MTB Mechanic: Shimano Octalink Overhaul

By Lennard Zinn
Published Apr. 26, 2011
Updated Oct. 6, 2011 at 3:12 PM UTC

Singletrack.com’s Lennard Zinn repairs a loose bearing on a Shimano Octalink bottom bracket.

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Lennard Zinn

Lennard Zinn, our longtime technical writer, joined VeloNews in 1987. He is also a frame builder, former U.S. national team rider, and author of many bicycle books including Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance and Zinn’s Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists. He holds a bachelor’s in physics from Colorado College. Readers can send brief technical questions to Ask LZ.