I saw this video over on Shane Miller’s YouTube page. I’d mulled over the idea of balancing road bike wheels a few times in the past, but never taken it any further than the odd thought. You balance your car and motorbike wheels, so why not your very expensive road bike wheels? Check this out:…
Category: Gear
Should I buy a mountain bike?
You know N+1 and all that… So should this all-out roadie get a MTB? I owned a (very, very) budget mountain bike in the past. I rode it a little off road until it got stolen when I loaned it to a friend (it was secured in a town centre with a lock worth more…
How NOT to maintain your bike?
I’m sure there were a lot of very good maintenance tips in this GCN video, but I couldn’t take my attention away from Simon’s luscious Canyon Aeroad with SRAM eTap groupset, Rotor power meter crankset and Zipp 404 wheels… “….that’s the bolt that’s stopping my face from hitting the tarmac, so I better make sure it…
Dear Santa, PowerTap P1 Pedals
High on my Christmas list (yeah sure, I haven’t been that good this year) how I’d love a set of PowerTap P1 powermeter pedals. I love my G3 hub, but it does mean you’re limited to using it only in the one wheel. PowerTap P1’s give you the option of putting your powermeter on any…
Bike packing like a boss
So you’ve got a fancy road bike, you’ve racked up some training miles and now you want to go explore pastures new. Maybe even tick off a few epic Cols. Well unless you’re hiring out there, you’re going to need to pack your bike! In my opinion there’s no substitute for a proper hard case…
Late to the Zwift party!
Okay. I’ll admit it. I was wrong. Oh so wrong… Zwift is pretty damn cool. When it comes to indoor training I’ve always been in the “short sharp suffering in the pain cave with intense intervals and no distractions” type of guy, but after clocking up a few virtual rides in the virtual world of Zwift,…
Two Wheels with TC 