Tag Archives: bike tech

  • Giant TCR Advanced Pro Disc 2017

    Nowadays road bikes come in all shapes and sizes. Giant were the first manufacturer to introduce sloping top tubes. Initially people thought they looked weird compared to the horizontal top tubed steel frames that everyone was used to. However nowadays the vast majority of road bikes have sloping top tubes, they are the norm and…

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  • If Lance is fixing punctures can I go on Oprah ?

    Lance Armstrong is now doing instructional videos on how to fix a puncture as can be seen in this link ; http://www.outsideonline.com/featured-videos/gear-videos/bikes/How-to-Fix-a-Flat--with-Lance-Armstrong.html He is not the first to do an instructional video on how to fix a puncture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HciZQLXpAjI So, I'm  just putting it out there in case Oprah is looking for someone to confess…

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  • Clipless pedals

    Very often when people are buying a new road bike for the first time they baulk at the suggestion of adding clipless pedals such as Look, Shimano, Speedplay, Time or any other variation. This may well be a mistake. The main concern they have is the perception that it will be more difficult to release…

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