How To: Repair a punctured tire on a bike
This video will show you how to fix a tire puncture on your bicycle.
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How To: Do advanced rear derailleur adjustment for your bike
This tech tip demonstrates advanced rear derailleur adjustments in order to achieve proper shifting.
How To: Lube a bicycle chain
This video tech tip shows you how to properly lube your bicycle chain and spring.
How To: Install a new bicycle chain
This video tech tip shows you how to measure and install a new bicycle chain.
How To: Repair a puncture in a bike tire
Learn how to fix a flat bicycle tire in this video.
How To: Measure a bicycle frame
Sometimes the frame size on a bike isn't listed for whatever reason. Learn how you can accurately measure the frame size of a bike. It's easy so long as you can recognize the seat tube and the crank.
How To: Adjust a threadless headset on a bicycle
If you hear clicking noises or rattles in your headset when you brake, hit bumps, or steer, you may need to tighten your bike's headset. It only takes a minute or two, and will get rid of the annoying clicks.
How To: Wrap bicycle handlebar tape
Retaping the handlebars on your bike is easy, cheap, and can have a dramatic effect on the look of your bike. I show you how to do it.
How To: Ride a rock garden
This brief instructional video from will help you master rocky terrain. Always wear a helmet and appropriate safety gear any time you ride a bike and especially when you are learning a new skill.
How To: Pack your saddlebag effectively for a triathlon
Whether you ride horses, motorcycles, or bicycles in a triathlon, packing your saddlebag properly is crucial. This video focuses on the latter, offering tips for what to bring with you in your saddlebag during the biking stage of a triathlon. The upshot: bring a flat tire repair kit and practice using it before the race. You won't regret it.
How To: Use a race belt to improve your triathlon
If you're ever done a big race before, then you've probably had to deal with attaching a paper number to your chest with safety pins. In a triathlon, where you are going to have to change clothes multiple times, having to keep unpinning and repinning that number can cost you valuable time and effort. This video will show you how a race belt can simplify the process, making switching your numbers location a breeze, even across multiple outfits.
How To: Make a bicycle sound like a motorcycle
Check out this video and learn an easy way to make your bicycle sound like a motorcycle with just a plastic bottle.
How To: Measure out a good sized bicycle frame
Measuring out a bicycle frame is useful knowledge. This instructional video shows how to determine the best sizes and angles for weight distribution on the bike frame. Georgena Terry's drawings and geometry help explain which bicycle frame designs are best for riding.
How To: Improve your pedal stroke
Cannondale's Doug Dalton offers up a quick tip to help make your mountain bike ride safer and easier.
How To: Modify a unicycle seat
Tips on modifying your fusion freeride saddle to keep the "channel" open.
How To: Clean your disc brakes on your bike
Useful biking video that shows how to clean your disc brakes. Best thing to use is rubbing alcohol.
How To: Repair bicycles
In this bicycle repair how-to video series, learn how to repair your bicycle from expert David Lyell. David will show you how to repair front cantilever brakes, how to adjust bike U-brakes how to fix a loose headset on a bicycle, how to adjust the derailleurs on your bike.
How To: Jump a tabletop
Chris Duncan demonstrates how to jump tabletops and you first need to put on protection. You should keep your legs bent, elbows up and out, and arms straight. Jump a tabletop.
How To: Dial in your ride
The team from BikeSkills show you the set up and technique you need to get the most out of your trail time. One of the important things is setting up your bars to allow for single finger braking. Dial in your ride.
How To: Ride on roots, rocks, and water crossings
This brief instructional video will help you learn how to deal with tricky and slippery roots, rocks, and water crossings. Always wear a helmet and appropriate safety gear any time you ride a bike and especially when you are learning a new skill. Ride on roots, rocks, and water crossings.
How To: Master steep terrain riding
This brief instructional video will help you master steep terrain. Always wear a helmet and appropriate safety gear any time you ride a bike and especially when you are learning a new skill. Master steep terrain riding.
Danny MacAskill: World's Greatest Daredevil Cyclist
The world just can't get enough of the amazing, amazing Danny MacAskill. Back in September, we featured the incredible cyclist, and today he's been written up in the New York Times.
News: The Amazing, Amazing Danny MacAskill
Scotland's Danny MacAskill first came to the world's attention in April 2009 when his roommate uploaded a video of his insane mountain bike stunts. The video amassed more than 350,000 views in the first forty hours it was uploaded.
News: Hop stairs on a unicycle
Our SoCal buddy Terry 'The UniGeezer' Peterson (Geezer? What? Old? No way!) pulls insane tricks we've only previously seen from fixie kids and bmx-ers. But he's tearing it up on only one wheel!
How To: Fold an abstract, flexible origami shape
This video is about folding an abstract, flexible origami shape
How To: Make TCPO (for making glow sticks)
How to make TCPO or bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) oxalate, used in glow stick reactions. WARNING: This procedure should only be performed by, or under the direct supervision of, an experienced chemist. Please refer to the material safety data sheets of all chemicals for their hazards. Synthesis must be performed in a fumehood.
How To: Tie a Prusik knot
Know your knots! With this free video tutorial, you'll learn how to tie a simple Prusik knot. The Prusik knot is perfect for mountain climbers, as it tightens when weight is applied and slides when the tensions is released. The knot is easy to tie provided, of course, you know how to go about making it. For an easy-to-follow, step-by-step overview of how to tie this useful fisherman's knot in a minute's time or less, watch this free video knot tyer's guide.
How To: Wax your snowboard like a pro for the best results
If you are a snowboarder, it is important to wax your board. By waxing your snowboard you will get the best results down the side of the mountain, every time. In this tutorial, learn how to wax like a professional boarder. This video clip is very thorough and will guide you every step of the way. So grab your board and wax it up.. see you on the slopes!
How To: Make Okonomiyaki (Japanese Assorted Pancake)
This tutorial video will teach you to make a okonomiyaki. This is a japanese assorted pancake. Ingredients for Okonomiyaki
How To: Do downhill ski series exercises
Learn how to do downhill ski series exercises. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits
How To: View the universe with the Meade ETX-AT Telescope
All you science and astronomy nuts out there, pay attention, this detailed video tutorial series will tell you everything you need to know about using the Meade ETX-AT Series Telescope to ogle the universe.
How To: Dominate the New York Times Crossword Puzzle
First off, don't be frustrated. YOU CAN DO IT! Contrary to the message in the image above, it's NOT over. It's just beginning. And when it comes to solving the New York Times crossword puzzle, the old cliche does apply: practice makes perfect.
How To: Choose a bicycle helmet
In this how-to video, you will learn how to choose a proper bicycle helmet. They are the most important safety equipment a cyclist owns. Picking the right helmet starts with understanding what a helmet consists of. The micro shell is the thin tough layer that covers and protects the interior of the helmet. It absorbs the impacts of the helmet. The adjustable retention system consists of 2 straps. The chin strap goes across your chin and the other goes across the back of your head. The vents a...
How To: Make a glow stick reaction with real chemicals
Watch this science video tutorial from Nurd Rage on how to make a glow stick reaction with real chemicals.
How To: Assemble & tune front & rear handbrakes on a bicycle
In this tutorial, learn step by step how to assemble and tune your front and rear handbrakes. This video, hosted by Pete, will walk you through the process of assembling your brakes so you stay safe on the road. This how-to will work for beach cruisers, mountain bike and BMX bikes, too.
How To: Tie useful knots in a survival situation
If you somehow find yourself stranded in the woods, you'll need to know how to tie strong knots. But it's actually just as important to know how to untie knots. You probably have limited rope, after all, and you'll need to re-use it. In this video Reggie Bennett from the Mountain Shepherd Survival School shows us how to tie and untie knots.
How To: Determine whether wild plants are edible or poisonous
In this video Reggie Bennett from the Mountain Shepherd Survival School teaches us a lot about finding edible plants in the wild. If you find yourself forced to survive in the woods, picking the wrong berry to eat could be deadly. Bennett goes over common misconceptions about foraging for food, and shows us the right way to do it.
How To: Survive in the woods
If you were lost in the woods tomorrow, would you know how to survive? In this video, Reggie Bennett from the Mountain Shepherd Survival School teaches us the skills for surviving in the wild. From how to start a fire to knowing which kinds of berries are safe to eat, this is the sort of info that it's vital to know in case of emergencies.
How To: Build a basic shelter out of plastic and cord
In this informative video, Reggie Bennett from the Mountain Shepherd Survival School shows you how to make a basic shelter in the woods. It's simpler than you'd think. Whether you're planning a campy trip or you're trying to prepare for any potential disasters, it's important to know to build shelter in a hurry.
How To: Make an 8-petal flower from folded paper with origami
In this Arts & Crafts video tutorial you will learn how to make an 8-petal flower from folded paper with origami. Take a square sheet of paper and fold it diagonally in both directions and open it up. Then fold it in half horizontally and vertically n the opposite side. Open it up and collapse the sheet in to a waterbomb base. Fold the flaps down along the center crease on both sides. Valley fold the four tips up. Open up the sheet and fold the four corners inwards. Then fold the direction of...