How To Align A Bicycle Wheel
Written by drbob on January 22, 2010 – 6:03 pm -Truing a bike wheel is one of those things you may never have to do, or never want to do, in that case take your wheels to you local bike shop and have a trained experienced mechanic true your wheels. Aligning bicycle wheels, step by step Building and truing wheels is a very difficult thing to do, it can take years to learn, but your wheels may only be a little out, or your no where near a bike shop and you need to straighten a wheel, its good to know what to do in those circumstances. How to Start To build and true wheels properly you need a lot of expensive tools, such as: 1. Spoke key 2. Truing jig 3. Dishing tool but if you only need to do a little straightening all you’ll need is the spoke key and you can do the work in the bike frame,... more
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Scott CR1 SL Review
Written by drbob on January 17, 2010 – 12:57 pm -By James Huang, technical editor, BikeRadar Scott's CR1 has been revamped for 2010, with trick new tube shaping that's designed to take the edge off the bumps without overly diluting the bike's racy feel. This shaping actually works, and quite well – though not entirely the way we expected it to. Ride & handling: Light and stiff enough to race, but with a bit of give over bigger bumps On smoother roads the so-called SDS (Shock Damping System) – basically, the stays have been flattened in key areas so they flex under big impacts – is essentially inactive and the CR1 rides similarly to the company's Addict flagship, leaving us wondering what all the fuss was about. It's notably firm with excellent road feedback and, as is typical for... more
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Mountain States Cup Announces 2010 Schedule
Written by drbob on January 17, 2010 – 12:42 pm -The Mountain States Cup Series has announced its 2010 Race Schedule. From all accounts, this is one of the best run series in the US. If you’re within driving distance of one or more races, I suggest you put one of these beautiful locations in your plans to ride next year. April 24-25 - Rabbit Valley Rally - Fruita, CO -TT and XC May 15-16 - Chalk Creek Stampede -Nathrop, CO - XC, STXC, 4X, DS June 5-6 - Chile Challenge - Angel Fire, NM - XC, DH, 4X, SD June 26-27 - Wildflower Rush - Crested Butte, CO - XC, DH, 4X, SD July 10-11- Blast the Mass - Snowmass Village, CO- XC, STXC, DH, DH, SD August 7-8 - Keystone Revival - Keystone, CO - XC, STXC, DH, SD August 22-23 - Full Tilt in Telluride - Telluride, CO - XC, HC, DH, 4X September 4-6 - Winter... more
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Cannondale Scalpel Team Pro Review
Written by drbob on January 12, 2010 – 9:38 am -by charles Cannondale’s top of the heap XC Scalpel Team edition gets dirty. Doubt everything about the bike from the funky fork to a rear end missing at least two joints, but like everything else, a ride tells the story. Cannondale is “that other American brand”. Frankly they’ve always done a better job designing and building bikes than they have at marketing them. That’s a bold statement coming from a goober like me, especially when you consider that, along with prototype testing or R&D, a company’s marketing guys usually run the media show… But please understand that I don’t mean it as a swipe at Cannondale. Frankly, if a few companies engineers (the ones that actually have engineers that is…) spent more time in original... more
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Cannondale System Six Carbon Superlight Road Bike Review
Written by drbob on January 3, 2010 – 7:36 pm -By BikeRadar "With its short head tube, direct steering response and exceptional willingness to respond to all-out efforts on steep gradients, the new SystemSix is sharper and more refined for speed than Cannondale's previous models, and closer to its competitors in terms of performance. " The heady days of the Saeco team's supremacy in the sprint may be over for Cannondale - certainly since Mario Cipollini bowed out - but the company is still very much at the cutting edge of bike technology. With benchmark setters like the R900 and the sublimely smooth Six-13 Team - used by the up-and-coming Barloworld squad - innovation and success is still a massive priority for the Cannondale crew. Not content with resting on their laurels, the people from... more
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