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Preparing for Year-Round Smart Trainer Service

As a professional bicycle mechanic, your expertise is a cornerstone for cycling enthusiasts, whether they’re hitting the open road or cycling indoors. With the rise of smart trainers, cyclists are increasingly opting for indoor training throughout the year. This trend presents both a challenge and an opportunity for bicycle shops and mechanics, especially regarding the shifting issues that can arise when bicycles are mounted onto these trainers. As you prepare to service customers employing smart trainers year-round, consider the following insights and strategies.

Mastering the Craft: Wheel Building and Truing

For professional bicycle mechanics, a well-built and true wheel is the backbone of reliable bicycle performance. Every ride begins and ends with the wheels; thus, their integrity is paramount. A properly built wheel ensures even tension distribution and resistance to wobbling, which can lead to premature wear or, worse, dangerous riding conditions. Through the proficiency in wheel building and truing, mechanics don’t just enhance a bicycle’s performance; they preserve the very essence of pedalling joy.

Brake Bedding, Disc Brakes, Bicycles

Bedding Brakes: Why it Matters and How it’s Done

Bedding brake pads on your bicycle is a critical step in optimizing the performance of the braking system. This process involves transferring a thin layer of brake pad material onto the rotor’s braking surface, which ensures smoother and more consistent braking. Not only does bedding in your brake pads improve your bike’s stopping power, but it also extends the lifespan of your brake pads and rotors. In this article, we will discuss the importance of bedding in brake pads and provide a step-by-step guide on how to do it properly.

Central Alberta Bicycle School adds two new Bicycle Workshops

Tune-Up and Bicycle Fitting Workshops offered at CABS Two weekend bicycle workshops have been added to the course offerings at Circuit Cycle & Sports in Millet. The first course runs all day on Saturdays which provide the cyclist with the skills to properly tune-up a bicycle. “Students bring in their own bicycles and at the…
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Inspect Bicycle for cracks in frame. Here we see a crack the the head tube.

Inspect Bicycles: The cracked head-tube

What a Bicycle Assembly Mechanic May Encounter Not all new bicycles are perfect out of the box. In fact, manufacture defects can happen. It is part of the BAM certified bicycle assemblers job to inspect bicycles and spot these issues. The cracked head-tube revealed when the BAM inspects the bicycle. A great example is a…
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