LoadingDIY Bikes, Part two: Fix your bike
Part 2 of 5 in a series on DIY biking.
Let’s start at the beginning. If you just pulled your bike out of the garage, it may need a tune-up. Check out this basic bike tune-up for beginners.
Maybe you just bought a used bike and it needs a little work. Instructables has lots of handy bike how tos on everything from adjusting your seat to overhauling a hub — many of them taken from Bicycle Tutor, which has videos on a ton of bike repairs.
If your bike seems beyond repair, you can bring it to The Hub, newly opened in the Cass Corridor where they use used parts to fix your bike. (Read about BAB’s transformation here and here.) Or, if you don’t even own a bike, I also recommend this as the place to get one — the non-profit shop is run in support of Back Alley Bikes’ youth programs.
Know a great DIY bike repair site? Share it in the comments.
Now that your bike is ready to roll, it’s time to up the DIY ante. Up next: Projects to pimp out your ride.
Previously: DIY bikes, Part one: Get involved
Posted by Stephanie on May 16th, 2008 in Projects, Other crafts, Web sites
Tags: bike repairs, DIY BIKE SERIES, diy bikes, diy projects, fix your bike, only nerds post monty python videos
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Comment from Bearing Grease (BG)
Time: May 21, 2008, 11:14 pm
Hi!
Thanks for linking to us and getting the word out about the shop!
We really appreciate you thinking of us for your series on DIY bikes, and are honored to be in the same post as the best Flying Circus sketch ever (biased opinion, of course). If you (or anyone) has any questions about the shop, feel free to stop by, shoot us an e-mail (the hubofdetroit@gmail.com) or give us a call (313.879.5073). We’re enjoying being busy for the summer, so we might not get to the phone immediately, but if you’ve got some spare time and find yourself in the area of 3611 Cass Avenue, stop on by!
(p.s. WE LOVE OUR VOLUNTEERS! They help us out when they can during the week from 10-6 and Wednesday nights from 6-8pm. Thank you, volunteers!)
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