Comments for Build a Better Bike

Comment on Have you seen this guy?! by armando limon

armando limon — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:44:55 +0000

WOW! amazing IS THIS FOR REAL?…. THE tree jump is amazing

Comment on Your favorite spring ride? by Adam Merkley

Adam Merkley — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:23:17 +0000

I enjoy riding from Downtown up to Farmington via Beck Street and Bountiful, and then making my way back to SLC via the Legacy Trail.

On the other end of the valley, I like riding the Bonneville Shoreline Trail to 6200 S, and then taking Holladay Road bach home to Sugarhouse.

Comment on Your favorite spring ride? by MD

MD — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:48:01 +0000

In Salt Lake, I love to ride the Pioneer trail starting at the Mt Dell Reservoir and going up around big mountain and into the valley below. Its a mostly straight trail with fast sections where you can go wide open. It has a good mix of climbing and descending and is a great trail once the snow clears.

Comment on Interesting article about Bike Commuting by wants to commute

wants to commute — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:50:04 +0000

I’ve been thinking about commuting for quite some time now, but I live probably 20 miles from work, so I’ve been pretty resistant to riding the train and then commuting the rest of the way. But this article really has me reconsidering. Thanks for posting it.

Comment on Coming soon: bike maintenance videos! by dalepmajors

dalepmajors — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:52:04 +0000

Paul,
Thanks for the suggestions, I think we will take your advice on doing all the basics first. We will have the first four live here in two weeks, I would love to hear what you think about them. I will get a suggestions link started so we can gather info on the requests, and get some ideas on exactly what people want to know.
Thanks a ton!
Dale @ Bikewagon

Comment on Coming soon: bike maintenance videos! by paul

paul — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:56:24 +0000

Good idea. I’ve been waiting for someone to put together a series of good maintenance videos.

I think eventually you should try to cover almost everything, but a good start would honestly be all the basic repair so many people struggle with or don’t know how to do. Minor derailleur and brake adjustment, other little things that people often shell out too much for and are easy to do at home.

Once all the basics are covered, i would go ahead and cover everything. Repacking bearings, removing and installing new parts across the bike, tuning your suspension, bleeding hydro brakes… Sheldon brown is fantastic, but some up-to-date, free videos could be a hugely important resource with all the folks who ride these days… If your not already, i’d put them all on a nice youtube channel as well, make them as easy to find as possible.

Nice blog, and best of luck with the videos.

Oh, and like alan said, some quality wheel building and truing videos would be fantastic.

Comment on Coming soon: bike maintenance videos! by Dale P.

Dale P. — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:25:31 +0000

Good question, Marc said that he would make such video, hopefully it will be up by the end of March.

Comment on Coming soon: bike maintenance videos! by Alan

Alan — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:23:16 +0000

Will you do a video to show how to true a wheel? I have wanted to know how that is done but there aren’t really good videos out there on how to do it.