By Jim Langley A few newsletters back, RBR author and contributor Coach Rick Schultz offered tips on expanding your gearing with WolfTooth’s Road Link (his article is in the form of a downloadable PDF, in case you missed it). This week, we’re very pleased to add a related gearing tip from RBR founder Ed Pavelka. While he was recovering from hip replacement surgery, Ed … [Read more...] about Lowering Gearing Tip for SRAM eTap Roadies
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Interbike 2017 Report: Our Top 10 Products
As we do each year in our post-show reporting on Interbike, the biggest cycling trade show in North America, we will roll out our coverage over two issues, this week and next. We'll start off today by giving you details on our Top 10 New Products from the show – Jim Langley's top 5 favorites, along with mine. Next week, we'll follow up with the Best of the Rest, a slew of … [Read more...] about Interbike 2017 Report: Our Top 10 Products
Issue Published Early Because of Irma
Editor's Note: Just a note to let you know that because of the very real chance of losing power here in Atlanta as Tropical Storm Irma rolls through Monday and Tuesday, I decided to preemptively publish, and set up the email for this week's issue, on Monday. Because of that, Jim Langley's Tech Talk column is absent. (I added a 2-pack of Jim's advice, though, in this … [Read more...] about Issue Published Early Because of Irma
Mike’s (Noisy) Bike
By Jim Langley Almost with the dawn of the Internet, in 1998, I started a cycling website. I don’t get to work on it anywhere near as much as I should or would like to. Yet, it has still swelled to more than 200 pages of what I like to think is helpful and fun bike stuff. One of the most popular pages on my site is my Keep It Quiet resource, literally thousands upon thousands … [Read more...] about Mike’s (Noisy) Bike
Tips & Tricks for Taping Handlebars
By Jim Langley Tapes Then and Now I’ve taped thousands of handlebars since 1970 when I first went to work in bike shops. First, we used mostly Hunt-Wilde vinyl bar tape and Tressostar cloth. Both are still available if you look hard enough and/or don’t mind buying on eBay.com. During the huge bike touring craze from the mid-'70s and into the '80s, an interesting foam slip-on … [Read more...] about Tips & Tricks for Taping Handlebars