HOZAN unique screwing tool permits to make any length of spokes. Featuring a strengthened high-speed steel die. Applicable with stainless steel spokes.

This is a bicycle manufactured by Calfee.  The awesome thing about this bike is that it's made of bamboo.

Hola muchachos! Here is the bike of the week and holy shit is it badass. Custom build by Icarus Frames.  Who needs a seat tube!  Like whoa.  Love the internal cabeling too. 

Multi tools come in a variety of shapes and sizes but usually include an assortment of allen wrenches, a phillips and regular screw driver, and maybe a chain tool. I'll try and do a review of a couple at some point.

Local bike mechanic from Citizen Chain in San Francisco, Sasha, goes through the tools he carries with him when he rides.  

These are the essential tools he carries with him when he rides. 

• Patch Kit, instead of extra tube
• Presta adpater, schrader adapter
• Small Bike Pump, trusted more than CO2 pump
• Adjustable Box Wrench
• Multi-Tool (Chaintool, wrench, bottle opener)
• Tire Irons or Levers
• Set up Allen Wrenches or Keys
• Lock on wheel set key

 

Tutorial on how to remove a freewheel from a bicycle wheel. 

First remove the skewer from the wheel.  Then identify the correct tool to remove the freewheel.  Once you have the correct freewheel tool, place it over the axle and slide it into place on the freewheel.  Then take the skewer you just removed and place it back onto the hub, tightening it down until there is a little pressure on the freewheel tool to hold it into place on the freewheel body. 

Next grab a big wrench and place it on the tool and turn the freewheel tool counterclockwise. 

Tutorial on how to install bike pedals.  Pedals will usually have left or right hand markings on them, either on the body of the pedal or on the end of the spindles. 

Starting with right pedal, first make sure you grease the spindle and clean the inside of the crank arm threads.  As you install it pedal backward and hold the pedals straight, and make sure the threads engage straight.  The pedal should thread on smoothly, if it is not, stop immediately and try again.  You do not want to cross thread the pedal.  Once it snug, give it one more oomf.  And don't say um so much.

The biggest thing to remember about installing pedals is that the left pedal is lefty tighty instead of the usual righty tighty we are trained to remember. Once you get the pedal started you can just hold the wrench onto it and rotate the pedals backward to make it quick.

So sex sells right? The mantra of many an advertising executive, and i'm going to use it as an excuse to start the "Weekly Hot Girl on a Bicycle".  Read on for an in depth analysis of this picture where I make a lot of outrageous assumptions.  Play the embedded song by Ra Ra Riot while you read for the full experience.

Tire levers are a must have for anyone who wants to do their own bike maintenance. Flat tires are one of the most common fixes you can perform yourself. Tire levers come in all shapes, materials and sizes. Pretty much anything they sell at your LBS (local bike shop) will be adequate. They only cost a few bucks and they will pay for themselves after only a few tire repairs. If you are going to be using the tire levers heavily then the plastic ones with a steel core are a good way to go, very durable. But if you are only using them occasionally the plastic ones will be fine.

How to replace a bike tube, no hassles. In this vid we are dealing with a presta valve, but it also works with schroeder valves.

You will need some tire levers which you can pick up for a few bucks at any bike shop and a bike pump, you don't need an air compressor. First thing you have to do is get a flat tire, could happen at any time, preferably it's not too inconvenient.