Tech Tips

Eight Sinter organic disc brake pads in different fitments and colors held in two open hands

What Is a Sintered Brake Pad? Sintered vs Organ...

How sintered brake pads are made, how sintered, organic, and semi-metallic compounds actually differ, and why the Slovenian brand Sinter sells pads that are organic.

What Is a Sintered Brake Pad? Sintered vs Organ...

How sintered brake pads are made, how sintered, organic, and semi-metallic compounds actually differ, and why the Slovenian brand Sinter sells pads that are organic.

Unior Flare Nut Wrench 1760/2 with 7 and 8 mm flare ends and a 1/4 inch square torque drive, on a dark studio background

What Is a Flare Nut Wrench and What Is It Used ...

What a flare nut wrench is, why fluid-line fittings need its slotted six-point head, how it differs from open-end and box-end wrenches, and which sizes fit bicycle hydraulic brakes.

What Is a Flare Nut Wrench and What Is It Used ...

What a flare nut wrench is, why fluid-line fittings need its slotted six-point head, how it differs from open-end and box-end wrenches, and which sizes fit bicycle hydraulic brakes.

A Unior 1617/2DP cone wrench on a charcoal studio background

How to Use a Cone Wrench: Hub Cone Adjustment, ...

What a cone wrench is for, the step-by-step hub cone adjustment, which sizes fit which hubs, and how far a regular wrench can take you instead.

How to Use a Cone Wrench: Hub Cone Adjustment, ...

What a cone wrench is for, the step-by-step hub cone adjustment, which sizes fit which hubs, and how far a regular wrench can take you instead.

A Unior chain wear indicator on a wet workshop bench beside a bucket of suds

How to Wash a Bike: A Step-by-Step Workshop Method

The clean-to-dirty workshop method for washing a bike without wrecking the bearings or drivetrain: degrease first, wash top-down, dry, then re-lube.

How to Wash a Bike: A Step-by-Step Workshop Method

The clean-to-dirty workshop method for washing a bike without wrecking the bearings or drivetrain: degrease first, wash top-down, dry, then re-lube.

A Unior electronic torque wrench on a workshop bench

Bike Bolt Torque Chart: How Tight Is Right

Torque specs for the common bike bolts — stem, rotor, crank, cassette, and pedals — plus the rule that beats any chart: the part's printed value always wins.

Bike Bolt Torque Chart: How Tight Is Right

Torque specs for the common bike bolts — stem, rotor, crank, cassette, and pedals — plus the rule that beats any chart: the part's printed value always wins.

The Unior 1680/4 headset bearing cup press tool

Headset Standards Explained: Reading the SHIS C...

A reference guide to the SHIS headset identification system: what the EC, ZS, and IS prefixes mean, how to read cup and bearing dimensions, how to identify an unknown headset...

Headset Standards Explained: Reading the SHIS C...

A reference guide to the SHIS headset identification system: what the EC, ZS, and IS prefixes mean, how to read cup and bearing dimensions, how to identify an unknown headset...