Getting old sucks, might as well have a nice bike
Taping road tubeless wheels isn’t difficult, but there are some things you can do to make it easier, and make it work better. Fortunately, I had some Orange Seal rim tape (thanks Orange Seal!) on hand when it was time to re-tape my Reynolds AERO 65 DB. This video is both a how-to, and a review of the Orange Seal tubeless tape.…
First off, massive apology for the audio quality on this video. I have no idea what happened with the mic setup, but I messed it horribly. Hopefully you can look, or hear, past that (because I wasn’t going to tear it all apart :)) and appreciate the content. This video addresses how to fix a leaky SUNringlé Mulefüt fat tire rim. Apparently Hayes is totally down with manufacturing “tubeless ready” rims that…
Unfortunately, breaking rims is part of the cycling experience. While it’s never awesome, it was interesting to get some first-hand experience finding out what happens when one of my Farsports (Wheelsfar) road wheels met an untimely demise on the edge of a pothole.…
It’s been quite the adventure with these Farsports gravel wheels, but despite the “learning moments”, it’s safe to say that I have a new favorite gravel wheelset.…
I use a slightly different method to wax/re-wax chains than I’ve seen from other guides out there. It’s a simple, one-step, process that has served me very well both in convenience and chain longevity. While it’s possible that there is a marginally better approach to doing it, the easier the process is, the more likely we are to actually do it :).…
I recently had an engagement issue with my DT Swiss 240 EXP hub that nearly stranded me 50-60 miles from home. Fortunately I was able to get it working on the trail; which is the first part of the video. The second part is bad news for anyone with a newer DT Swiss hub. How to: 0:16 Problem explained: 3:02…
Veloviewer is one of my favorite cycling utilities, but it totally should not exist because it’s just a layer on top of Strava data, that fixes the limitations of Strava’s incredibly poor search and filtering features.…
What’s better than beer and bike stands? Unfortunately, I can’t share the beer through YouTube, but you can benefit from this quick walk-through of the five bike stands that made it to my backyard comparison. Conquer Portable Home Bike Repair Stand: 0:28 Spin Doctor Pro G3 Bicycle Repair Stand: 3:01 Bikehand Bike Repair Stand: 5:44 Feedback Bike Repair Stand: 8:07 | Park Tool PCS-10: 10:41 Wrapping up: 12:47 An interesting edge-case: 13:17…
I think Strava’s knee-jerk reaction to random guy’s freakout over Flybys is wrong given what Strava is, but that doesn’t mean I can’t also point out that they seem to have missed the bus around solving the thing they claimed to address by disabling it by default. …
One of the reasons I bought a Garmin fēnix 6 was so I could more accurately track my activity levels, which I hoped would lead to better insight into my fitness level, workout recommendations, and a better handle on my training status. What I seem to be getting though is borderline useless… Below is a table indicating the last month of activity: what Garmin suggested, what I actually did, how it impacted…