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1. Free, top-quality bicycle maintenance guidance sites
- There are very few, free sites with a significant range of top-quality maintenance guides. However, these are the best resources available and should be your go-to resources.
(a) MadeGood.bikes: School - The best, free site for top-quality guides. It's a social enterprise, so please support it by purchasing required tools using its Tool Shop links.
(b) HowCast: Bicycle Repair and Maintenance (Silk Road Cycles) - 52 video guides for common tasks. Most are accurate and high quality.
2. Free, medium-quality bicycle maintenance guidance sites
- The below guidance sites have free, medium-quality content.
(a) VideoJug - Bicycle Maintenance videos
(b) Ivanhoe Cycles YouTube Channel - Tutorials (33 videos)
(c) Evans Cycles YouTube Channel - Bike Maintenance Videos (20 videos)
(d) Halfords YouTube Channel - How to maintenance (15 videos)
3. The best available how-to guides for the most common maintenance tasks
How to lubricate bicycle parts
MadeGood.bikes: Lubricate Moving Bike Parts
MadeGood.bikes: Lubricate A Bike Chain
MadeGood.bikes: Lubricate A Brake Cable Or Gear Cable
How to install tubes and mount tyres
MadeGood.bikes: Dismount A Bike Tyre
MadeGood.bikes: Install An Inner Tube
MadeGood.bikes: Mount a Bike Tyre With a Wire Bead
How to find and repair punctures
MadeGood.bikes: Fix A Puncture On A Road Bike
MadeGood.bikes: Find The Source Of A Puncture
MadeGood.bikes: Patch An Inner Tube
YouTube: How To Fix A Bike Puncture - Repairing An Inner Tube
How to check wheels and tyres
MadeGood.bikes: Check A Rear Hub
MadeGood.bikes: Check A Bike Tyre
MadeGood.bikes: Check The Pressure Of A Tyre
MadeGood.bikes: Inflate A Bike Tyre With A Presta Valve
MadeGood.bikes: Long Term Bike Tyre Repair
How to remove and mount wheels
MadeGood.bikes: Remove A Rear Wheel With Wheel Nuts
MadeGood.bikes: Remove A Rear Wheel With Quick Release Skewer
MadeGood.bikes: Mount a Non-Derailleur Rear Wheel & Tension The Chain
MadeGood.bikes: Mount A Rear Wheel With Wheel Nuts
MadeGood.bikes: Mount A Rear Wheel With Quick Release Skewer
MadeGood.bikes: Mount A Front Wheel With Quick-Release Skewer
Adjusting saddles and seatposts
MadeGood.bikes: Saddles & seatposts category
- Contains 3 guides including: Adjust saddle position; Adjust saddle height; Fit a saddle.
Check and adjust V brakes
MadeGood.bikes: Look After V-Brakes
- Contains 7 guides including: Diagnose brake problems; Open and close V brakes, Check, adjust or replace the brake blocks (pads); Adjust handlebar controls.
Videojug: How to adjust bike brakes
Check and adjust Derailleurs and gears
MadeGood.bikes: Fit And Set Up A Rear Derailleur
MadeGood.bikes: Fit And Set Up A Front Derailleur
MadeGood.bikes: Replace A Bike Freewheel
MadeGood.bikes: Replace A Bike Cassette
Use barrel adjusters to make minor changes to brake and gear cables
MadeGood.bikes: General Information On Barrel Adjusters
Checking and straightening (trueing) a bike wheel
MadeGood.bikes: Check And True A Bike Wheel
- Contains 7 guides on how to check if a wheel is straight (true) and how to adjust it - both to make it circular and to make it a flat disc (i.e. remove both horizontal and vertical wobbles).
Check, break and connect a chain
MadeGood.bikes: Break A Chain With A Chain Tool
MadeGood.bikes: Connect A Chain With A Chain Tool
MadeGood.bikes: Check for Chain Wear
MadeGood.bikes: Diagnose Chain Length For Derailleurs
Remove and replace pedals
MadeGood.bikes: Replace A Bike Pedal
MadeGood.bikes: Replace And Set Up A Clipless Pedal
Further Info:
- BicycleTutor.com: A paid subscription site with very high quality video guides. Monthly subscription is $6. Annual is $50. The text transcripts of each video are free. If you can afford the cost, this is the best paid option available.
> BicycleTutor: Bicycle Repair Guide
> BicycleTutor: Forums
- ParkTool: Repair Help and Education
- BikeDoctor: iPhone and Android paid app. Has 40 common repair and maintenance guides.
- Bike Repair: Paid smartphone app with 85 repair and maintenance guides.
- Easy Bike Repair: Paid smartphone app with 50 repair and maintenance guides.
- Sheldon Brown: Bicycle Repair
> Adjusting Direct-pull Cantilever Bicycle Brakes (V-Brakes)
- Bike Garage - The ultimate bike repair movie (1hr 24min)
Videojug - Cycling videos
- Videojug: How to choose a bicycle
- Videojug: How to stop your bike being stolen
- Videojug: How to do basic bicycle maintenance
- Videojug: How to replace brake blocks
- Videojug: How to adjust bike brakes
- Videojug: How to change a bicycle brake cable
- Videojug: How to fix a bicycle puncture
- Videojug: How to fix a flat bike tire
- Videojug: How to adjust your saddle to the correct height
- Videojug: How to adjust a bicycle seat
- Videojug: How to remove bike pedals
- Videojug: How to remove the rear bike wheel
- Videojug: How to change a bike tube
- Videojug: How to change a bike tyre
- Videojug: How to tighten a bike chain
- Videojug: How to fix a bike chain
- Videojug: How to change a bicycle chain
- Videojug: How to clean a bike chain
