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Be A Hero on the Road
By Jim Langley One of my favorite things on rides with friends is coming to their rescue, fixing breakdowns and keeping everyone rolling – not standing by the side of the road waiting. If you enjoy solving problems and being the hero for your riding pals, I bet you feel the same way. All it…
Jim Langley
Technical Editor & Tech Talk Columnist Probably like most of you, I fell for cycling as a kid. But unlike most of you, when it came time to get a real job, I stuck with what I had done in college — and with what I loved — and kept working as a bicycle mechanic….
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105 Years of Cycling Science from the Tour de France
By Coach Fred Matheny Conrad Earnest, Ph.D., is an exercise scientist from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He reviewed the history of the Tour de France, along with the history of exercise physiology, showing how cycling’s greatest race provided a catalyst for research. Earnest detailed studies done during almost a decade on…
Bikes & Gear | Reviews | Tech | TiresClement Strada LGG Tires
By Jim Langley HOT! Perhaps the best value today in high-performance road rubber Puncture protection Dual-compound tread for best in cornering and rolling resistance 120TPI casing for supple ride NOT! none http://www.clementcycling.com/Price: $35-$42Weight: My test tire (700 x 25c) weighs 216 grams. Clement gives a range of 220 – 335 grams for the 23c,…
What Gears do Pros Use?
Question: What gears are they pushing? They look like they’re flying. —Jack G. Pros often use a 55×11-tooth high gear for time trials. On flat or rolling stages they might have 53/39T chainrings with an 11-21T cassette. In moderate mountains they switch to a large cog of 23T or 25T. These days, they’ve joined the big-gear…
Use the Correct Japanese Standard Screwdriver on Limit Screws
Today’s QT is another homegrown one, from Tech Editor Jim Langley. It’s probably safe to say that if Jim didn’t know this, not many people do. Here’s what he wrote: Thanks to the Professional Bicycle Mechanics Association I recently learned that all these years I’ve been using the wrong screwdriver to turn the limit screws on…
