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This is the "wpengine" admin user that our staff uses to gain access to your admin area to provide support and troubleshooting. It can only be accessed by a button in our secure log that auto generates a password and dumps that password after the staff member has logged in. We have taken extreme measures to ensure that our own user is not going to be misused to harm any of our clients sites.

Version 1.0.2 of Bike Doctor

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We’ve submitted version 1.0.2 to Apple for approval:

Here is the list of fixes:

– Added Road Brake Pad replacement tutorial
– Added Mountain Bike Mechanical Disc Brake Pad replacement tutorial
– Should install and run on OS versions 3.1.2  and later (please email support if you find this not to be the case)
– Minor fixes (content and code)
We’ve responded to the overwhelming amount of people who emailed us about Disc Brake repairs and have added this first one. Plenty more are still to come..

See also: Bike apps for the iPhone

Thanks to Darren Alff for using our bike repair app

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Just a quick shoutout to Darren Alff of Bicycle Touring Pro who yesterday mentioned our app on his blog. What a great endorcement! Thank you Darren

“Just imagine. You’re out on a bike ride and you get a flat tire. What do you do? If you are unfamiliar with how to install a new tube or patch the existing one, the Bike Doctor is there to save the day! Just pull out your iPhone or iPod touch, open the Bike Doctor application, and when the picture of a bike shows up on the screen just hit the part of the bike that you are having troubles with… and BAM! – the Bike Doctor will tell you everything you need to know in order to fix your flat tire.”

Bicycle Touring Pro: Bike Doctor App

Bike Doctor App Reviews

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BikeReviews.com

“Bike Doctor is the latest cycling application which shows you how to repair a bicycle part from your iPhone or iPod Touch. Created to quelch that fear of not knowing what to do should your bicycle break down, the Bike Doctor shows you all the things you need to know to make sure your ride is kept in working order.”

Full review of Bike Doctor App

First press and blog mentions come flying in!

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Road Cycling UK

“A new app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, Bike Doctor is intended as the equivalent of having a bike mechanic in your pocket ready to spring to action whenever it’s needed.”

Cycle maintenance iPhone App

Bike Rumor

“Today, our friend Andreas at London Cyclist released a new iPhone app, Bike Doctor 1.0. Developed to help you diagnose what ails your bike, you simply click on the location of the problem on your bike (brakes making funny noises, broken spoke, punctured inner tube, etc.) and it guides you through the process of fixing it.”

New iPhone App Diagnoses and ‘Treats’ Your Bike

London Cyclist

“The Bike Doctor App basically shows you how to maintain your bike (similarly to my free eBook).”

London Cyclist releases an iPhone App

Road.cc

“A new iPhone app from the blogger behind the London Cyclist Blog aims to take the pain out of bike maintenance for cyclists on the move by given a step-by-step guide to repairs that its creator says “even a beginner can follow.”

London Cyclist Blogger launches new iPhone App

Dreaming of version 2

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It’s early days still for the Bike Doctor iPhone app but we’re already dreaming of version 2.

The number 1 most requested feature so far is to port the App over to the Android. Therefore if you are an Android developer please do get in touch!

Here’s some more ideas we’ve been given or were working on:

  • Bike safety check that you can do before every ride
  • A monthly bike maintenance schedule that can automatically be added to your calendar/push notifications
  • More repairs
  • More roadie repairs – Staring with taping the handlebars and brake replacement
  • An iPad version?
  • Quiz that helps you discover the problem with your bike
  • “On the road” repair tips if you don’t have all your tools with you
  • Way of keeping track of the maintenance you have done
  • More languages (German, Chinese, Greek etc..)

Bike Doctor Competition – win a free copy of the app!

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To celebrate the launch of Bike Doctor we are giving away a free copy of the app for the next 4 days with the last day being the 3rd of July.

To enter the competition all you have to do is mention the below Tweet:

“I’ve just entered the competition to win a free copy of the new bike doctor app for the iPhone http://bit.ly/bsLueX @bikedoctorapp”

We will pick one winner every day who will be contacted via our Twitter account. It is only one entry per Twitter account. You can also enter our Facebook competition.