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Friday Bike Lust

This is cool as… More here on Ricky Feather’s blog.

Not another Z5?!… Frame: Parlee Z5 (small) Forks: Parlee Wheels: Kinlin XR-270′s to DTSwiss 240′s with DTSwiss RWS Ti skewers Chainset: Dura Ace 7950 – 50 / 34 chainrings Levers: Dura Ace 7900 Bars: Ritchey WCS EvoCurve – 40cm Stem: Ritchey WCS C260 BB – 100mm Seatpost: Ritchey WCS Alloy …

Steve Asks The Bike Tart…

…about mechanical disk brakes for road bikes. “I’m currently spec’ing a winter trainer/light tourer adding I am thinking about mechanical disc brakes. Coming from a engineering background it seems a lot more logical to separate the mechanical properties of a rim from braking, but I wonder if you had any …

Genius Ideas & Classic Components: Tioga Spyder

They’ve been around for as long as I can remember… Always been a bit “woah Nelly” for me though! And then there’s the fact that every report I’ve read says they only tend to last about two months. I like them, but it’s a leftfield option, even for me with …

Friday Bike Lust

Colnago are doing a run of 30th anniversary Masters – of the three colours they’re offering, this is the colour I’d have: Lovely. If only the damn thing would fit me.

Bike Crit-ique: Ricardo’s Viner

Here’s something you don’t see every day… Frame: Viner Mitus 0.4 Forks: 3T Rigida Team Stealth Wheels: Madfiber Chainset: THM Clavicula M3 Levers: Shimano Di2 Bars: Schmolke Custom oversize Stem: Extralite OC Seatpost: AX Lightness Daedalus Saddle: Tune/Becker Concorde Front Mech: Shimano Di2 with Custom 35.5mm MCFK Carbon/Ti braze-on bracket …

Review: Knog Blinder 4V

I’m a fussy bugger. Oh, wait, you know that. Anyway, it means I fuss over the silliest of things. Lights are one of these things – they serve such an important function, yet they’re all so ugly, bulbous and obvious. Or at least they were. Knog answered my prayers already, …

Tuesday Tune-Up: Brake Pad Toe-In

Perhaps a slightly random subject to focus on, but it’s one I’ve been asked about a lot – or rather, as much as anything is one which is answered with a blank expression when mentioned. What’s brake pad ‘toe-in’? It’s when the front of the brake pad touches the wheel …

Genius Ideas & Classic Components: Kirk Magnesium

Well it’s fair to say ‘genius’ doesn’t apply, but I certainly think they’re a classic! Perhaps better known for the MTB of the same name, the Kirk Magnesium was made from molded Magnesium - although a version of the bike which was ridden in the Tour de France by …

Friday Bike Lust

I’m going to sound like a right hypocrite for this, but… this is the new Ritchey P-275, and it’s LUSH: Yes yes, I know – I hate Ritchey stuff, always mark bikes down or suggest alternatives on the Crit-ique for people who use it, yadda yadda… except their MTB frames are …

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