10 simple steps to packing your bike for travel
- Remove pedals – Remembering the non-drive side pedal is reverse threaded!
- Lower saddle
- Release derailleur clutch to help with easy removal of the rear wheel
- Remove both wheels and remember to replace axles
- Remove some air from the the tyres to help with packing and to allow for flight pressure changes. Don’t go crazy here as you might lose your tubeless sealant!
- Insert pad spacers into brake calipers
- Remove bar and stem
- Replace top cap and tighten stem bolt so they don’t get lost
- Fit frame pad and secure bike in bag ensuring that no cables or components are rubbing
- Insert wheels into the wheel compartment with discs facing outwards
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From changing a gear cable to mastering the attack position, in the #MTBminute we take on some of the most pressing questions around your mountain bike life and attempt to show you the key stages in just 60 seconds!
Using decades of collective guiding, riding and mechanical experience we’ve carefully created each minute-long video to give easy-to-follow, practical tips that will instantly demystify skills and techniques. They might still take a lifetime to master but with the #MTBminute at least you’ll be off to a solid start.
