Road Gear
Road Gear
The revised inside ride: E-Motion rollers
On these rollers you can stand up, dump the bike into top gear and sprint
Nick Legan’s best in show from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show
Nick Legan’s Best In Show from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show
Four standouts from the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show
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Calfee cleans up and goes adventuring
Tech Editor Nick Legan reports from Sacramento at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show
The Brew Dude rides on
Steve Garn's sometimes radical bicycles inspired this writer as a young cyclist
Bikes Of The Bunch | New SRAM RED On BMC SLR01
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2013 Shimano: 11-speed, road disc brakes and more
Shimano’s 2013 product line is beginning to trickle out
Ask Nick: Why you shouldn’t take cues from the pros on position
Also: a follow up on tubulars
Tech FAQ: Fine-tuning entry and release with Crank Brothers pedals
LZ has some suggestions for fine-tuning your Eggbeaters to suit your different shoes
Quick Look: Kenda Kountach Tires
The Koutach was tested and designed in part by the Kenda Pro Cycling team
Ask Nick: Roadside tubular flats
Also: Ti seatposts and dirty shifters
MOMBAT: Not extinct yet
Museum Of Mountain Bike Art and Technology is sure to impress the mountain bike history buff
Tech FAQ: TRP miniature V-brakes on Edge fork
Also: more Di2 gear range
Meeting of minds: Frostbike 2012
What exactly is Frostbike? It is a forum with the intention of improving your riding experience from the shop to the road
The Torqued Wrench: Enter the Thunderdome
Cabled or wired, which drivetrain is for you?
What’s new at Frostbike?
Here are a few noteworthy items that vendors launched at the Quality Bicycle Products’s Frostbike show in Bloomington, Minnesota
Ask Nick: Wheels, tires and brake pads for big riders
Also: Checking for cassette wear
Corima Aero Plus Wheelset Review
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Gita Sports past and present
A tour of the company featured over 30 years of Italian parts, bike racing and now a new velodrome
Ask Nick: Stretching tubulars, lawyer tabs
Also: Squeaky rotors
UCI plans to extend sticker program to wheels
So far 96 models have been approved, and 43 more are currently being examined
Tech FAQ on carbon in the cold and under water
Also: needing more rear offset, 52x34 on a double, amateur tool kits
SRAM Hydraulic brake images leaked
Images of SRAM’s upcoming hydraulic road lever, hydraulic rim brake, and road-specific hydraulic disc caliper have been leaked online
Red is the new Red
Caley Fretz tells you what you need to know about the new SRAM Red
Ask Nick: Clinchers for Paris Roubaix sportif
Also: Gearing for Mt. Washington
New Red: Going a bit deeper
For those interested in a bit more detail, Caley Fretz focuses in on a few features that warrant a closer look
Tricross fork recall
Specialized Bicycles has issued a voluntary recall of their 2012 Tricross Sport and Tricross Comp forks
Red launch
The new SRAM Red group was put to its first open test on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Wednesday
Product overview: bidon cages
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Tech FAQ: On plying off tubulars and re-gluing
Also: Removing Belgian tape, re-inflating tubeless when traveling and gluing in a slipping seatpost
BMC camp: The whole package
A look at every curve of the BMC 2012 bikes
Nitto handlebar recall
Euro-Asia Imports has issued a recall of Nitto B259AA riser handlebars
Ask Nick: Cassettes specific to juniors
Also: Pro's off-season bikes and choosing a wheelset for your style of races
Torqued Wrench: Raison d’etre
A look inside the dirty guts of the product release
Continuing Education
From inside Park Tool’s ninth Tech Summit in Atlanta, Georgia
LOOKing forward
Look and Polar launch KeO Power meter, for real this time
Tech FAQ: on front brake mounting
Also: setting up a mixed group with Chorus/Centaur
Bikes Of The Bunch | 7-11 Merckx
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Ask Nick: Should you go for your vintage dream bike?
Also: seating tubeless, CDI torque wrenches and wider road rims
UCI legal? That depends…
Cervélo’s new P5
Giant recalls two models over fork cracks
2012 Defy Advanced and Avail Advanced models affected
Four phone apps to kick off your New Year's resolutions
Here are a few apps to help you kick-start your season
The unbearable lightness of bearings
Cyclocross still draws most of its equipment from the road and therein lies the problem
Gore Professional and Low Friction brake cables recalled
Gore is recalling brake cables from their Low Friction and Professional road kits
Who’s riding what?
A rundown of 2012 ProTeam equipment
The Torqued Wrench: Industry apes
Readers prompted Caley to answer the question: exactly how much does an 800-pound Specialized gorilla weigh?
A service you can’t afford to be without
A simple solution for traveling across the country for races
Ask Nick: What’s in Nick’s toolbox?
Also, is water OK for your bike and Gore cables
Garmin Edge 200 Review
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Three more ways to keep warm
Clothesline review: Curve Proline JT-1 Thermal Aero vest, Panache fleece bib shorts, De Marchi Contour Plus Insulator Teflon jersey
Ask Nick on carbon durability, carbon seatposts, KMC, mixed SRAM and Shimano
on carbon durability, carbon seatposts, KMC, mixing SRAM and Shimano
Performance Forté Pedal recall
The 2011 Forté Pro Carbon Road Pedals can potentially break or crack during use
Specialized sues Volagi over Liscio road bike
Choi claims that the design is not an idea that came from Specialized
A peek into the past
You won't find the usual magpie’s nest of glistening carbon fiber gadgetry
Bikes of the Bunch – Specialized Venge
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The Torqued Wrench: Good ideas gone awry
The Lugano Charter has been a disappointment, the fallout of a blend of regulatory ambiguity and lackluster enforcement.
Wrenched & Ridden: ’Cross stoppers from Campagnolo and Shimano
Nick Legan and Lennard Zinn review a pair of late-season offerings from Campagnolo and Shimano.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Cyclometer on ’cross bike; removing sealant from tubulars; shifting on a Roubaix
Computers on ’cross bikes, sucking up old sealant and shifting on a 2011 Roubaix SL3.
Ask Nick: Derailleur installation, indoor maintenance, cassette adjustments
Careful rear derailleur installation, maintaining a bike for indoor riding, adjusting your cassette rather than your derailleur
The Torqued Wrench: Disc brakes, coming soon to a drop bar near you
The Torqued Wrench is a new column from VeloNews.com tech writer Caley Fretz. Today's topic: disc brakes on the road.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Chain wear, shifting issues and powder coating
Lennard Zinn changes his chains early and often, and as for powder-coating a Felt F50: Don't do it!
From the pages of Velo: Tech Talk with Lennard Zinn: Gear for the hardman
Lennard Zinn presents a few must-have items for the hardmen of cycling.
Smooth as a baby’s derriére
As a cyclist shaving your legs is a right of passage. For men, it’s a commitment to your sport
Ask Nick: Proof that running an 11-32 on Ultegra Di2 is possible
Plus: loud freewheels, how the pros keep their shoes fresh and clean and if pros train fixed in the off-season
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Hiding Campy’s battery and SRM crank as paperweight
Hiding Campy electric's battery, BB compatibility and more on spoke tension.
Ask Nick: Shimano’s Di2 gearing compatibility, water bottle code, Ti seatpost
The trick is in the b-tension screw
Bikes Of The Bunch – Baum Corretto
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Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Belgian Tape and wide rims
Lennard Zinn takes questions on Belgian Tape, wide rims for tubulars and carbon braking surfaces.
Ask Nick: Quick-change saddle device, windproof tights and a mechanic’s mistakes
Quick-change saddle device, windproof tights and a mechanic's mistakes.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Spoke tension
Lennard Zinn takes questions on spoke tension, dish and lubing spoke threads.
Lennard Zinn: The 20-year history of Campagnolo Electronic Power Shift (EPS)
A look at Campagnolo's 20-year effort to bring electric shifting to market
Ask NicK: Cleat lube, dream wheels, fixie conversions and more.
Cleat lube, dream wheels, fixie conversions and more.
Custom Wheelbuilds, A Dying Art
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Ask Nick: Team tactics, chain lengths, choosing a new bike and more
Team tactics, chain lengths, choosing a new bike and more
A Fair Review
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Everything you wanted to know about riding and setting up Campagnolo’s Electronic Power Shift group
Inside and out. On the road and on the workstand: Lennard's in-depth look at Campy's electric groups.
Quick Look: Campagnolo’s 11-speed Electronic Power Shift
Campy surprises with two electric groups, with one-push cassette sweep.