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Newsletter Issue No. 1157
January 23, 2025 John Forester’s Instant Turn Maneuver Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley In last week’s Tech Talk, I asked for help identifying a helmet I saw on a passing cyclist. I’d like to thank everyone for all the comments and links to helmets. None are the same as the one I saw and…
Newsletter Issue No. 1190
September 11, 2025 Knog Issues Recall on Early Batches of 4 Models of Blinder Lights Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley In July we reviewed a Knog Blinder 900 headlight, which we liked a lot. It’s still regularly used and working just as nicely as it did during the review. Several of you readers commented that…
Newsletter Issue No. 896
January 9, 2020 PDF version for Premium Members is here. Elizabeth Wicks Turns 75 and Rides 7500 miles in 2019! By Coach John Hughes Coach Hughes: I’ve been friends with Elizabeth Wicks for several decades and have coached her for many ultracycling 12- and 24-hour races. She turned 75 in 2019 and we agreed on…
Newsletter Issue No. 1126
June 20, 2024 Event Gear’s Simplyfast Hot Wax Quick Review & Application Video Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley There’s no other way to say it. Hot waxing chains is hot right now. Already this year I received the Event Gear Simplyfast hot wax I’m reviewing here, a hot waxing machine with wax from Silca…
Newsletter Issue No. 1203
December 11, 2025 Adventure Cycling Celebrates 50 Years of Making Dreams Come True Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Below are a couple of pretty awful photos from our cross-country tour in the winter of 1979. That’s me and my very special custom touring Richard Sachs posing on a beach in Florida and my wife Deb…
Newsletter Issue No. 1213
February 26, 2026 Q & A: Stop Breaking/Bending Presta Valves Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley You may recall that we ran a two-part series a few newsletters ago on issues with leaks forming at the base of Presta valve stems in tubes and how to address them. Here are those stories in case you…