Box Tech Tip: Fix The Hop in Your Chain
Before you take your race ride out for a spin on the track, give your cranks a quick-spin backwards. If it spins, then stops abruptly, your chainring may be off its axis a bit, causing an unnecessary tight spot in the chain. In this ...   Read More →
Posted On: August 7, 2018

Tech Tips: Stem Lock Installation
This week in the Box Tech Tips series, Tyler Brown cinches up his stem with a new Box Components stem lock. The process for this install is similar to many other commonly-available stem locks on the market, so what ever you're running, you ...   Read More →
Posted On: July 17, 2018

Tech Tips: Crank-Down Some New Cranks
There's almost nothing worse than an old, creaky, stiff-as-a-wet-noodle pair of cranks. However-much power you put down to the pedals, an out of date pair of crank arms and a slightly-twisted spindle will surely bleed your need for speed. This week in the Box ...   Read More →
Posted On: June 28, 2018

Tech Tips: Don’t Break Your Brakes
Yes, it's true that you won't win races by slowing down, but you also don't avoid that dude's back wheel when setting up the high low, without a little dive-conscious tap on the lever for pinpoint clearance. Then, it's all sunlight upfront, straight on ...   Read More →
Posted On: June 19, 2018

Box Tech Tips: Changing a Rear Cog
Changing your gear at the races is always a harrowing task. The pressure is on to get to practice, or before your next moto is called to staging. So, it really helps to know exactly what you'll be facing when you pull ...   Read More →
Posted On: June 12, 2018

Make a Date With Your Plate
This week, in the Box Tech Tips series, Tyler Brown covers the often-onerous task of applying a new cover decal to your number plate. The techniques demonstrated can also be used for applying numbers or any other decal to the surface. Box Brand Manager, Phil Maxwell gives us a little backstory    Read More →
Posted On: June 4, 2018

Box Tech Tips: Grip Replacement Finale
Last week, we covered the initial steps to replacing your grips. In this week's double-feature, Tyler Brown shows us the rest of the job, before heading out to the track. For the non-mechanic, the weekly Box Tech Tips video helps to demystify the ...   Read More →
Posted On: May 29, 2018

Tech Tips: Grip Installation Pt 1
In this first of a three-part tutorial, the Box Tech Tips series gets into changing your grips. The lesson comes complete with which Allen wrenches to use for the initial approach, and techniques for getting those bars bare again. It should go without saying that running the grippiest of grips    Read More →
Posted On: May 21, 2018

Box Tech Tips: Adjust Brake Lever Reach
We've all seen the photos: a lead rider in sharp focus, stylin-it-up, with a little turnbar, and a strategic finger, placed just-right on the brake lever. That brake lever finger MAKES the shot, there's no denying it. In this week's Box Components Tech Tips ...   Read More →
Posted On: May 13, 2018

Box “Tech Tips” Series Starts Today
Box Components and Box Rider Tyler Brown are out today with the first in a series of short "tech tips" videos to help the less mecnanically-savvy among us to spin the wrenches better. The videos in this series are perfect for parents who want to learn a little more about how    Read More →
Posted On: May 7, 2018