image source Spy shots of new Dura Ace 9000-series are wafting over from Japan. This is the new crank, a departure from the 130mm bcd…
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Next Step for Electronic Shifting: Custom Peripherals?
Long, long ago, in a bike shop not far from here, bike mechanics once installed shifters and derailleurs from different makers on the same bicycles.…
Skater vs Cyclist
Short film: a cycle courier chases an inline skater through London. The courier is moving at a good clip during the footage, but my word,…
Retro Zertz!
You can’t afford a new Specialized Roubaix to be like Tommke? Mark V shows you how to DIY the Zertz elastomer inserts! Disclaimer: Demonstrating the…
Pop Quiz: How are David Guetta’s video and a Huffy alike?
“You shoot me down, but I won’t fall; I am titanium”. David Guetta’s Euro-dance track “Titanium” features vocals by Sia. The somewhat androgynous, adolescent main…
TEXTIMA track bike: All Killer, No Filler
Michael Hübner’s TEXTIMA sprint bike, image from Campafreak’s Flickr page This bike dates from about 1990 or a little before. It was made in the…
Mark V’s Opinion on Carbon Clinchers at Levi’s Gran Fondo
Byron has asked me a few times about Levi Leipheimer’s King Ridge Gran Fondo having what effectively is a ban on carbon clincher wheels. Byron…
Paris-Roubaix Bicycles: Freaks on Parade Pt1
When it comes to fascinating professional riding machines, there is no day like the second Sunday of April. Paris-Roubaix. A race that is simultaneously one…
The Rock Shox Paris-Roubaix SL Fork Twenty Years Later
DUCLOS-LASSALLE by jjdelrot Twenty years ago then 37 year old French pro Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle won Paris-Roubaix by 20seconds. The next year he won again by…
Review: KEEN Springwater II shoes
The new $110 Springwater II cycling shoe from KEEN is now available. This is a refinement of the original Springwater with one of the primary…