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Learn How to Adjust Your Fixie Bike's Sidepull Caliper Brakes

This tutorial will teach you how to properly adjust your brake pads, center the road-style bike caliper brakes and tighten the cable tension.   Our goal here at City Bicycle Co. is to provide you with the best information. You can find guides for other brake-types found below the article. Use these guides for step-by-step instructions on how to adjust, replace or re-center your brakes. What You'll Need Light Lubricant 14 mm offset brake wrench 5 mm or 6 mm allen wrenches Sandpaper (strip of it) 4th hand tool (optional) 9 mm or 10 mm open-end metric wrenches How to...

Learn How to Adjust Cantilever Brakes on Your Bike

Use this guide to learn how to adjust your city bike's brake levers, center cantilever style brakes, resurface brake pads and set your cable tension.   In today's guide, City Bicycle Co. will instruct you on the best way to adjust your cantilever brakes easily. What You'll Need Cable puller (optional) 5 mm allen key Sandpaper (strip of it) 10 mm open-end wrench How to Adjust Levers You will first need to adjust and set up your fixie bikes brake levers. Loosen the clamp on the brakes. Align the levers so they match your arms when you're riding the bike....

Learn How to Adjust Your Bikes' V-Brakes So They Work Perfectly

As fixies become more popular, the needs for guides such as this one for adjusting your fixie bikes v-brakes are becoming more important. At City Bicycle Co., our goal is to provide you with all the information and tools you need to succeed with your city bicycle. Learn how you can adjust your cable tension, brake pads and centering (linear pull) on your fixies' v-brakes. What You'll Need Phillips Screwdriver Cable Puller (optional) 5 mm Allen Key Sandpaper (one small strip should do) How to Align the Brake Levers First, we will begin with the brake levers. Loosen the clamp...

Learn the Essentials About Removing and Installing Tape Drop Bike Handlebars

This guide will teach you the essentials on removing and installing performance bikes with road-style drop bike handlebars. For other handlebar types, use this guide. What You'll Need Let's jump right to the point here. To get your fixie bike road-style bike handlebars removed and installed, you will need the following items: Electrical tape; Handlebar tape; Razor blade; Bar plugs. Now let's jump into the action of removing and installing your bike handlebars. How to Remove Old Tape First, you will remove the old tape off the fixie bike handlebars. Flip both brake lever hoods. Remove the tape by unwrapping it...

Learn How to Easily Remove Your Bike Handlebars

Use this guide to easily remove and re-attach your fixed gear bikes' handlebars easily. It's important to understand the basics of removing your handlebars. This guide will instruct on all bike handlebar types, including cruiser bike handlebars. What You'll Need Let's begin with the tools you will need to successfully remove your bike handlebars. WD-40 Spray (loosens old grips on the fixie bike); Hairspray (helps with loosening the old grips along with the WD-40 Spray); Replacement Grips; 5mm or 6 mm allen keys (loosens the levers on your handlebars); Slim screwdriver. How to Remove Your Handlebar Grips Remove your bar-plugs...