Bicycles/Maintenance and Repair

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Bicycles throughout the world are made with many simple and standardised interchangeable parts. Unlike many modern products, the technology used in bicycles is simple enough for many bicycle users to make simple repairs to their own vehicles. This article describes bicycle repair techniques.

• General information
  • Cleaning parts
• Tools & supplies
• Maintenance schedules
• Frames  : Article needed
• Suspension
  • Front suspension lubrication

• Wheels & tires
  • Fixing a flat (AKA a puncture)
  • Inflating Tires
  • Truing a wheel (adjusting rims so that they don't appear to wobble as the wheels spin)
• Hubs
  • Cleaning and repacking a hub
• Cranks  : Article needed
• Bottom brackets
  • Bottom bracket overhaul
• Freewheels & cassettes  : Article needed
• Chains
  • Chain sizes
  • Chain cleaning and lubrication
  • Checking a chain for wear
  • Removing a bicycle chain
  • Mending a broken chain
• Shifters
  • Rapidfire shifter lubrication - (i.e. Shimano A20)
• Derailleurs
  • Installing new cable housing
  • Derailleur adjustment
• Headsets
  • Headset overhaul
• Brakes
  • Installing new cable housing
  • Adjusting Rim Brakes
  • Coaster brakes
• Handlebars & stems  : Article needed
• Saddles & seatposts
• Pedals
  • Removing pedals
• Appendix
• Glossary

This textbook was moved from the Wikipedia article on "Bicycle repair".