April 4, 2024 A Simple Tip that Can Prevent a Crash Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Twice, I’ve witnessed scary crashes caused by a common mistake, which is turning your head to look behind you. Here’s what happened to two roadies I saw hit the deck after turning to look. And following the stories…
March 28, 2024 5 Mechanical Solutions For Heels That Hit The Crankarms Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Last week’s RBR featured a question from a roadie named Jeremy P. who wanted solutions for a heel hitting his crankarm. This is a fairly common problem. So I wanted to offer five possible mechanical ways to deal…
March 21, 2024 Len’s Bike Repair Stand Hack Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Before we get to the main story, mega thanks are in order for all your comments about last week’s Tech Talk which was a bunch of tips for new tubeless tire users. Thanks for sharing! And I wanted to add that contrary…
March 14, 2024 11 Tips If You’re New To Tubeless Tires Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley Thanks everyone for all the excellent comments about hookless tubeless rims, our Tech Talk subject last week. The consensus was that cycling doesn’t need hookless rims and everyone would be better off with rims with bead hooks. Bead…
March 7, 2024 Should You Be Afraid Of Hookless Rim Wheels? Jim’s Tech Talk By Jim Langley We’ll get to the main topic in a minute. First, I want to point out a few more tips about chain cleaning and waxing from last week’s comments since waxing is such a popular practice. We spent the…
