Hey, thanks for stopping by! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed. You can also subscribe to BikeHacks by email. Thanks for visiting!Here’s another hack via a flickr picture. It seems Pawls wanted to try out some new handle bars without having to take off the brakes and [...]

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Over at bike to work to live to bike, Bloodhound has a nice tip for fixing rough sounding sidepull or dual pivot brakes.

If your brakes feel rough when you pull on them, the plastic tube that protects the tensioner spring may have disintegrated. Bloodhound used an electrical connector to replace the tube and give the [...]

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I am discovering that wine corks seem to provide solutions to a variety of bike related annoyances. I stumbled across this cool hack on Kevin Kelly’s site. It’s a simple yet brilliant idea for an age old problem.
I know some brakes have the ability to be engaged when the bike is [...]

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