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!Via expertvillage.com comes this great little video on the features of a touring bike (Time, 3:09).

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Here in Portland we’ve got a local bike shop, Clever Cycles, that sells Dutch bikes, including bakfiets (and a bunch of other cool stuff, including a Wall Of Brooks saddles). Here’s a nice little video of one of the guys hopping a big ‘ol bakfiet:
 

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On the heels of my recent post about how not to lock your bike, I ran into a Streetfilms video on locking your bike that serves as a companion to one made several years ago.
The main man in the videos is Hal Ruzal and I had the pleasure of meeting him once. [...]

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In case you’ve got credibility issues when you stop in at your local bike shop, have a look at this video from Quickrelease.tv. It’s got everything you need to know about the anatomy of your bike!
Bicycle Anatomy for Beginners from Quickrelease.tv on Vimeo.

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I ran into  this older article on PopSci about a homemade rocket bike. I was intrigued so I bumped around looking for a video of the bike.
I got lucky and found it! This rocket runs on nitrous oxide and roofing tar, and is capable of a 200 pound thrust which rockets (sorry) the rider down the [...]

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Man, I remember being a kid and biting it hard on my bike after trying some epic jumps. But I never had the cojones to try a backflip (last one)…
This dude gets cleaned by his own back tire.

This kid needs to work on his timing…

Ah, summertime…

Derek needs to learn to bunny hop first:

I think being [...]

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It takes all kinds of cyclists to make the world go around, and all kinds of cyclists eat it from time to time. I’m generally not a mean spirited fellow, but I gotta be honest here: I find crash videos to be endlessly entertaining! And I tell you what: the web is full of entertaining [...]

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Alex over at BicycleTutor.com keeps the good stuff coming with this text-and-video tutorial on overhauling your threaded headset. Do it once a year, whether you think you need it or not. Never can tell what kinda gunk is in there.

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Gah. I’m never going to get this song out of my head! On my scraper bike, on my scraper bike… (via)

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Over at back2dabike, Jason goes into excellent detail on how to build your own alcohol stove that’s perfect for touring. There are a fair number of instructions floating around for these kinds of stoves, but Jason’s are super-detailed, with the added benefit of being hilarious. And he’s got a video of the stove in action [...]

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