Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley A little over a year ago, I wrote about upgrading my racing bike to lower gearing. It’s a 2007 Cervelo Soloist Carbon aero road bike. In the story, I explained why I was upgrading an old bike instead of buying a new one. The photo shows the bike before…
Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Today’s topic comes from Pete Royer who reached out to me while I was on vacation in coastal Oregon a few weeks back (nice cycling!). Since I was busy sightseeing, I gave Pete some tips to get him started and he did the rest and kept me in the…
Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Our conversation in the last two episodes of Tech Talk about choosing between a traditional double chainring or a newfangled single chainring drivetrain for your next road bike (referred to respectively today as a 2X or 1X drivetrain — say “two by” or “one by”), attracted some great comments,…
Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Thanks everyone for sharing your thoughts and preferences in comments regarding “1X” and “2X” drivetrains (say “one by” and “two by”), which was the subject of last week’s column: Should You Consider a 1X Drivetrain on Your Next Road Bike? Within the comments were a couple that are worth…
Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley In case it’s a new term for you, “1X” is slang for a single-chainring drivetrain without a front derailleur and without front shifting, too. “2X” is slang for a double-chainring drivetrain with a front derailleur and with front shifting. There aren’t that many to select from yet, but 1X…
