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How To Clean a Bike

Cleaning your bike might sound simple enough, but there are some key things to look out for and there is a right and wrong way to do it. With this guide we’ll walk you through it! Click the first image to get started. Dirt Juice Muc-Off

How To Clean a Chain

After a few miles of  cycling your chain picks up a lot of grit and dirt. This grime that acrews can reduce the life of your gear and chain system, so it is very important to clean the chain and cassette regularly and remove dirt from the deraillieurs. In this handy album, Get Cycling takes [...]

Top 5 Commuter Purchases

Here are 5 items that should be in your arsenal for commuting. 1)      Helmet If you consider your head of any value a helmet is a must. It should be comfortable, fit well and have plenty of vents so you don’t get too hot and turn up to work dripping in sweat! The Giro Skyline [...]

Bike Bath cycling weekend 22nd-24th June

Bike Bath will be hosting an entire weekend of cycling in the great Roman city in June. With entertainment planned from Friday through to Sunday, if you’re in the south west then you should plan to pop a long. Here’s what they say you can expect: Friday 22nd - an evening of speakers and film – [...]

Question: Why do you cycle?

It seems like a pretty easy question, yet moments later you find yourself mulling it over, struggling to come to a concise answer. So using the power of the crowd let us put it to the poll and get as many answers as we can! Is it save on petrol money? Is it to enjoy [...]

How to Adjust Road Bike Brakes

Poorly set up road brakes can hinder your cycling in many ways, namely affecting your stopping distance which can then result in an accident. With this simple step by step guide we will be able to tone up your brakes so you can get them back into working order. This should take only a few [...]

Did you know?: Left-Hand Pedal

The left-hand pedal on your bike is actually the opposite thread to the right. This is because it cannot be worked loose – in an effect called precession (a round object in a round hole moving due to forces acting upon it when there is room to do so). As you pedal, the pressure on [...]