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How to Tune Up Your Bike in Time for Spring

Do these quick check-ups on your two-wheeler before the warm weather gets too distracting.
A bike repair skillshare at the Brooklyn Public Library.Gregg Richards for Brooklyn Information Commons/Flickr

The morning after the blizzard hit the Atlantic seaboard in late January, I couldn’t find my bicycle. I’d left it chained to the front gate of my Brooklyn apartment; in its place now was a pile of snow taller than the seat.

I panicked, and started digging. This is it, I thought. If it’s still there, my bike is ruined.