Lately I’ve been getting a lot of email from readers of the site asking in one way or another: “Should I be using compact cranks or standard cranks?” It is going to be much easier to give enquirers the URL address for this post than it is to find Read more »
Displaying all posts for May, 2011
COMPACT CRANKS vs STANDARD CRANKS: gearing implications
SITTING ON A BIKE – answer to long question / SMP seats……
This blog is attracting more hits than I ever thought likely. So far the U.S is no. 1. A population of 300 miilion means a lot of bike riders, Then close behind is Australia, then the U.K. No surprises there. Then before strong cycling countries like Italy, France, Germany, Spain Read more »
SEAT SET BACK: for road bikes
How to determine how far back a rider should have their seat on a road bike? If you have a look at a lot of cycling related literature, time and again the answer given is what our American friends call KOPS, which is an abbrevation for Knee Over Pedal Spindle Read more »
PEDALLING TECHNIQUE – Which is best?
As all will have all noted, there is a range of pedaling technique out there in bicycleland. There are 3 major ‘themes’ with plenty of individual variation within each.The aim of this post is to explore the question as to whether any of them offer a performance advantage to the Read more »
AM I THE ONLY ONE PEEVED BY THIS?
Am I the only one that is pissed off with manufacturers of expensive 'high' quality stems using cheap, nasty, low quality, generally shitty,chrome plated bolts that look like the picture below a few months after purchase? This is on an $16,000 dollar bike. And no, I didn't sell it. It Read more »
BEER(S) OF THE MONTH: Rochefort #6, 8 and 10
"England has climate. Australia has weather" So say some English friends of ours who have since moved back to the U.K. This country has been in a 10 year drought of epic proportions which ended last year. Rather than balance being restored, all it seems to have done in Read more »
ADDENDUM TO: SEAT HEIGHT – HOW HARD CAN IT BE?
The original post can be found here. One of our readers, Bill left a comment asking for footage of the prime visual cue for over extension of the legs. In other words, how to tell when the seat height is only a little too high. I have plenty of Read more »








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