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  • 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…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 1138

    September 12, 2024 Do You “Need” Disc Brakes Now? Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley This being RoadBikeRider, I hope it’s understood that it’s disc brakes on ROAD bikes that’s on my mind today. Because if it was mountain bikes, with the death defying feats even average MTBers routinely attempt today, I think it’s pretty…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 1137

    September 5, 2024 Getting A Frozen Aluminum Seatpost Out Of A Steel Frame Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Longtime RoadBikeRider readers will remember cycling writer Scott Martin who wrote the Scott’s Spin humor column for RBR. I actually met Scott way back in 1989 when I joined the staff of Bicycling Magazine where he…

  • Newsletter Issue No. 1136

    August 29, 2024 You Might Enjoy Vintage Bike Rides Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Last weekend I drove the 35 miles down to Marina, California to do the second annual Monterey Peninsula Vintage Bicycle Ride. It was my first time on the 50-miler. I learned about it on the leading website devoted to vintage…