Panda Power: The Chinese Bike Build! (Quick Pro ER:One)

It’s been a while since I had a proper bike build series here so I think it’s time for a new one! Not that I really need a new bike, but at the Tour Down Under my lovely wife pointed out that I was the only one still riding a rim-brake bike and wondered why….

Project Aithien: Because metal ain’t dead!

Introducing my new project, the Kinesis Aithien! After hankering for one since they came out I finally found a frameset at a price I was happy with. Yes – It’s an aluminium frame rather than carbon, but the Aithein is one of the lightest off-the-shelf alloy frames available at the moment. On my digital kitchen scales the frame weighs…