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Santa Cruz Tech Info Documents

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

If 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, 2007

Descent-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, 2007

Here’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, 2007

Decline 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, 2007

This 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, 2007

Fox 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, 2006

If 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, 2006

Hadley 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, 2006

If 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, 2006

We 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, 2006

Looking to give your Time Atac pedals new life? Check out our how-to article on how to rebuild Time Atac’s.

[Time Atac rebuild]

New how-to article: Hayes HFX-9 rebuild

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

We’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 […]