Every bike curmudgeon on the internet will grumble "steel is real" if you trot out an old frame. Steel frames last forever, you're told, and are easily repaired if anything breaks. Well, my old steel ...

You’re seven miles up a narrow valley and nearing the welcome end to hours of steady climbing when you hear a sharp thwack, followed by a hiss — your front tire has just gone flat, you don’t have a ...

Today’s lesson: fixing the brakes on your bike. At Seatac’s Global Connections High School, students participating in the Major Taylor Project’s Earn-A-Bike program spend six weeks learning how to ...

Eric Holte (left) learns to fix his bike with volunteer Michael Benko at Bike Church, a learn-to-repair bike event at Neighborhood Bike Works in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Neighborhood Bike ...

Melvin Sargent uses a hack saw to trim a rod on his bike at the Bike Cave in Duluth on Wednesday. The bolt and trailer hitch from his bike were stolen while he was at work earlier this week, so he ...