Denton Bicycle Center

1. You need 7 pins. Start on the corners at the top of your pockets. Don't put a pin on the "tailing-side" of your number, so you don't catch wind. 2. Stick the pins through the number, then the jersey, then back through the number. Don't use the holes! Those are for runners 3. Use your steering wheel, or a pillow, or your handlebars because it helps to lay the material out, but you still want to be able to stab! 4. Try it on! Be patient, and don't be frustrated by fixing

This is not a prescription telling you how to ride. It's a description of my personal experience of, and thought process about, a specific left turn that I make on a bicycle, every day on my way to work. The setting is me going east on Panhandle towards Carroll, turning left to go north on Coit towards Crescent. There is no traffic signal, and I don't have a stop sign. The sequence of events: 1. After the last intersection before Coit (Panhandle and Denton St.), I drift sligh

On Fridays we have a social ride that leaves from our shop at 7. It is an any-skill-level, all-bikes, everyone-welcome kind of a ride. But I was thinking wouldn't it be cool if we learned something every week in addition to going on a ride around town. Cycling can be nuanced, and it would be so cool to discuss these little details with other people. The problem is usually that there are so many aspects of riding that the discussion can quickly get too big too fast, excluding

I did a lot of riding yesterday, and we'll just say I realized that it might already be time to revisit a delicate subject: saddle sores. Here are the 5 basic factors that cause saddle sores. Whether preventing or treating them, it helps to know what in the world is going on down there! Friction - you rub; you grind; you move about, inside of your clothes and ontop of your saddle Dampness - you sweat, and you sit in it.. for a while Heat - it's very hot down there! Need I say

How long have you lived in Denton? Only a year and a half, I moved to Denton in August 2015. How many bikes do you own? Three bikes, a couple of single speed bikes and a mountain bike that hasn’t been ridden in a few years. Do you have a favorite tool? I have a 15mm wrench that I like a lot at home, the weight and size are perfect in my hands. What is your preferred tire size to fix a flat on? 700 x 25… What is your favorite kind of riding? I just ride on the road. Do you hav

Let me give you two examples of different techniques for accelerating on your bicycle. These techniques aren't just for racing or group rides; you can also use these methods of getting up to speed when fighting a headwind or when rolling away from a red light or stop sign. While these are only two examples and many more exist, these two are a good starting point experimenting with what you prefer and what you are weakest at and need to practice more. 1. Long, big, and steady;