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Bicycle Gears - they help your bicycle wheels go around. Theres so much to this topic we could write a book !From one gear fixie setups to around thirty gears and everything inbetween the potential range of variations is endless these days.However many gears you have looking after them and using them well will extend the life of the kit that you have.In our repair business we see the whole range thats out there and the various conditions they get into.The best two regular jobs you can do yoursel …

Buying a Bicycle - Getting it Right Buying a new or (new to you) bike - its exciting but potentially a minefield.  I often get asked in my sister mobile cycle repairs business (boingbicycles) what the best bike is to buy and the truth is there's as many answers as there are cyclists/potential cyclists.  If you're super handy on the tools and experienced in mechanics then you can buy a new or second hand frame or carcass of a bike and build it up yourself. …

Bicycle Brakes - another essential item.  Coming in hot off the press after gears bicycle brakes perform an essential function. Once again we could write a book on this but we won't attempt to ! Instead here's a brief history covering the last 100 years or so. We hope it helps explain it a bit at least. With the odd exception (we're thinking back pedal coaster brakes on American Schwinn Cruisers) for a very long time brakes on bicycles were rim brakes of one kind or another.  …