Continuing our series on gravel bikes with an in-depth examination of front-end geometry and how geometric decisions play out on the road and trail.
by Jordan Rapp, November 25, 2018
On the anniversary of my first ever gravel bike race in 2017, I look back at what I learned about equipment, preparation, and more in this first in a series of articles about taking drop bars off road.
Tons of people make New Year’s resolutions – you know the type of people that I’m talking about, it’s usually the same person in your office who asks you, “What’s the secret to staying in shape?” When you reply that there is no secret, it’s just a long-term commitment to exercise and a healthy diet, they usually storm off in a huff because you won’t reveal what they are convinced is “the big secret.”
We’re in the home stretch. Only a few more days to go. But lots of amazing offerings in this year’s Annual Charity Challenge for World Bicycle Relief!
It’s that time of the year again! For the ninth year in a row, it is time for the annual WBR fundraiser that puts bikes into the hands of MANY well-deserving folks around the world.
We got our first look at a working prototype of the Zwim HUD, currently seeking funding via IndieGoGo.
Winter Sports Editor Jon Schafer explains how to repurpose the Vasa Swim Ergometer into a erg for Nordic skiing and more.
The Magic 5, a small Danish company co-founded by a triathlete, his engineer uncle, and a national team swimmer, aims to use the availability of these tools to change the way swim goggles are made. They developed a proprietary face-scanning app which maps every contour of your face and – in particular – your eye sockets in three-dimensions. From there, they can create fully custom gaskets unique to each eye – and pair them with the exact right nose-bridge from their wide selection of pre-made widths to create a pair of goggles that matches perfectly to you.
In this video, Jeff Yingling, part of CeramicSpeed’s Technical/R&D Support group, goes over proper bottom bracket maintenance. Keeping your bearings lubricated and in top shape. He goes over how to check for contaminated bearings and what to do to keep that from happening.
In this video, Jeff Yingling, part of CeramicSpeed’s Technical/R&D Support group, goes over some of the more common post-travel assembly tips. This video is really designed to address the fundamentals that almost anyone traveling with a bike should know and will have to address: putting your seatpost back in, reattaching pedals, tightening some of the bolts on the stem, etc. Jeff also covers the universally important topic of torque specifications, something critical when reassembling the bike after travel.
In this video, Jeff Yingling, part of CeramicSpeed’s Technical/R&D Support group, goes over some of the fundmentals of disc brakes on a tri bike. What signs show you need to bleed your brakes (if they are hydraulic), keeping the pads and rotors clean and uncontaminated, checking for rotor drag and pad wear, and some other tips and tricks.
In this video, Jeff Yingling, part of CeramicSpeed’s Technical/R&D Support group, goes over the difference between brake pads designed for aluminum rims and those designed for carbon rims. He discusses why you need to change pads when you change braking surfaces, typically when you are changing from training wheels to race wheels, and how to do so.
