Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Almost four years ago now, my friend Bruce L. Ross, who lives just down the street from me, contributed a 2-part story about converting his Colnago to a hybrid brake setup with a disc up front and the stock rim brake in the rear. As I said introducing Bruce…
Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley If you’re thinking of buying your first clipless pedals and want to jump to my best tips on how to avoid falls and crashes, you’ll find them all in my video here. By way of introduction and to express my respect for and connection with clipless pedals, here’s some…
Jim’s Tech Talk Jim Langley Before we tackle today’s Q & A, I want to make sure you are aware of reader Bruce H’s tip for a deep dive into chain lubricant testing and results. While we covered a lot of ground in our chain care articles and comments the last couple of Tech Talks…
Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley For the holiday break, we ran an RBR best-of issue which included a rerun of a Tech Talk I wrote on chain care a year ago. That article was titled Basic and Obsessive Chain Care and it included two videos from Silca about super cleaning chains. There were lots…
Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley A quick note to start: If you’re a pedal virtuoso already, feel free to skip this Tech Talk. But if you have any favorite pedal tips to help newer roadies and mechanics, please do share them in a comment. With Christmas almost here, I want to offer some tips…
