July 23, 2026 More About Park Tool’s BMT-1 Tire Bead Breaker Tool Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Last week, we helped a reader named Nathaniel with his tight and nearly impossibly difficult to remove tires: Tech Q & A: Nathaniel’s Too Tight Tire Troubles. We asked your help too and you delivered in the…
July 16, 2026 25 Years of RBR Weekly Newsletters By Lars Hundley This month marks 25 years of Road Bike Rider. Ed Pavelka and Fred Matheny sent the first newsletter in July 2001, following their earlier work at Bicycling Magazine, and it has gone out just about every single week since. Over 1,200 issues! John…
July 9, 2026 Tech Q & A: Bert’s Daughter’s E-bike Chain Drop Problem Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Unfortunately, last week’s article 7 Basic Chain Drop Solutions for 1X Drivetrains, which provided multiple solutions for fixing bikes with chains that fall off on single-chainring drivetrains, didn’t help a reader named Bert. Here’s his follow-up…
July 2, 2026 Quick Review: Prungo FluxGo Red Light Therapy Module Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley I’m not a doctor and I have no knowledge of the science or studies behind red light therapy. I also haven’t done any research to either back up the claims of red light therapy proponents or dispel them….
June 25, 2026 7 Basic Chain Drop Solutions for 1X Drivetrains Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley One of the “newer” trends in cycling is the 1X (say “one-by”) drivetrain. On these there is only a single (one) chainring. This makes for easy, uncomplicated shifting. Need a lower, easier gear to fight a headwind or…
