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Monthly Archives: May 2015

Buyers Guides, News

Buyers guide to road cassettes

Author Benji Haworth Date May 21, 2015
Is your cassette worn out? Or maybe you feel the need...
Tagged beginner, buyers guide, campagnolo, Cassette, gearing, Shimano, sprockets, SRAM | Leave a comment |
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Giro d’Italia Week 1 Twitter Aftermath

Author Kane Nightingale Date May 15, 2015
An overview of the Twitter activity during week 1 of the...
Tagged aftermath, camera man, contador, giro, giro d'italia, Maglia Rosa, pink jersey, pro cycling, racing, santini, social, social media, twitter | Leave a comment |
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Buyers guide to road chainsets

Author Patrick Trainor Date May 13, 2015
What makes a good chainset? Which chainsets aren’t suitable for you...
Tagged beginners, bottom brackets, buyers guide, chainsets, compact, cranks, crankset, press fit, road chainsets, stages, standard | Leave a comment |
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Buyers guide to energy, hydration and recovery

Author Benji Haworth Date May 6, 2015
Riding a cheap bike but being properly fuelled will give you...
Tagged energy, high5, hydration, nutrition, ote sport, powerbar, racing, recovery, science in sport, sis, sportive, torq, training, zipvit | Leave a comment |
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Recent Comments
  • Rick Robson: Measure the Bolt Circle Diameter (BCD) This is the diameter across the chainring
  • Steve Doole: Do Kettler Alu-rad "trekking" bikes have non standard chainset measurements?. Bo
  • Rick Robson: Hi Luca, sorry for the delay. I used the headset which comes with the frame - de
  • luca: Hi Rick, could you tell me what type and size headset did you use in your build
  • Steve Rosewarne: Hi, does the g2x. Have mudguard or bottle cage mounts on the forks
  • Rick Robson: Hi Julie, sizing is different for each manufacturer, it is best to check the siz
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  • Steve: Hi, can you tell me what the situation is with adding a rack on the rear and mud
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