Bike Maintenance Archive

How Often Should you do a Little Mountain Bike Maintenance?

Posted on October 21, 2011 | 6 Comments
So, apparently mountain bikes require maintenance. Yep, “Outrageous,” I hear you cry, that’s what I thought too. I buy this expensive, good quality piece of kit and it wont run...
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Build a homemade headset press for bike building

Posted on June 20, 2008 | 4 Comments
Following on from my post earlier in the week about installing a new headset, I’ve come across an article on building your own headset press. Could be the way around...
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Specialized Enduro S-Works – bike build in the pipeline

Posted on March 14, 2008 | No Comments
It’s been a busy week for me so no trail reviews I’m afraid (I have one in the pipeline for next week so please bear with me!) but I’ve got...
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Manitou Minute Suspension Fork – Broken Rebound Knob!

Posted on February 19, 2008 | No Comments
It’s slightly less an informational post today and more an opportunity for me to vent my spleen about some pretty shoddy components in my supposed high-end fork! I got a...
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Customising your Bike Gear and Brake Cables

Posted on February 13, 2008 | No Comments
Just a quick post to point you at a little article I read over on NSMBe magazine about a cheap and easy way to customise your bike cables, both gears...
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Specialized Epic bottom bracket fit problems

Posted on January 24, 2008 | No Comments
You might have read last week that I was having some bottom bracket traumas with my Specialized Epic. Well, incase anyone else has the same problems as me, here’s what...
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Welcome to Mountain Bikes Apart!

This site is all about... you guessed it... Mountain biking! I've been riding my fat tyre steed for a good 8 years now and have built up a bunch of stories and experience over the years. Mountain Bikes Apart is my attempt to log some of it, and hopefully help you lot in your biking endevours along the way.

There's a fair chunk of information on Mountain Bikes Apart about just that, taking mountain bikes apart, maintaining them, and bike building as a hobby. I've been building my own bikes since 2008 and get a ton of satisfaction out of riding my own custom mountain bike, set up just how I like it.

Over the last few years, I've also been doing a fair bit of mountain bike racing, along with a few triathlons. I've been writing a fair bit about that recently and cover some of the bigger bike races in Scotland.

Anyway, enjoy the show and be sure to contact me to let me know what you think, either on the contact page, or in the comments on any of the pages.

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