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The best bike locks for city parking are Sold Secure Gold rated U-locks that pass through the frame and rear wheel in one pass, paired with a second lock from a different brand for the front wheel. Step up to a Diamond rated model in high-theft downtown areas, and add a third lock only if…

Nothing ruins a commute faster than a phone that comes loose mid-turn. I have run a dozen different bike phone mounts over the same wet, potholed three-mile route into the city across , and the failures repeat: loose clamp joints, grips too narrow for a phone in a case, and one mount that sent a…

Yes, you can seat a tubeless tire with a floor pump, but only if that pump moves air fast enough to push the bead onto the rim in one rush. That is the single distinction separating the best bike floor pumps for tubeless tires from every other floor pump on the shelf, and it is…

The best vertical bike racks for garages are the swivel wall mounts that hold a bike by the front wheel and pivot it flat against the wall. After six weeks of load-unload cycles with road, mountain and e-bike frames in a one-car garage, the Steadyrack Swivel Rack came out on top, with the StoreYourBoard 5-Bike…

Finding the best bike racks for fat tire bikes is harder than it looks, because almost every rack on the market is built for tires under 2.5 inches and bikes under 45 pounds. I have loaded fat bikes, fat-tire e-bikes and fenders onto more racks than I care to count, and the fit problems show…

Finding the best trunk mounted bike racks for cars without hitches is less about shopping than it is about matching a rack to one specific car shape. I have loaded bikes onto sedans, hatchbacks and crossovers for years, and the difference between a rack that installs in five minutes and one you fight for an…