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Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley When you work as a quality control engineer for a company that specializes in making cranksets, as I do - you get a lot of front derailleur adjustment practice. It comes from testing new product and also from maintaining bikes built elsewhere and already on the road. I’ve been seeing two issues with modern Shimano “braze-on” front … [Read more...] about Are You Making These Two Common Mistakes Adjusting Shimano Front Derailleurs?

By Stan Purdum I noticed three things almost simultaneously about the mountain bicycle leaning against the earthen bank: It was a Cannondale, it was an adult-sized bike and it had a sign on it reading “FREE.” I’m primarily a road cyclist and have all the bikes I need for that pursuit, but I’ve been looking for a mountain bike to use on the 70-mile-long Delaware and … [Read more...] about Another Sort of Bicycle Adventure

By Rick Schultz, MBA, DBA Here are several questions I get asked quite often related to bike fitting. 1) "Should I get a bike fit when I get… " a. New Shoes? If you are getting the same shoes and the bike fitter marked your cleats, and the cleats are in the correct position, then probably not. But, if these are different shoes, then YES. Different shoes have different … [Read more...] about Ask the Bike Fitter: Common Bike Fit Questions

by Lars Hundley A few weeks ago, I came across a Facebook post about a product called Halo Sport that looked like a set of headphones that was purported to increase athletic performance and improve endurance. When I clicked through out of curiosity to read more about it, I saw that it had been used by USA Cycling, former pro cyclist Andrew Talansky, the US Ski Team, as well … [Read more...] about Can This Set of Headphones Make You a Faster Cyclist? Interview with Halo Neuroscience

Looking for a fast and light hybrid bike with flat bars instead of a road bike with drop bars? Some people prefer a flat bar set up that's more upright and that feels more like a mountain bike, but still want the speed of a road bike. That's where hybrids come in. Here are some of the top hybrid bikes for 2019. These bikes are sleek and fast like a road bike, but with flat … [Read more...] about Best Hybrid Bikes for 2019: These Flat Bar Road Bikes Are Fast

Trying to decide which brand of power meter you want to use with your bicycle? Here's a comprehensive list of all the power meter manufacturers and brands we could come up with, so that you can compare them all. Did we leave any power meter companies out of our list? If so, please leave a comment and tell us so that we can update it and make sure we include every single power … [Read more...] about List of Bike Power Meter Brands

There are plenty of phrases related to cycling that come from the French language that are unfamiliar to non-cyclists or cyclists who are new to the sport. One term that comes up is bidon. What is a bidon? Quite simply, it's a water bottle. Historically in cycling, a bidon was a metal bottle with an opening that you sealed with a cork. It was mounted on the handlebars until … [Read more...] about What is a Bidon in Cycling?

The holidays are here already, so you might be thinking about gift ideas for your favorite road cyclist -- or perhaps gift ideas for yourself to suggest to friends and family this year. Here's our collection of cool cycling gear that we think a roadie could appreciate. We rounded up gift choices to consider in the categories of apparel, tools, and general gear for road riders. … [Read more...] about Holiday Gift Guide 2018: Gift Ideas for Road Cyclists