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  • Newsletter Issue No. 1143

    October 17, 2024 Tom’s Tip For Keeping Bottles From Growing Mold Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley My Santa Cruz County Cycling club mate and riding buddy Tom Pennello told me this cool tip last week and he gave me permission to share it with you. Read more. PRIMAL Wear Gear Roundup for Men and…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 1142

    October 10, 2024 PDW Animal Bottle Cages Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley My daughter Jamie is an assistant director/instructor for an outdoor science school for grade school students from all over California. Jamie and the rest of the staff teach lots of kids who’ve never been outside of cities, all about the flora and…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 1141

    October 3, 2024 Best Cheap Road Tires: Readers’ Picks Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley In a past column I told you about the cheap folding clincher road tire that I think provides a lot of bang for the buck, Schwalbe’s Lugano II. It’s a standard, not tubeless or tubeless-ready tire. Sometimes I can find…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 1140

    September 26, 2024 Tips For Rim Brakers Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley The last two Tech Talks have been about disc brakes on road bikes & disc brakes on tandems. You can skid to a stop now to go back and read those articles here: Do You “Need” Disc Brakes Now? and Discs Brakes…