube

Avoid a flat right after you put on a new bicycle tube "How to put on a patch" instructions are at the bottom of this  page. If a new tube leaks soon after you put it on the bicycle,   it was probably caused by one of these:  The tire still had a thorn or the piece of glass in it that punched a hole in the old tube, and now it has punched a hole in the new tube - or, the spokes nipples were not covered up by a liner and a nipple punched a hole in the new tube - or, a spoke was sticking up above the nipple and the spoke punched a hole in the new tube - or, the tire came off the rim causing the tube to come out at that place, causing the tube to burst - or, there is something under the valve causing it to leak - or, you pinched a hole in the tube as you were putting the tube on the rim.  How to not get a hole in the tube while putting it on: Even if you get the best tube that you can buy, you can have a flat t...
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Install Cotter Pins, Cups, and Bearings in Bicycle Cottered Crank

Install Cotter Pins, Cups, and Bearings in Bicycle Cottered Crank   > > > REMOVING COTTER PINS Copy and paste this link in Google SEARCH.  That article tells how to remover old cotter pins with a hammer and how to install new cotter pins. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/cotters.html R emove the old cotter pins by hitting them with a hammer.  Do not hit the cotter pin with a hammer unless you have the end of the crank axle (spindle) that you are working on resting on a piece of pipe or something or you will damage the bearings and the cup.  Just getting the wheels of the bicycle off the floor or ground is not enough.  The bicycle has to be supported by something that is under the cotter pin that you are hitting with a hammer, or under the crank spindle next to the cotter pin.  The end of the pipe or whatever you have under the cotter will be holding one wheel of the bicycle off the floor (one wheel can be on the floor) and it...
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How to install Bicycle Parts, all kinds. See videos on youtube

How to install Bicycle Parts, all kinds. See videos on youtube I am trying to find the most informative videos on youtube.   I did not make a video, but I have watched many of them about installing and adjusting bicycle parts.  There may be some that are better than those I have listed since there are many that I have not looked at.   Copy and paste all of the words that are underlined in the Google SEARCH, including the word "youtube" if it is underlined.    Or, you can put it in the youtube SEARCH if it is on youtube.  We have added the word "youtube" to all of the videos that are on youtube.   The titles below are written in italics and are underlined. Park Tool - youtube. They have many videos on youtube and articles with pictures on their website showing how to install and adjust bicycle parts.  You can quickly find the video or article about the part you want to instal...
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