TIPS, TRICKS AND biking RESOURCES!
Below are a collection of videos that will help you understand your bike better to ensure you have the best ride possible out on the trails.
HOW TO USE YOUR BIKE AND HAVE A GOOD RIDE
WHAT MAKES UP A MOUNTAIN BIKE!
GET TO KNOW THE PARTS AND COMPONENTS ON YOUR BIKE
SHIFTING!
understand your componets and how to use them.
Modern day mountain bikes use lever actuated shifters that can be found on the right handle bar that is perfectly positioned for your thumb. Those levers are clicked in to either shift the bike into a easier gear or harder gear. Clicking through gears is a useful tool to set the bike up into a gear positions that make riding most efficient based on your accent or decent.
For more info or help please watch the provided video to understand gears and shifitng!
Most gravel and road bikes have drop handle bars, which look and act different than traditional straight handle bars. One key difference are that the shifting levers are intergraded into the handle bar.
If you are brand new to road/gravel bikes, we highly suggest watch the video to understand how to brake and shift using the proper levers.
how to shift a gravel/raod bike
tires!
understand tire pressure and how to check them!
All bikes have tires and each type of bike has a different optimal tire pressure. Mountain bikes like low tire pressure that provide lots of grip on the trail. Road bikes like high tire pressure for better speed and efficiency. Fat tire bikes like extremely low tire pressure and gravel bikes like to be somewhere in the middle. If you don’t know where to be, almost all tires list on the side wall what the optimal tire pressure for your bike should be
For more info or help please watch the provided video to understand tire pressure and how to put air in or out of your tires.
Tire pressure is listed by minimum and maxium, these numbers don’t mean that where they have to be pumped to.
SEAT ADJUSTMENTS
DROPPER POST, QUICK RELEASE, HEX KEY
Modern day mountain bikes use lever actuated seat adjusters called dropper post. These post are hydraulic seat tubes that go up when the lever is pressed, but also can be put down by sitting and applying pressure to the seat when the lever is pressed. The advantage of a dropper post is the ability to make adjustments to your seat height with out having to dismount from the bike.
Some bikes will have a more traditional quick release, which is a tension clamp on the seat tupe. When the lever is released, with your hands you can manually adjust the seat height. This does require you to dismount the bike.
Lastly some bikes, especially the road bikes, with have a fix seat clamp that will require a tool to loosen if you need to adjust the height.
Please watch the videos provided if you have any issues with correctly adjust your seat height.
fat tire bike?!
Fat tires are a new additiona to the spectrum of mountain bikes in the last decade. Known for their distinct look, FAT TIRES, these multi purpose bikes are great for beginners and winter riders.
Due to their large tires and low riding pressure, a fat tire bike provides a very soft and forgiving ride that lets you ease into mountain biking at a slower pace. the other advantage those large tires provide is great surface area which allows the bike to float above the snow and ride during the winter.
For a better understanding of these bikes please enjoy the videos!
What they are and how we use them!
Balance bikes
Balance bikes are the latest addition to the kids biing world. Due to their low center of gravity and extreme simplicity, these bikes are proven to give kids a lot more confidence riding a bike than the traditional training wheels.
If you have never worked with a balance bike before, enjoy the video to understand how they work!
The newest and best way to learn to ride a bike!
beginner tips and common issues
When you ride a bike you are usually sharing the road or trail with other people and it is important to be understand the rules and ediquette in order to remain safe and mindful of those around you.
For a lot of new riders getting on a bike can be intimidating, following along with the video, there are tips that help ensure a confidence boost in order to get you going on your bike.
Bike are machines and machines do break sometimes. One of the most common issues and one easily fixed yourself is a dropped chain. Watch the provided video to help learn how you can manage getting the chain back on your self.
If you run into issues that you are not comfortable fixing yourself, get yourself and the bike to a safe place with cell coverage, please reach out to us or one of the local bike shops. If the issue cannot be resolved where you are at, please coordinate to have yourself and the bike picked up.
