by velocollective | Jun 29, 2018 | Repair Tips, Vintage Bike Parts, Vintage French Bike Parts
Repairing Old French Threads If your older French bike has damaged threads, you have a problem. French parts are becoming hard to find, and not many bike shops will be able to retap your pre-1982 threads on your bottom bracket shell and fork steerer to the same...
by velocollective | Jun 26, 2018 | Repair Tips, Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Damaged Steerer Threads: Background You can read the original post about this bike here. When I bought this attractive red Jacotey last year, naturally I was pleased with my purchase. It wasn’t just because I though it was a cool looking bike with nice...
by velocollective | Jun 14, 2018 | Repair Tips
Halfords Review: No Box For You! This is my Halfords review, after my experience of shopping there over the last two years. They sell cheap bikes and generic tools and prices in the their bike stores are heavily marked up, which is common knowledge. I...
by velocollective | Jun 13, 2018 | Repair Tips
Removing a Stuck Crankset: Some Caveats This method of removing a stuck crankset has been useful to me a number of times, with the problem of unyielding crank arms. With s bike stand, you only have so much force you can use with one arm. You may find...
by velocollective | Apr 17, 2018 | Repair Tips
Quick Link Removal They are a clever piece of modern bike technology, simple and effective, but they can be a real pain to remove once they are fitted. Quick links can prove to be quite stubborn to remove by hand, especially ones that have been on a...
by velocollective | Apr 15, 2018 | Repair Tips
The Impossible Task When I took possession of this rather beaten Peugeot bike I could have never envisioned the problem I was about to face. This seatpost, after hours and hours of attempted removal, never even budged a millimetre in the end. Even if I’d seen it...
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