Category: Maintenance
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How To Balance a Cycling Wheel
Wheel balance is an important aspect of cycling that affects the overall performance, comfort, and safety of the ride. When a wheel is out of balance you can experience a violent shake at high speed referred to as a “speed wobble” or “death wobble.” Wheel imbalance also reduces stability, wastes watts, and potentially leads to…
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What FLO Wheels Are Tubeless Ready?
Are FLO wheels tubeless ready? The quick answer is yes. All FLO wheels are tubeless ready but over the years our rims have improved to make tubeless installations easier. Below is a quick guide to help you along the way. We recommend the products you will need for your model and discuss the rim technology…
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Why You Shouldn’t Use A Compressor For Tubeless Tires
Tubeless is becoming more and more popular these days. The set up can be a little intimidating but once you get it, it’s great! (Have you signed up for our tubeless guide? If not, do so here) However, I felt the need to address one of the set up options and why it’s not recommend…
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How to Change End Caps On Disc Brake Hubs
How a wheel attaches to your bike used to be simple—you used a quick release skewer. Today, thru-axles are starting to take over in the disc-brake world. All of our FLO disc-brake wheels ship with 12mm thru-axle end caps but you may want to change to quick release or replace a damaged one. The video…
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Removing & Installing Wheel Stickers: FLO Cycling How To
From time to time you may want to update your FLO stickers to a new color or replace a damaged sticker. Our How-To video below will walk you through all of the required steps to successfully remove and install new FLO stickers. Quick Tips – Removing & Installing Stickers Removing Stickers When removing a sticker,…
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Wheel Fit Guide For FLO All Sport Series
Will wider carbon wheels fit my bike? The All Sport series has a wide brake track width of 28mm and a wide internal rim width of 21mm. This article will help you determine if the new FLO All Sport wheels will fit your bike, plus tire size recommendations for the best fit. We’ve also included…
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How to Build a Road Bike, The Complete Guide by FLO Cycling
Hello All, We have been working on a free eBook for the past month. We’ve put together a complete guide on how to build a road bike from the ground up. Here’s what you get. A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by…
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How to Build a Road Bike Step 1, Installing the Bottom Bracket
This is Step 1 of a multi-part series on how to build a road bike. To gain access to all 15 steps immediately, visit www.flocycling.com/buildabie.php to download the following: A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook – Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by Step Videos 110 FREE Full Color Pictures NOTE* All Park Tool pictures are courtesy of…
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How to Build a Road Bike Step 2, Installing the Crankset and Pedals
This is Step 2 of a multi-part series on how to build a road bike. There is a free eBook available that gives you instant access to the following: A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook – Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by Step Videos 110 FREE Full Color Pictures NOTE* All Park Tool pictures…
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How to Build a Road Bike Step 3, Installing the Fork, Stem and Handlebar
This is Step 3 of a multi-part series on how to build a road bike. There is a free eBook available that gives you instant access to the following: A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook – Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by Step Videos 110 FREE Full Color Pictures NOTE* All Park Tool pictures are…
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How to Build a Road Bike Step 4, Hanging the Derailleurs
This is Step 4 of a multi-part series on how to build a road bike. There is a free eBook available that gives you instant access to the following: A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook – Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by Step Videos 110 FREE Full Color Pictures NOTE* All Park Tool pictures…
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How to Build a Road Bike Step 5, Installing your Saddle
This is Step 5 of a multi-part series on how to build a road bike. There is a free eBook available that gives you instant access to the following: A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook – Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by Step Videos 110 FREE Full Color Pictures NOTE* All Park Tool pictures…
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How to Build a Road Bike Step 6, Installing your Shifters
This is Step 6 of a multi-part series on how to build a road bike. There is a free eBook available that gives you instant access to the following: A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook – Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by Step Videos 110 FREE Full Color Pictures NOTE* All Park Tool pictures…