Category: Maintenance

[ January 26, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Join Christine for a women’s only basic bike maintenance class. She will cover how to fix a flat and basic bicycle maintenance and drivetrain cleaning. Bring your flat repair items and front wheel.

** We will be offering discounts on all the necessities to keep your bike in tip-top condition.**

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
6:00pm – 8:00pm
David’s World [...]

Please join us for our free ladies cycling clinic tomorrow, Thursday, August 20, at 6 pm!
Learn how to repair a flat tire, change out your tube, lube your chain, and other handy maintenance tips to keep your bike riding smoothly.
Please bring your wheel and a pump and/or CO2 cartridge (or you may purchase at Retro [...]

Those Brits have some serious pothole problems on their paths.

[ March 11, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
In an effort to raise money for Orlando’s own Rusted Chain Bicycle Collective is offering free bike service (donations accepted, of course) at the Audobon Community Market on Wednesday nights from 6pm – 9pm. The Audobon Market is out in front of Stardust at 1842 E Winter Park Rd. They’ll help with any bike problem [...]

While teaching a recent Alternative Transportation course for the Florida Safety Council, one student looked at my treadless bike tires and commented that I could be cited for “bald tires.”  I explained that tread is not nearly as important for a bicycle tire as for a motor vehicle tire.  You probably can’t hydroplane a bike [...]

Just the other evening, I got a late start home. While not dark, it was rapidly getting there (it was cold too!). On the bike trail, blissfully ignorant, I am making good time when I managed to run over something sharp.
POP!!! Hissssssssssss …….. and the front tire rapidly deflates. ARRRRRRGGGGHH!!!! [...]

Fall is Spring in Florida! Now is the time to get started. Save money, get in shape, relieve stress, connect with your community… ride your bike to work!
Please join us Tuesday, November 11 at 6 PM.
Retro City Cycles
1806 N. Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32804

Two of Commute Orlando’s Cycling Instructors, Keri Caffrey and Lisa Blount, will [...]

Last time we went through this, I got a stick caught in my rear derailler that bent it beyond repair.
When it stopped raining today I went out to look at the damage in my neighborhood. Riding around, I heard this odd sound that I couldn’t locate. When I got home I took a harder look [...]

Free Tube-changing Clinic
June 11
6:45-8 PM.
Out-Spoke’N Bike Shop
4279 W. Lake Mary Blvd.
Lake Mary, FL 32707
We all dread having our forward motion stopped by the ominous hissing of a flat tire. But, a flat doesn’t have to mean the end of your ride or that it costs you 30 minutes to fix it. And, contrary to popular [...]