Workshop wisdom

WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE. From rounding a bolt to starting a task that’s deceptively complex, it’s all too easy for a simple repair job or some routine maintenance to become an odyssey. So, to ease your w

RiDE’s resident spanner-twirler on the mostly cost-free tweaks that’ll give your bike a great start to the year

we’ve all been there. From rounding off a bolt to starting a task that’s deceptively complex, it’s all too easy for a simple workshop job to become an odyssey. So, to ease your maintenance woes, we’ve

Trim control lines. If brake hoses or gear/dropper seatpost cables are left too long, it increases the chance they’ll flap about, banging off the frame tubes or each other and making a racket. When yo

Some of that’s down to my own bikes, but it’s largely thanks to my time spent preaching the word of the mudguard evangelists while working as a mechanic in a perpetually damp Edinburgh bike shop. Our

Saving you money on essential bike maintenance with easy-to-follow tips