Installing Bicycle Brake Shoes
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.
Let Saul show you the easy way to replace and align brake pads on v-brakes and cantilever brakes. This video is adapted from Velotique's popular Advanced.
There may be some that are better than those I have listed since there are many that I have not looked. Copy and paste all of the words that are underlined in the Google or Yahoo 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. This is a list of over 300 videos about bicycle tools, parts, and repairs. I don't believe you can search for the kind of video you want to see on that page.
You can click on a picture and watch any of those videos from that page. BRAKES Some information that may be interesting: Don't put a lever on linear pull (V-Brakes) except a lever that was made for that kind of brake because it has a different mechanical advantage than other kinds of brakes. Any brakes can 'squeal' and any brake shoes can cause a brake to squeal. It is caused by installing the brake shoes without 'toeing in' the front part of the brake shoe.
I think this happens mostly with sidepull brakes. Linear Pull brakes may not squeal if you don't toe in the front part of the brake shoe, but make the entire brake shoe touch the rim at the same time.
If it squeals, try toeing in the front part of the shoe. The Park Tool guide to rim brakes - youtube. A short video (one minute 39 seconds) showing all kinds of rim brakes: Cantilever smooth post; Cantilever threaded post; Center Pull; Dual Pivot; Linear Pull and V-Brake; Sidepull; and U-Brake. Click on the picture of the kind of brake that is on your bicycle to see the video that shows how to install and adjust brakes, levers, brake pads or shoes, and brake cables.
You can click to watch separate videos about Brake pad replacement - one for each of the 3 types of brake shoes; Brake lever mounting and positioning - one for drop handlebars and one for upright handlebars; Brake housing and cable installation - one for drop handlebars and one for upright handlebars; Brake caliper mounting and adjustment - one for each of the 7 types of brake calipers. It also shows how to prevent brake shoes from 'squealing'. How to replace brake pads on a bike. Park tool - youtube. There are 3 basic rim brake pad systems.
You can skip to the place in the video where it shows how to install the kind of brake shoes you have. It will tell you what time in the video you can skip to. Road pads starts at 2:20; Threaded Stud (linear pull) starts at 3:52; Smooth stud starts at 6:23. It also shows how to prevent 'squeal' by setting the toe properly.
Why do my brakes squeal? - Tech Tuesday #56 - youtube. By Park Tool. Brake caliper mounting and adjustment - side pull. Park Tool - youtube. Brake Lever mounting and positioning - Drop Bars. Park tool - youtube.
Brake Housing & Cable installation - Drop Bars - Park Tool - youtube. Brake Housing & Cable installation - Upright Bars - Park Tool - youtube How To Change Your Brake Cables on road bike- youtube. Published Oct 6, 2014 Converting from cantilever to V-Brake - youtube. 25:56, May 20, 2016.
Linear Pull Brakes are sometimes called 'Direct pull' brakes and 'V-Brakes'. The person in the video mentions that the levers for cantilever brakes should not be used for V-Brakes. Why V-type (linear pull) brakes need a special lever that is made for linear pull brakes. The difference between a lever for cantilever brakes and a lever for V-type brakes is this: If you use a lever with V-type brakes that is not made for V-type brakes, the lever handle would bump the handlebar before the brake shoes touched the rim and you would not have any brakes unless you adjusted the brakes so the brake shoes were very close to the rim. And, if you put the brake shoes close enough to the rim so you would have brakes, the brake shoe would rub the rim if your rim was not perfectly true. Also, if you use a regular cantilever type brake lever or a side pull brake lever with V-type brakes, it would be too easy to slide the wheel because a cantilever type brake lever has a higher mechanical advantage than a V-type lever.
You would not want to put a V-type brake lever on a bicycle that does not have V-type brakes because V-type levers have a lower mechanical advantage and you would have to pull the lever too hard in order to stop the bicycle (the reason that a V-type brake lever has a lower mechanical advantage is that the V-type brake arms have a higher mechanical advantage than other type brakes. So, if your bicycle has V-type (linear pull) brakes, don't use any brake lever except a lever that is made for V-type brakes. And, don't use a V-type lever with any kind of brakes except V-type brakes. Installing Ergo Brake Levers - Vintage Bike Update - youtube. 22:20, Oct 30, 2016. Installs levers and cable on a road bike that has the 'dropped' type handlebar.
The levers are the kind that the cable goes out the back of the lever and the cable goes under the handlebar tape. You can see more about ergo type levers by going to the Park Tool website. Then, click on 'repair help'. Then click on 'Brake service and repair'.
Then click on ' Brake Levers'. CASSETTE (gear clusters) IMPORTANT: Replacing the cassette WILL NOT fix the problem of the cassette just spinning when you pedal and not turning the wheel. Also, it will not fix the problem of a 'sticky' cassette (when the cassette does not freely turn backwards).
For those kinds of problems, you would need to either purchase a new wheel; or, purchase a 'freehub body' also called a cassette body; OR, clean the inside of the freehub body to get the old gunk out which may or may not cause the freehub to start working again. Freewheel vs Cassette - What are they?
Can I convert? - youtube. 6:43, Jul 13, 2015. Shows how each work. You cannot put a cassette on a wheel that is made for a freewheel. Cassette and freewheel removal and installation - Park Tool. This is an article with pictures. It also has a video on youtube showing how to remove the lockring on a cassette using a lockring tool and a chain whip tool.
Cassette removal and installation - youtube. 3:01, Jul 23, 2012. Uses lockring tool that has no guide pin. The wheel has a solid axle. Cassette gear removal and installation - youtube. 4:52, Jun 24, 2010.
Uses a lockring tool that has a guide pin. The wheel has a quick release hollow axle. Bicycle cassette removal without special tools - youtube. He used needle-nosed pliers. How to make a chain whip sprocket remover tool - youtube. 4:33 Apr 22, 2014 Freehub Body How to fix a sticky freehub - youtube.
Installing Bicycle Brake Hood Covers
17:01, Aug 16, 2014. This could cause the cassette to continue to turn forward a little when you stop pedaling, or the freehub to be so gummed up that it will not make the wheel turn when you pedal.
How to remove clean degrease lube install a freehub body on a bike wheel - youtube. How to replace a freehub body on a bike wheel - youtube. 9:32 Feb 16, 2014. Replacing a freehub body - youtube. 10:52 Oct 7, 2012. How to replace a Shimano freehub - youtube.
2:42, Oct 27, 2014. Freehub service - Park tool.
This is pictures and information on the Park Tool website. CHAIN Some information that may be interesting: Chains that have become longer due to wear at the pivots in each link can cause excessive wear on the rear cogs and the front sprockets.
This can also cause a chain to 'ride up a tooth' on a rear cog and 'jump'over the tooth when the rider is putting pressure on the pedal. This can also happen when a new chain is put on a bicycle that has rear cogs that are very worn. Tight link: This happens when the ends of a chain is joined with a chain tool. This pushes the plates of a link together so tightly that they will not move freely enough on the pivot pin to straighten out as they come off a derailleur pulley. The tight link can be fixed by using the place on the chain tool that was made for that purpose. It can also be fixed just by using your hands.
Making the chain the right length: On bicycles with a derailleur, add 2 links (one inch) to the length needed to go around the largest rear cog and the largest front sprocket on non-suspension bicycles. On suspension bicycles, more links may be needed.
See the video on how to determine the length of chain needed on suspension bicycles. Compatibility: 7 and 8-speed chains are compatible with 7 or 8-speed cassettes.
9-speed chains are compatible only with 9-speed cassettes. 10-speed chains are compatible only with 10-speed cassettes. Lubrication: Don't use excessive amounts of lubricant because dirt will stick to it.
Don't let any lubricant get on a disc brake or the rim. Wipe off the lubricant from the sides of the chain. Some people make their own wax-based lubricant because it is cheaper than buying is already made. Park Tool Guide To Chains Introduction - youtube. Chain installation derailleur bikes Park - Tool.
This is an article with pictures. Bike chain replacement - youtube. 9:06 Apr21, 2014. Shows how to put a chain on a 7-speed bicycle. The chain has a 'connecting link' and does not need to have the ends joined by a chain tool.
Chain repair and service - Park Tool. This shows how to install all kinds of chains EXCEPT it does not show how to join a chain with a chain tool. When the chain on a derailleur bicycle does not have a connecting link and the ends of the chain are joined by using a chain tool using the rivet that was already in the chain. See this video on youtube: How to fix a Damaged Bike Chain - youtube.
4:29 Jan 18, 2013. This shows how to join the ends of a chain with a chain tool using the rivet that was already in the chain. New chains are joined at the ends the same way. SINGLE-SPEED bicycles - How to make the chain the correct length; How to install the chain. Go to the Park Tool website; Click on 'Repair Help; then 'Chain repair and service'; Then 'chain replacement: single speed bikes'. You can see a video or read an article with pictures.
How to measure a bike chain wear with a ruler - youtube. 3:35 Dec 6,2013 How to measure a bicycle chain - youtube. 2:03 Jun 1, 2010. Both videos mention that if you put the zero mark of a ruler on the center of one of the pins, the 12 inch mark will be on the center of a pin on a new chain. On a worn chain, the center of a pin will be slightly past the 12 inch mark. If the center of a pin is 1/16 inch past the 12 inch mark, you should replace the chain. If the center of a pin is 1/8 inch past the 12 inch mark, you probably should replace the freewheel or cassette, the front sprockets (chainrings) and the chain because they all are probably very worn.
A new chain with very worn front or rear sprockets will cause problems like jumping over teeth on the rear cogs and catching on teeth on the front sprockets. How to size a bike chain length - youtube. 5:19 Aug 13, 2014. Shows how to determine the length of chain you need for your bicycle. Tech Tuesday # 17: Chain Sizing the easy way and the hard way - Park Tool - youtube.
3 min 39 sec. Finding out what length of chain is needed can be done a little faster by not running the chain through the derailleurs. How to clean, Degrease and Lube a Bike Chain - youtube. 4:35 CRANK COTTERED CRANKS This is a guide I wrote. It is on the eBay website: The guide shows where you can see videos on youtube by different people which show how to remove stuck cotter pins; how to remove cups and bearings, and how to install new parts. It also has an article that I wrote. How to install cups and bearings in a one-piece crank bottom bracket.
This guide is on the eBay website. It tells how to do it and also tells how to avoid damaging the old bearings if you want to keep them to use again. It also tells how you can use your old no-turn washer that has a nib on it even if the nib is damaged and is now too short to stay in the groove that is on the crank arm. It has to have some of the nib left.
Overhaul BMX bottom bracket with one piece crank set - youtube. This shows how to take everything out and put it back in except it does not show how to take the cups out. This is the same way it is done on most sizes of bicycles that have a one-piece crank. If you want to replace the cups, you can knock them out with a piece of wood or metal and a hammer. People who do not have a cup press to press the new cups in usually put a flat piece of wood on the cup and hit it with a hammer to push the cup into the frame of the bicycle. Crank type identification - youtube.
By Park Tool. Shows pictures of all types of cranks. You can click on the small picture of the crank to see a video showing how to remove and install that type of crank. Crank removal and installation - three piece crankset (Square spindle, ISIS, Octalink) - youtube. By Park Tool.
It mentions that we should use the smaller foot on the crank puller tool when using the tool of the square spindle type, and use the larger foot when removing the ISIS and Octalink type cranks. I think that is the way it is with other brands of crank arm puller tools.
We noticed that there are two different square openings that are the same size in the square spindle crank arms. When the crank arm is standing vertical, one of those openings has the sides slanted, which I believe is the most common. The other kind of opening has the sides horizontal and vertical.
If you put one kind on one side of the bicycle and the other kind on the other side of the bicycle, the crank arms would be so far out of alignment that you would not want to try to ride the bicycle. Do not put grease on the tapered part of the spindle or on the crank arm. Some old bicycles with 3-piece cranks have crank arms that are made of steel, and it would probably be best to put a very thin amount of grease on the tapered part of the spindle and the arm. How to overhaul a bike bottom bracket, remove clean install new bearings - youtube. Shows how to take apart and install a 3-piece crank set that has a square taper spindle.
The bicycle is over 30 years old. We noticed that the left side lock nut and cup unscrewed counter clockwise, which is the opposite of the way locknuts unscrew on the left side of most 3-piece cranks. The locknut on this bicycle was outside the shell and tightened against the shell by turning it clockwise.
On most 3-piece cranks where the locknut is inside the shell and tightens against the bearing race, I believe the locknut unscrews clockwise and tightens counter clockwise, but that is probable not true for all bicycles. After looking at the videos, you can decide for yourself which way the locknut turns on your bicycle to unscrew it. The cup on the right side unscrews clockwise on almost all bicycles. It unscrews counter clockwise on vintage (old) French and Italian bicycles. Sealed cartridge bottom bracket disassembly/ assembly - youtube. Published Oct 30, 2014. The locknut turned clockwise to unscrew it and counter clockwise to tighten it.
How to upgrade vintage bike with sealed bottom bracket - youtube. This was a 3-piece crank with old style cups and bearings. Replace caged bearings with loose bearings in bottom bracket overhaul - youtube. Published Jun 24, 2014. This was a 3-piece crank.
How to replace 1 piece BMX bike cranks with 3 piece cranks and sealed bottom bracket - youtube. He presses the cup and bearings into the bottom bracket shell with a homemade press that he said cost $5.00. The press is a long threaded rod with some large washers and a nut on each end.
Convert One Piece Crank To Three Piece Crankset/Bottom Bracket - youtube. How to remove a crank set - youtube. Shows how to remove the arms with a crank puller. The arms are the square tapered type. He mentions that there are 2 kinds of 'square' holes on crank arms and you should not mix them, although both kinds can be installed on the same bicycle.
How to upgrade a vintage bike with sealed Bottom Bracket - youtube. This bicycle had a square tapered crank spindle with bearings in a retainer. He replaced the bearings with sealed bearings. DERAILLEUR - FRONT How to adjust front derailleur shifting and position - youtube Front derailleur adjustment - Park Tool. This is an article with pictures on the Park Tool website DERAILLEUR - REAR The description of new rear derailleurs should tell you the 'Capacity' (also called Chain Wrap Capacity) of the derailleur, the largest rear cog it will handle, the 'speed' (number of rear sprockets) it is made for, and whether it is a 'direct mount' or an 'axle mount'. You can find what CAPACITY means by putting Derailleur gears - wikipedia in an Internet SEARCH.
A rear derailleur of the proper capacity would be able to have the right amount of tension on the chain when the chain is on the smallest rear sprocket while at the same time it is on the smallest front sprocket, and when it is on the largest rear sprocket while at the same time it is on the largest front sprocket. The rider should not shift to those two sprockets at the same time, but the usual procedure is to get a derailleur and a chain that can properly handle those two combinations in case the rider shifts to one of them accidentally.
Replacing Derailleur Cables - Bicycling Magazine - youtube. Long cage vs short cage derailleur - which do you need? Rear derailleur adjustment - Park Tool. This is an article with pictures. How to Build a Bike - Part 9 of 12: Rear Derailleur Adjustment - Park Tool - youtube. How to properly adjust Bicycle Shifting - youtube.
It only shows adjusting the rear derailleur. It does not show installing the cable. Tune your gears - youtube.
Shows how to adjust the shifting for the rear derailleur. FITTING A BICYCLE Proper Bicycle Fitting - youtube. How to place the seat in best position; Distance to handlebar and height; How to fit the pedal cleats to the rider. How To Perform A Bike Fit - Reach And Stem Length For Road Cycling - youtube FREEWHEEL How To Change A Freewheel On A Bike - youtube.
Uses a remover tool to take off the freewheel. How to remove freewheel without remover tool - youtube. Uses a punch and a large pipe wrench. This is when you do not want to use the freewheel again. How to fix a sticky freewheel - youtube. 17:01, Aug 16, 2014. When freewheel turns forward slowly if you spin the rear wheel without touching a pedal.
Or, it might not make the wheel turn when you pedal the bicycle. Bicycle freewheel disassembly assembly - youtube. They took the freewheel apart, took all of the bearings out, cleaned and lubricated everything, and put it back together again. Repair freewheel that spins both ways - youtube. This is when the freewheel spins when you pedal forward and does not move the bicycle. They fixed it without taking it apart.
How to clean, degrease, and lube a bike freewheel - youtube. He cleaned the inside parts without taking the freewheel apart. Freewheel vs Cassette - What are they? Can I convert? - youtube.
Shows how each work. You cannot put a cassette on a wheel that is made for a freewheel. 6/7 speed Freewheel to 8/9/10 speed cassette - youtube. Shows how to widen the frame so it will take a wider gear cluster. You have to get a new wheel that is made for a cassette.
Installing Bicycle Brake Pads
You also have to change some other things. GENERAL TOPICS ABOUT BICYCLE RIDING AND MAINTENANCE 9 Ways To Upgrade Your Road Bike Without Spending Any Money - youtube. 6 min 16 sec. 9 Bike Maintenance Mistakes All Cyclists Have Made - youtube. 5 min 39 sec. Top 10 Money Saving Bike maintenance Hacks - youtube. 3 min 57 sec The Organization that is responsible for the above 3 videos has over 2200 videos on youtube.
They have 247 videos on youtube about 'Top 10's' concerning bicycle riding and maintenance. GLOSSARY Glossary of bicycle terms. Bicycle frame - Wikipedia. Picture of a frame and gives the names of the parts of the frame.
Bicycle fork - Wikipedia. Picture of a fork and gives the names of the parts of a fork.
Also, tells what 'rake' or 'offset' means. Bottom Bracket - Wikipedia. Shows picture of a 'bottom bracket shell' which is part of the frame. Also shows some bottom brackets. Fork end - Wikipedia. Picture of a rear drop-out. Also shows a picture of a rear derailleur hanger that is non-replaceable and shows one that is replaceable.
GRIPS How To Remove/Install Bike Handlebar Grips - youtube. To remove rubber grips, they use a small object like a screwdriver or a small allen (hex) wrench to push under the grip. Then, they put some liquid in the opening so the grip will slide off.
To put on rubber grips, they put liquid in the grip so they can push the grip onto the handlebar. Some of the liquids they said they use are: water, alcohol, and hair spray. In some of the other videos they use long plastic ties to put in the grip so it will slide on easier and they do not use any liquid. Foam rubber handlebar pads and grips: Know how far you want the pads to go before you start and put them on quickly.
If the liquid inside the pads dries too much, you cannot get the pad to move any farther, and you may not be able to pull it back off. HEADSETS AND PARTS Headset Standards Park Tool. Headset adjustment, threadless - youtube. A short video that shows all the parts and explains how to adjust the bearings. Bicycle Headset Installation 101 - youtube He installs How to: service your headset - youtube. This is a threadless headset.
They take the bearings and races out, clean them, and put them back in. Shows how to put the stem back on and adjust the bearings. Servicing threaded headsets - youtube. This is the kind of headset that is on bicycles with a THREADED steerer. How to adjust a threadless bicycle headset. (How it works and how to adjust it.) - youtube.
The first 9 minutes of the video explains how a threadless headset works. If you only want to see how to adjust it, you can skip to 3:12 Overhaul BMX Bike Headset With Gyro/Rotor/Detangler - youtube. Replace Bike Headset with cheap Homemade Tools - youtube How to make a Headset Cup Remover Tool - youtube How to make a Headset Cup Press/Install Tool - youtube KICKSTANDS Rear kickstand how to install - made in USA - youtube. Front kickstand installation - Greenfield - made in USA - youtube. Shows how to determine where to cut it so it will be the right length. LOCK How to Lock your Bike - Secure your Bicycle from thieves - youtube. 4 minutes 43 seconds.
How secure is your Bicycle Lock - youtube. 5 minutes 18 seconds.
PEDALS How to remove and install Bicycle Pedals (everything a DIY home mechanic needs to know) - youtube. Clipless Pedals - Buying your first Mountain Bike for beginners #4 - youtube.
Pedal Blocks for child's bicycle or tricycle - youtube. Put them on pedals so child can reach the pedal. RIDING How to improve your Bike Handling - 5 Key Cycling Skills - youtube. They are riding a Road Bike. 3 min 52 sec.
Five Essential Skills To Master On Your Mountain Bike - youtube. 3 min 31 sec.
This organization has many videos on youtube about riding a Mountain Bike. The Enduro racing skills that will improve your trail riding - youtube. RISERS to raise handlebar stem and ADAPTERS so you can put a threadless stem on a threaded fork steerer How to install threadless stem adapter to update an older bike - youtube. Shows how to put a stem for a threadless fork steerer on a threaded fork steerer. How to convert quill stem to threadless stem with adapter on vintage bike - youtube. This is similar to the video that is listed just above this one.
It mentions how to help reduce galvanic corrosion where aluminum touches steel. Fitting a stem raiser to increase handlebar height - youtube.
Shows how to install a riser on a bicycle that has a threadless stem. Adjusting a threadless bike stem youtube. This video shows how to raise and lower the handlebar when it has a riser for a threadless steerer. Raise a bicycle handlebar with a quill extender - youtube. Shows how to put a stem riser in a THREADED STEERER.
You can get risers of different diameters: 21.1 mm, 22.2 mm, and 25.4 mm SAFETY Bike Safety, Sharing the Road - youtube. 2 minutes 42 seconds. NHTSA Bicycle Safety Tips for Adults - youtube Rights and Duties of Cyclists - youtube. 4 minutes 20 seconds Safe Bicycling from a Kid's Eye View - youtube.
10 minutes 24 seconds. There is an English and a Spanish version. SEAT How to measure sit bone width for saddle selection - youtube. A comfortable bicycle saddle. Also, see 'Fitting a bicycle' above. I think they recommend that you get a seat that is 25-30 mm wider than your sit bones. If your ride will not take longer than 30 minutes or if it is not over 2 miles, a soft seat would be more comfortable.
If your ride will take more than 30 minutes or if it will be over 2 miles, a harder seat will be more comfortable provided that it is the right width, right shape, at the right height, right tilt, and right distance from the handlebar. The seat should be level for most people. Some people may want the front to be slightly up or slightly down. SEAT POST If your old seat post is the right diameter and you want to get a new seat post, you would need to get one that is the same diameter as the old post.
Measure the diameter of your old seat post by first measuring the circumference as described below under 'Seat Post Clamp'. Some common diameters of seat posts are: 13/16', 7/8' (22.2 mm), 1' (25.4 mm), 27.2 mm, 30.9 mm, 31.6 mm, There are several other diameters. There are several videos on youtube showing how to remove a stuck seat post different ways.
I don't know which way is best. Overlooked maintenance - seat post - youtube. Shows what to put on seat posts to prevent them from getting stuck in the frame. It depends upon whether the post or frame is made of steel, aluminum, or carbon. SEAT POST CLAMP To find what size seat post clamp you need, measure the diameter of the frame below where the seat post clamp goes on. If the part of the frame where the clamp goes is not bent and distorted, you could measure the diameter there.
You can close the jaws of an adjustable wrench on the frame, then measure the distance between the jaws. A more accurate way is to get a strip of paper that exactly goes around the frame (this will be the circumference), then measure the length of the strip of paper and divide the length by 3.14. The number you get will be the diameter. If the circumference is 89.7255mm (approximately 89.7mm), the diameter is 28.57 mm or about 1-1/8'. If the circumference is 79.75mm, the diameter is 25.4 mm or 1'. Some common diameters of seat post clamps (the diameters of the bicycle frame that the clamp will go on) are: 1' (25.4 mm), 1- 1/8' (28.6 mm), 31.8 mm, 34.9 mm.
There are other diameters. SHIFTER How to service (lubricate) a bicycle derailleur cable (no tools) adjust cables - youtube. This is for a bicycle that has cable stops. You can take the outer cable housing out of the cable stops without having to loosen anything. Then the housing will slide off the place where it was on the inner cable.
Cutting and Sizing Cable Housing - Park Tool CABLES - To see how to install cables and adjust the derailleurs, look under DERAILLEUR - FRONT and DERILLEUR - REAR above. STEMS Stems 101 - Bikewagon Community College - youtube. It just shows what quill stems and threadless stems are, and some of the common diameters. It does not show how to do anything. Other videos show how to replace a quill stem with a threadless stem by using the right size adapter (see RISERS above). TAPE FOR HANDLEBAR Installing handlebar tape on a road bike - youtube.
This is the kind of tape that does not have any adhesive on it. How to change bar tape - wrap your bars like a pro - youtube. How to Wrap Handlebars for Road Bikes - youtube.
By Park Tool. This shows how to wrap regular handlebar tape. Near the end of the video, it shows 3 advanced techniques.
How to wrap handlebar tape on a vintage Schwinn Super Sport - youtube. This video and the one under it shows how handlebar tape was wrapped many years ago.
The plastic tape was about 3/4' wide. They usually started wrapping near the handlebar stem. I suppose they did it that way so they would not have to wrap electrical tape on top of the handlebar tape at the end of the tape near the stem. Wrapping vintage Schwinn handlebars factory style- youtube. Some of the information I got from the videos: It is best to never stop pulling on the tape after you start wrapping.
If you release the tension on the tape before you secure the other end, the tape might slip on the handlebar and become too loose. Some kinds of tape should not be pulled hard enough to stretch the tape while wrapping, and some should be pulled hard enough to stretch it slightly. The direction that the handlebar tape is wrapped should match the direction that the rider's hand tends to rotate under load. Most rider's right hand tends to rotate clockwise when on the drop part of the handlebar, and the left hand tends to rotate counterclockwise from the rider's point of view.
Both hands tend to rotate clockwise when on the top part of the handlebar from the point of view of a person standing on the right side of the bicycle. It does not seem to matter which direction it is wrapped for some people. When wrapping handlebars that had the old-style brake levers with no rubber hood, people often used the 'figure 8' wrapping around the lever to cover the clamp.
They don't have to do that with the levers that have a rubber hood because they can cut off a short piece of tape to hide the clamp, but some people still like to use the figure 8 wrap. Most of the videos I have seen start wrapping at the end of the handlebar and they secure the end of the tape that is near the handlebar stem with black electrical tape. Some brands of handlebar tape include a short piece that is the same color and design as the rest or the tape, and it has a strong adhesive for the purpose of wrapping it around the electrical tape. Some people start wrapping near the stem and use electrical tape, or some kind of sticky tape to help hold it, and also wrap that end of the tape tightly with the same roll of handlebar tape that they wrap the rest of the handlebar with.
Some people do not like that because the rider's hand will be pushing against the exposed edge of tape when the hands are on the top of the bar next to the brake levers. This does not seem to be a problem if it is the thin plastic tape and many people start wrapping near the stem with the thin plastic tape because there will be no electrical tape showing when doing it that way.
Some people put soft padding under the handlebar tape. There is padding made for that purpose and it does not have to be wrapped around the handlebar. A strip of the pad can be place only where the rider's hand is pressed against the handlebar. TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT BICYCLES Technical information about bicycles.
This will show many different sources about compatibility of parts, how to choose the right part, sizes, performance, measurements, etc. Tech Tuesday - Park Tool - youtube.
This is 71 videos about different kinds of bicycle parts, repairs, adjustments, problems, and other topics about bicycles. You can see pictures of all 71 videos on the same page if you click on ' view full playlist' near the top of the page.
You can click on the picture of the video you want to see. THREE-SPEED WHEEL How to connect adjust shift cable on Shimano 3 speed hub - youtube. This video does not show how much to cut off the end of the inner cable when you are installing a cable that has to be cut to the correct length. If you have the kind of inner cable that has to be cut, I suggest that you install the cable in your shifter and through the cable stops and guide pulley like the video shows, and then put the inner cable through the little hole in the cable holder that is on the part that screws onto the bell crank on the rear axle and tighten the nut on the cable holder just enough to keep the inner cable from slipping. If you want to cut off some of the inner cable before you finish adjusting, leave the end of the inner cable a little too long until you get everything adjusted because you may want to lengthen or shorten the inner cable while you are adjusting. After you finish, you can cut off some of the end of the inner cable leaving about 2 or 3 inches on the end. Finish tightening the nut on the cable holder if it is not tight enough.
Then, put a cable end tip on the end of the inner cable. How to adjust cable shifting on Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub - youtube. Internal gear hubs - Park Tool. Shows pictures and explains about Shimano 3 speed hubs and installing shift cable. Tells how much and how often to put oil in the hub.
Installing gear cable on Shimano 3-speed bicycle - youtube Installing Sturmey Archer gear shift cables - youtube TIRE Temporary Repair of Tire with TB-2 Tire Boot. Information about this is in Inner Tube Repair - Park Tool. On - The - Ride Bike Repair - Patching cut tires. Park Tool - youtube. A piece of glass cut a hole in the tire and the tube. This video shows how to patch the hole in the tire with a tire boot, and patch the hole in the tube with a regular vulcanizing patch.
How to Remove and Install a Bicycle Tire & Tube - youtube. By Park Tool. Flat Tire That Never Ends - Bicycle Repair - youtube. A person kept having a flat every time he rode the bicycle. The video shows how to look for the probable cause. CO 2 inflators How To Use Co2 To Inflate a Bicycle Tire - youtube.
Inflate your tires with CO2 - youtube 8 Best CO2 Tire Inflators 2016 - youtube CO2 inflators can put air in a tire very fast, and if a tire is not seated evenly in the rim everywhere, it can blow a tire off the rim causing your tube to burst. A regular pump would blow the tire off the rim too if the tire is not seated far enough down in the rim in one place if you air it up completely without stopping to push the tire down in the rim at the place where it is not down far enough. Large tires are more likely to not be seated far enough down in the rim than narrower tires. So, be sure the tire is seated in the rim evenly everywhere before you put too much air in to make it impossible to move the tire in the rim to seat it evenly. TUBE Avoid a flat right after you put on a new bicycle tube. This is an article I wrote. It tells what causes a tire to go flat within a few minutes or a few hours after you put in a new tube.
It is on the eBay website. Inner Tube Repair - Park Tool. This is an article with pictures showing how to patch a tube. How to patch a Bicycle Inner Tube - Park Tool - youtube. Shows how to put on a pre-glued patch (no glue), a self-vulcanizing patch (with glue), and emergency tire boots. PRESTA VALVE ADAPTERS How to Repair a Bicycle Tire: How to Use a Presta Valve Adapter - youtube If you cannot put air in your Presta valve using a Presta valve adapter, please read this: Almost everyone says they can put air in a tube that has a Presta valve by using a presta valve adapter with the air hose at any gas station, and with the air compressor that they have at home.
But, some people say they cannot put air in a Presta valve using an adapter with an air compressor hose that is made for a Schrader valve. I cannot say for sure that you can put air in a Presta valve using an adapter with any air hose that is made for a Schrader valve, but I can see the many videos on youtube and read the literature, and they say they can put air in a Presta valve using an adapter with a hose from a gas station, or with any other hose that is made for a Schrader valve. People who could not put air in a Presta valve using an adapter with a gas station air hose probable did not do one of the following: 1. They did not push the head of the air hose down hard enough on the adapter to make the air come out of the air hose.
They may have thought air did not come out of the hose because the little pin in the center of the metal head of the air hose did not touch the little pin on the top of the Presta valve, and could not push it in to let air in the tube. They were mistaken.
The pin at the center of the head on the air hose is not supposed to touch the pin at the tip of the Presta valve to push the valve in to let air into the tube like it does with a Schrader valve. A Presta valve does not have a spring like a Schrader valve. Air pressure from the pump pushes a Presta valve in to let air into the tube. They did not unscrew the valve to open it before putting the adapter on.
Therefore, air could not get into the tube. This could also happen with a hand pump. They unscrewed the little nut at the top of the valve as they are supposed to do before putting the adapter on, but they did not push the valve back down to be sure it was not stuck.
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The valve was stuck in the closed position and would not let air come into the tube. This could also happen with a hand pump. WHEEL Check And True A Bike Wheel - youtube. Covers more ot the things that need to be done. Truing A Wheel Episode 7 season 1 - youtube. This video shown how to straighten a wheel that was bent in a wreck. They put the wheel on a block of wood (a 2 x 4 or a tree limb) and step on the rim to bend it back.
Bicycle equipment. How to straighten a bicycle wheel - youtube. A short video showing how to true a wheel that is warped a little in one place. They explain which spokes to tighten and which spokes to loosen. How to repair a dented bike rim - youtube.
How to straighten a bent bicycle rim and true wheel - eBay. This is an article I wrote. Most of the videos on youtube show that the bent rims can be straightened just by tightening spokes.
I think most people have found that if a rim has been bent by something hitting the rim, or by running over a rock, the rim needs to be straightened as much as you can by bending the rim before tightening any spokes. Some videos mention that a rear wheel needs to be DISHED properly which means the rim should be centered with the axle so that the cogs on the freewheel or cassette will be parallel to the front chainrings when the front part of the wheel is centered in the frame. You can use a dishing gauge to check the dish, or you can just put the rear wheel in backwards to see if it is in the same place as it was when it was in the frame the right way. Before tightening spokes at a high point in the rim to make the rim round, loosen the spokes at a low point. Turn the nipples more at the center of the high or low points more than you turn them towards the ends of the high or low points.
On old wheels. Some of the spokes may protrude above the nipples after tightening the spoke and they need to be filed off. Some videos explain that when tightening spokes to bring a warped place in the rim back into a straight position, it is usually best to tighten all of the spokes along the warped place, but tighten the spoke in the middle of the warp more than the other spokes along the warp. Tighten the spokes near the ends of the warp LESS than you tighten the spokes at other places along the warped place. You usually need to LOOSEN some spokes on the other side of the warp if you are tightening spokes very much to pull the warp straight Some videos mention that tightening spokes cause TWISTING FORCES to be trapped in the spokes, and if you do not squeeze the spokes hard to release those forces, the forces will be released the first time someone rides the bicycle and the wheel may go out of true during the first ride.
Some people say they release the twisting force by unscrewing each nipple slightly right after they tighten it. How to tighten bicycle spokes and true the wheel - eBay.
This is an article I wrote. It is on the eBay website.
How to fix a buckled wheel - youtube. This video shows how to true a warped rim by tightening spokes. It also shows how to DISH a rear wheel (get the rim in the center of the axle). How to Replace a Taco'd Bike Rim!
6:39 Jul 23, 2017. He taped the new rim to the old rim and transferred the spokes from the old wheel to the new rim. It took 20 minutes to transfer all of the 36 spokes.
It took him about an hour to do everything, including tightening all spokes and truing the wheel with the new rim in it. All he used was a spoke wrench and a screwdriver. This seemed to be very easy for this person to do. Let's Build a Wheel With no Tools - youtube. 4:54, May 13, 2016. He replaced a bent rim with a new rim.
He put his old spokes and hub on the new rim. The only tool he used was an ordinary spoke wrench.
It took him a little over 3 hours to do the job. HUB Convert solid axle bolt on wheel to quick release axle - youtube. Fix a wobbling Rear Wheel - youtube. Shows prying the dust caps off and replacing the bearings. This wobble was caused by having 10 ball bearings on one side. Rear wheels commonly have 9 ball bearings on each side when the bearings are loose balls (not in a retainer).
The diameter of each ball is usually 1/4 inch. BMX Freecoaster hub VS Freewheel Cassette - youtube. This is not a title of a video but it should bring up many videos about Freecoaster hubs showing the internal parts and how they work; how to service the parts; and the advantages and disadvantages of each kind of hub.
Adjusting Bearings (the cup and cone kind) - not the cartridge kind): Sometimes bearings become loose. Tighten one of the cones LIGHTLY when the wheel is not turning until the cone touches the balls. Then loosen the cone 1/8 turn on solid axles and 1/4 turn on hollow axles. Then tighten the locknuts against the cones. You will feel a little 'play' in the bearings. Putting the wheel in the bicycle and tightening the axle nuts will take some of the play out of the bearings so there will be little or no play. You may need to take the wheel out of bicycle and tighten or loosen the bearings again to make the wheel turn freely with little or no play.
After tightening the bearings, if you feel any ROUGHNESS as you turn the wheel by hand, the bearings, cones, or hub races may be damaged. Or, you could take the bearings and cone out and look at them, and look at the surface on the hub where the bearings run. If you see no pits or uneven wear in the cones, hub races, and no rough places on the balls, clean and grease the bearings and put them back in. Many times it is the hub that has become rough and replacing the bearings and cones would not solve the problem if that is the case. If you put the bearings back in when there are rough places on the races, cones, or balls, someone may be able to ride the bicycle with no trouble for a long time, or someone may be injured by a wreck caused by a bearing breaking into pieces, or by causing the wheel to wobble too much. The ball bearings wear at a slightly different rate on one side of the hub than on the other side of the hub. So, put all of the balls that came out of the left side back in the left side, and put all of the balls that came out of the right side back in the right side.
I believe the videos say that some people who have 1/4 inch balls that are in a retainer in the rear wheel have replaced them with loose balls (not in a retainer). And, some people who have loose balls in the rear wheel have replaced them with balls that are in a retainer. Some of the videos say that if you use old 1/4 inch balls from some other hubs to put in the hub you are working on, check the diameter of all of the balls. Some of them will be worn more and will be slightly smaller diameter that the other balls.
It is best to put balls that are all the same diameter on one side of the hub. Also, check all of the old balls to see if any have rough places or places where a piece of the bearing has broken off, and do not use them. Hub Overhaul and adjustment - ParkTool.
Pictures and explanation shows how to adjust bearings in hub. How To Service Shimano Ball Bearing Hubs - Service A Shimano Hub youtube. This is a 'cup and cone' type hub (not cartridge bearings).
CARTRIDGE BEARINGS: How To Service Cartridge Wheel Bearings - youtube. DISCLAIMER I am not responsible if anyone is injured because they followed the instructions in any of the above videos or articles. Some of the information in the above videos or articles may be dangerous if someone does as they recommend. Repairing or servicing bicycles can be dangerous.
Jon’s demonstration is centred around the front bake. Unusually for a bicycle maintenance procedure, greater complexity is demanded from the front than the rear: in this case, removing the front wheel to allow access to the rear of the brake shoe.
The brake shown is a non-series, long-drop caliper from Shimano, but the procedure followed will be the same for almost any. Jon begins by raising the caliper’s cam lever, which creates sufficient space between pad and tyre to remove the wheel. With the wheel removed, Jon turns his attention to removing the pads, and begins by loosening the tiny ‘grub’ screw in the rear of the brake shoe.
With the screw removed, he’s able to push out the pad with his thumb. Jon highlights the importance of correct orientation of the shoe, and the ease with which he’s able to push the pad free underlines his advice.
Be sure to position the shoe so the opening is facing ‘backwards’, towards the rear wheel. If it faces in the direction of travel, the momentum of the wheel will pull it free when the brake is applied. Having removed the old, worn pads, Jon turns his attention to the replacements. The replacement pads he chooses are from Shimano and are supplied with grub screws; he warns that this essential hardware is sometimes missing from cheaper alternatives. “It’s only a tiny Allen key, so do be careful with these,” Jon warns as he tightens the grub screw. “It’s easy to round them out if you’re heavy handed.” Replacing the pads does not represent the end of the job, however.
The new pads will have more material, and reintroducing the wheel can sometimes be difficult. Ensure the brake caliper’s cam lever is fully extended.
Additionally, the extra pad material is likely to have effected lever travel: less will be required to bring the pad into contact with the rim. If the travel is too ‘short’ for your liking (and lever travel is a matter of personal preference), Jon recommends turning the barrel adjuster in an anti-clockwise direction. Jon concludes the process by checking the alignment of the pad with the wheel rim ensuring that it’s positioned against the rim’s brake track without excessive ‘toe-ing’, so that the pad is flush with the wheel rim. To achieve this, Jon squeezes the brake lever, bringing the pads into contact with the rim, and loosens the 4mm Allen bolt on the side of the pad. Once it’s correctly positioned and tightened sufficiently to hold it in place, Jon holds the pad with one hand and makes a final tighten with the allen key.