How to Install a Ceiling Mounted Bike Hook
Sometimes it can be easy to forget the the garage is supposed to be a place to put your car. More often than not they end up acting as storage sheds instead. One way to free up some space is to install a ceiling mounted bike hook. Bikes can take up quite a bit of floor space and wall mounted hooks often don’t free up as much space as you would like them too. Thankfully, you can create a system to hoist your bikes up to the ceiling in order to save floor and wall space.
In order to build a ceiling mounted bike hook you will need a fifty foot rope, four screw hooks, five quarter inch pulleys, pliers, a screwdriver, a drill, two carabiners, and a cleat and screws.
Cycling Is For Everyone
Spending time in the great outdoors with your family can be priceless, and offers many benefits for each person in your family. For instance, family cycling is a great way for families to bond and exercise together. Cycling promotes a healthy heart, lungs, and strengthens the muscles in legs, abdomen, and arms. Studies show that families that exercise together are healthier and happier than those that do not. Here are some tips to get your entire family cycling.
1. Ensure that you have chosen the right bikes for your family. It is important that each person have a bike that fits them correctly. The best way to get fitted for a bike is to visit your local cycling store. There each person can get measured for the perfect bike height. A perfect fitting bike will allow a person to put their feet down on the ground while remaining on the bike seat. If a bike is too large, it can be difficult to stop and control it while riding. Parents often buy bikes for children to grow into. This is alright to do, but keep in mind how hard it will be for your child to stop the bike in an emergency. In addition, many bikes offer the ability to raise the seat to customize the height, making bikes last longer for each child. You will also need to make sure that you have the correct tires for your bike. For durability, hybrid tires would be the best for family bikes. These type of tires are less likely to become flat while running over road debris or small rocks. Mountain bike tires are made for trail riding, and if your family frequently rides on trails or rocky areas, you should consider this type of tire.
How to Fix a Flat on a Mountain Bike
Mountain bikes are built for rugged terrain with heavy duty shocks and extra strength tires to handle all sorts of ground. But every once in a while, you’ll encounter terrain that is just too rugged for your bike and a flat will occur. When that happens, it’s useful to know how to patch up the tire yourself, and how to do it quickly so you can get back on the trail as soon as possible.
To fix a flat tire on a mountain bike, it is essential that you have something to patch it with, as well as glue, an air pump, and some basic household tools to help you get to the tire.
Do I Need to Buy a New Wheel For My Mountain Bike?
For any rider willing enough to take on the challenge of a new bike trail, there are always adventures waiting around the bend. Sometimes these are great surprises, while at other times; they can spell the recipe for disaster. Riders have to be on their guard at all times, expecting the worst and bracing themselves against any dangers or situations that may be cause for an accident. This can happen suddenly and may be the perfect time to get that new tire that has looked good in the shop. Since many times trauma has been caused to the wheel itself, there is no other recourse than to get a replacement in this case. However, if is not the tire, but the rim itself, there may be a way to fix this without having to shell out big bucks to get a replacement part at the shop.
These bikes and their parts are designed to take a lot of abuse and be able to withstand some rugged use before having to require a replacement item. This may be the case if the wheel itself is just a little bent and is not totally so out of shape that it cannot free spin on its own. Companies use different materials and construction methods to build these units and the wheel is dependent upon the type of suspension, the metal used in the rims, how much traction there is on the tire itself, and also if there is an inner tube present.
Everything About Mountain Bike Lights
Mountain biking at night has become an increasingly popular form of entertainment among mountain bikers who have already gained a bit of experience riding about during the daylight hours. Riding in the dark offers an entirely different appeal from riding in the daytime due to the dramatically reduced visibility one experiences when riding after the sun goes down, as well as the seemingly otherworldly quality the trees and fields seem to take on when you view them through the light of the moon or a handlebar mounted LED light system. As a result, it is no surprise that the sport of night time mountain biking has taken off in recent years, and in larger cities with established mountain biking populations, it has become more common to hear of organized night rides and activities where having a good set of mountain bike lights is a requirement for participation, safety, and enjoyment. This article will discuss some tips for choosing mountain bike lights and determining which lighting systems are best for you.
The two major areas of concern involving mountain bike lights are head lights and tail lights. Of the two, head lights are far more important, as the need to see what is coming up in front of you is almost always going to be far more urgent than the need to see what is behind you or alert people behind you of your presence. If you are a cyclist who rides on roads the majority of the time, then tail lights are very important for riding because you will be sharing the road with cars.