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video How to Tune and Maintain a Bike
A quick video on how to tune and maintain a bike in good working order. We used a 15 year-old BMX bike that has been maintained with the same techniques shown in the video and we have never had any problems with it. The stand we used to hold the bike was a PVC pipe Duct Taped to the backs of two foldable chairs (That in itself should be an instructable on cheap bike stands). We used the stand because it allowed the back wheel to spin during chain cleaning and it also held the bike in place for easy adjustment of the brakes.
5 stars.
any good bmx or mtb, road bikes i could make money off of.
i need to go to more yardsales :P
-Haru BMX bike ($10.00 and it was near mint, no rust at all. I almost bought it, but I figured my dad would kill me if I brought home another bike)
-An old ladie's street bike from England. It was at least from the 60's or 70's. It was rusted out pretty good, but nothing a little steel wool wouldn't take care of.
-Several mountain bikes from high quality designers, such as Murray, Girvin, Novara, etc.
-Several medium quality bikes from Next, Huffy, etc.
-Several no-name bikes from no-name bike designers that nobody really cares about.
- A Schwinn chopper style bike.
And an awesome 26" tricycle made for adults. It was custom made.
thats looks like a 93 mach one...
what brakes are they my guess they are cantiliever?
However, its not really even all that necessary as the WD40 is a lube itself. Yeah, it will get rid of grease if you spray too much of it on, but it will pretty much replace the grease and the bike will function just as well if not better because its been cleaned and by disoving the grease you also remove a fair bit of the dirt that cause the bearings to get sticky and then give you troubles.
When I first got the bike all the moving parts were stiff and greasy as the bike hadn't been used in many years. I sprayed WD40 on all of the joints, polished the frame, straightened the wheels, replaced the tubes and tires, cleaned the chain, and now it works like new. Ive been using WD40 on it for probably 5 or 6 years and the ride has always been perfect.