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The Road Bike Manual covers every aspect of bike repair

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Cut off the cable crimp

Quick fix tips for replacing the cable on an internally routed Fox Transfer dropper post

Quick fix tips: Repairing a broken chain

How to fix a broken chain

Perhaps the most essential of all bike fixes, replacing an inner tube after a puncture

Six simple steps to replacing an inner tube

14 sources of creaks and how to fix them

Silence those persistent mystery creaks

Get the best out of your cartridge wheel bearings

Make your wheel bearings last longer

Tune your RockShox Lyrik, Pike, Yari or Revelation fork with Bottomless Tokens

Quick fix tips for tuning your RockShox Lyrik, Pike, Yari or Revelation fork with Bottomless Tokens

Bearings are everywhere and deserve attention: hubs, headsets, bottom brackets, pedals, and derailleur pulleys — the Trek Boone even has them embedded in the frame at the fork and seat tube to create pivoting motions

Bicycle bearings: everything you need to know

Sort spongy brakes with this simple trick

Give any hydraulic brake the bleed of its life

Replacing bearing grease with oil is an old racers' trick

Supercharge your hub bearings for race day

Tips for replacing a worn cassette

Six simple steps for replacing a worn cassette

Keeping your tyres inflated is an essential part of bicycle maintenance

How to pump up a bike tyre — everything you need to know about pumps, valves, pressure and more

Six simple steps to setting up rim brakes

How to set up rim brakes in six simple steps

How to maintain smooth shifting

Six simple steps to indexing gears on a road bike

Pre ride bike check

6 pre-ride bike checks