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Read more at From the pages of Velo: Getting the most from your post - Page 3 of 5 - VeloNews.com and When choosing between aluminum and carbon seatposts, our tests indicate that the carbon seatpost will offer more vibration damping on high-frequency bumpy surfaces and more flex for big bumps, while also being lighter; but they are more expensive.
Technical FAQ: Bifurcation and high-speed shimmy | VeloNews.com Scroll to the bottom for the discussion. Specifically, high speed wobble comes down to this: "For the bicycle scenario, the parameter in the engineering phase could be increasing the stiffness build of the bike — a stiffer bike will be more resistant.
No way to tell that unless you mount them on a bike. Very grabby, very surgey. I'm running the Koolstop carbon pads. Lennard Zinn had an article in Velonews that said surging on old carbon wheels can be caused by brakepad buildup on the rim, and he suggested cleaning them thoroughly with acetone.
Following is a 14 month / 4400 mile review of our Santana Team Niobium (steel) tandem. To be up front as a reviewer, my wife and I are not long-time tandem riders although we are long-time (30 year) single bike riders.
Ha! I got you in here to lambaste me. But I'm asking a serious question. Has any company made a prototype track drop where the 31.8 diameter continues for the entire lengt
Fewer sizes are required, which cuts manufacturing, inventory and warehousing costs. Richard Sachs on sloping top tubes.
The Synapse is (IMO) much more bike than the Ribble. It is designed to be ridden both fast and long, on any terrain. Cannondale puts a lot of research into its designs. Ribble buys frames on the open market, which means you are getting a generic frame, maybe a copy of last year's or two years ago's hot frame.
There was a velonews article a couple of years ago where somebody had melted an enve rim due to it being right on the exhaust for a while. That exhaust does get very hot. Enve now has a warning on their website about this very thing. I just got a new trailer hitch bike mount and the position if the exhaust was the first thing I checked.
It's usually not too difficult to spread the stays apart by hand and squeeze the wider hub in each time you install the wheel when you're only talking a few millimeters, like from 126mm to 130mm. Cold setting is also an option, to do this you permanently bend the stays the required amount. For detailed instructions on cold setting, go to ...
Standard size bike plates- 3x6, ATV and Motorcycle Plates- 4x7 and Car Tag Size- 6x12. (only 3x6 and 6x12 are offered in plastic - all sizes are offered in aluminum). Plates may have 2 top round holes or 4 slot holes (2 on top and 2 on bottom) for application. The 2 hole 3x6 and 4x7 plates have a UV coating. The 4 hole plates are high gloss.