In this video, Jeff Yingling, part of CeramicSpeed’s Technical/R&D Support group, goes over some of the fundmentals of disc brakes on a tri bike. What signs show you need to bleed your brakes (if they are hydraulic), keeping the pads and rotors clean and uncontaminated, checking for rotor drag and pad wear, and some other tips and tricks.

In this video, Jeff Yingling, part of CeramicSpeed’s Technical/R&D Support group, goes over the difference between brake pads designed for aluminum rims and those designed for carbon rims. He discusses why you need to change pads when you change braking surfaces, typically when you are changing from training wheels to race wheels, and how to do so.

In this video, Jeff Yingling, part of CeramicSpeed’s Technical/R&D Support group, goes over proper care and lubrication of bicycle cables and cable housing. This video is designed to explain cable and housing maintenance, not replacement/recabling. This is the fourth in an 8-part video series covering the fundamentals of bike maintenance developed by CeramicSpeed exclusively for Slowtwitch.

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In this video, Jeff Yingling, part of CeramicSpeed’s Technical/R&D Support group, goes over proper lubrication technique and the various lubricants – and where they are used – for bicycles.

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CeramicSpeed master wrench Jeff Yingling discusses proper chain maintenance. Part 2 in an 8-Part video series on bike maintenance created exclusively for Slowtwitch by the bike geeks at CeramicSpeed.

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CeramicSpeed master wrench Jeff Yingling discusses proper bike cleaning. Part 1 in an 8-Part video series on bike maintenance created exclusively for Slowtwitch by the bike geeks at CeramicSpeed.

There is geometric orthodoxy among tri bikes frames. But not among their aerobars.