My road-bike renewal scheme
Following up on my last post here, I am investigating how to improve my road bike. As I said there, it will involve a new wider-range cassette and a compact chainset. However I am also going to take...
View ArticleNew US rules for reviewing stuff in blogs
I just found this blog post which reports that the Federal Trade Commission have issued some new advertising guidelines. The net of it is that if you post a favourable review on a blog when you have...
View ArticlePhase 1 is complete
As I wrote recently, I am strategically replacing parts of my bicycle to address the parts which I currently find tiresome. Today I changed the control levers, gear cables and brake cables from the...
View ArticleStage 2: Just one more bit
As I wrote earlier, I am in the process of replacing quite a lot of the components of my road bike. I’ve now fitted the rear dérailleur, which is from the SRAM Rival series. I’ve also changed the...
View ArticleAll done
Those of you who are now bored of reading about my bike-rebuilding antics will be pleased to know that it’s finally all done. The last component I was waiting for, a compact chainset, arrived about a...
View ArticleNew(ish) Wheels
I bought a secondhand set of lightly used Campagnolo Zonda wheels from eBay for about £220: a little less than half of the best price I could find for a new set at the time and a very good deal as they...
View ArticleFuture Bike
My next bike is being made for me in Stoke on Trent from Reynolds 853 steel tubing by Rourke Cycles. I intend it to be my forever bike. I wanted a steel frame for two reasons: the legendary ride...
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Art Bike
We dismantled my old bike, stripped the original decals and paint from the frame and forks and coated it with primer. My wife then spent weeks putting on an awesome paint job. Finally we coated that...
View ArticleMountain bike build
As I wrote earlier, I am building a new mountain bike. It’ll be a 1×10 speed 29er in black and silver. I’ll be doing most of the assembly myself again; as last time I got the professionals to unite...
View ArticleFeeling the Force
I just acquired and fitted an SRAM Force 22 front mech to replace the Rival 10-speed mech I have had since buying the bike. It works well with my existing 10-speed Rival shifter, crankset, chainrings...
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