Bicycle Repair and Maintenance

Click to enlarge Your Home Bicycle Workshop by Jim Langley Everything you need to know to build a great home bicycle workshop! Click pictures to learn more My truing stand More truing stands & wheel tools Eldi emergency spoke tool Eldi Emergency Spoke Bicycle Tool A Spoke Recycler The great thing about this bicycle spoke cutter and bender is that it allows a mechanic equipped with a handful of long spokes to fix bicycle wheels of any size. A Ride Mechanic’s Treasure This spoke shaper is the perfect tool when you’re wrenching for a ride or race. A Ridesaver Bicycle spokes with this S bend are known by tourists as emergency spokes because the special bend simplifies installation. A Keeper I’ve searched for this tool without luck so I don’t believe it’s available any longer. Update on finding a tool that can create the bend: a reader named Chung wrote saying that there’s a model airplane tool that puts Z bends in steel rods that might work. Shimano Pro-Set HG chain cutter Almost Too Nice to Use

Photo of the Year - Final Day for Round 1 Voting Click to Vote Marius Maasewerd Judges' Feedback Good, slow pans can be tricky to shoot well. Go to Voting Page Sebastien Lehmann Sebastian did a nice job here of pulling together some cool elements: motion, time and strobe work. Chris Bortels Cool shot of Bulldog coming out of the dust at Val di Sole. Roger Grütter Roger pretty much nailed the mood of epic riding. Matt Butterworth Just another day at the Bike Ranch. Grzegorz Wawryczuk I like the mood and feel of this shot. Mike Zinger The black and white is the first thing that sticks out. Wolfgang Watzke This is mountain biking. Adrian Marcoux Adrian has more talent than you can shake a stick at. Tobias It's a simple dirtjump shot, but the worm's eye angle and the perfectly framed rider in the blades of grass gives this shot a completely different look. Tyler Roemer When you do decide to use artificial light it's very important to understand how it works and balance it perfectly with the natural light. Ian Hill Lars Scharl Pierre-Luc Bouchard