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Santa Cruz Tech Info Documents
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008If you haven’t checked lately, Santa Cruz has updated their Tech Info section for most of their bikes. They’ve included overhaul and seasonal maintenance documents with lots of detail. They include step by step instructions with great pictures and a list of all of the tools you’ll need.
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SPY Tear-Off’s How-To
Saturday, March 17th, 2007Descent-World is running a nice article on how to properly install SPY tear-off’s on your goggles. Many people struggle with this task even though it seems quite simple. Si shares some nice tips on installation issues and race preparation.
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Previous Coverage
2007 SPY Goggles
Electric Visual Goggles
2007 Utopia Goggles
Tools to Help You Get Stubborn Tires Off Stubborn Rims
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007Here’s a few tools that will help you get that pesky DH bead tire off that impossible rim. If you’re into watching funny things, take your DH wheel down to the bike shop and pay them $5 to take it off. Sometimes it proves quite entertaining.
You might think you need Chuck Norris to help you, […]
Different techniques on jumping
Sunday, March 11th, 2007Decline and Fluidride are putting together some tutorial video’s. The second video is on Jumping. See the video below to see different jumping techniques with Lars.
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Previous Coverage
How to flow drops with FluidRide
Nipple Holder
Thursday, January 25th, 2007This is for all you wheel builder’s, or wheel builders in training. If you’ve ever lost a nipple inside a rim, you know the frustration. Dirt Rag posted up a tip of how to avoid that.
Its a pretty simple design, and works well but i’ve found that if you use an old […]
How to: Fox Racing Shox Overhaul
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007Fox Racing Shox has stepped up and now has picture tutorials on how to overhaul your beloved Fox Shock. Whether you’ve got a Fox40 RC2 or a Float R, they’ve got a guide of how to overhaul / disassemble it properly. Power to the people
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How to: Overhaul Rear XTR Derailleur
Monday, December 11th, 2006If you’re looking to overhual your old school reliable XTR rear derailluer look no further. Read more here
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How to: Overhaul a Hadley Rear Hub
Thursday, December 7th, 2006Hadley doesn’t have a website and I’ve been meaning to take mine apart to give it some TLC in the off season. I got a hold of some Enduro Ceramic Hybrid Bearings to put in my Hadley hub to thank it for all the hard work its put in. Below you can see […]
New how-to article: Hope M4 Lever Overhaul/Disassembly
Monday, October 30th, 2006If you’ve got a set of Hope M4 levers and are looking to overhaul them we added a how-to article on it in the Tech | How to section here
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New how-to article: Rebuild SRAM X.9 shifter
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006We added another how-to article to the Tech section this morning on rebuilding your X.9 trigger shifters. It has lots of pictures and detailed instructions. Enjoy
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New how-to article: Rebuild Time Atac Pedals
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006Looking to give your Time Atac pedals new life? Check out our how-to article on how to rebuild Time Atac’s.
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New how-to article: Hayes HFX-9 rebuild
Thursday, July 27th, 2006We’ve added a new set of thorough rebuild instructions for the Hayes HFX-9 master cylinder. This article has detailed instructions on the complete tear down and reassembly of the master cyclinder, as well as some common points of failure. If you have a technical how-to you’d like for us to host or know of any […]
