Upcoming Videos

By popular demand, I have decided to start doing some videos. I think these will be posted on my youtube page, as well as here. More information will be forthcoming. But for now, fyi, these videos will include a bit on repairing bikes. I think I've stated that I am no expert, but pretty much wing it. I have some bicycle repair books that I have consulted in the past, but they did very little for me at the actual time of use, so.... it will be a "see how this goes" sort of thing,.. :D haha. I'll show you some things that you can do to upgrade your mountain bike... you can either make it a better bike, or make some alterations to make it more of a downhill ride. Keep in mind that I raced downhill over 20 years ago, and that bikes have changed somewhat since then, but I will tell you what I like in a DH bike and why, and what and why I added to my bike before DH bikes were really that specialized :O . I'll include simple repairs and how having the right tools really makes a seemingly taskful job, a breeze. I'll point out different frame structures and materials, different types of brakes, as well as some dirt biking/mtn biking/downhilling techniques - very simple stuff, that I never learned... more like stuff you learn from the school of hard knocks! Hopefully, that way, you can avoid some of the "knocks" that I did.

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