Bicycling

Cool Tool: X-treme Tape This looks like the perfect tape to finish off your handlebar tape jobs.

MercuryNews.com | 05/17/2006 | Trio arrested for injuring motorcyclist The first motorcyclist spent five days in a coma and required more than 500 stitches and several titanium plates in his face to repair bone damage and tissue loss, Palanov said. The man is no longer in a coma, but Palanov could not say if he … Continue reading »

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn: Gearing for the dreaded climb Nice to read that even the pros have to resort to compact cranks and even triples on some very steep climbs in the Giro. I’ll probably be swapping my 53-39 Ultegra crank for a Shimano 50-34 sometime this summer since there are some steep sections … Continue reading »

Sea Otter 2006: Gooey gravity courses and a Gerolsteiner guy Great! The year I decide to stay two nights in Monterey for the Sea Otter Classic, we have wet, rainy, mudball conditions. I hope it clears up a little over the weekend. I fondly remember the mess of a course the short track became in … Continue reading »

I don’t think it was that windy last night, but it was the windiest weather I’ve ever ridden in during my bike commute. I didn’t stand up on my pedals on the uphills, and I really had to upshift when I was riding directly against the wind. The rain was coming down sideways, and a … Continue reading »

I received my new wheels today with DT 240S hubs, Velocity Aerohead rims and DT Swiss spokes and the weight of the front wheel was 625 while the rear wheel was 865 for a total weight of 1490 grams (they were advertised at 1430, but my there’s a lot of variability in rim weights and … Continue reading »

BERKELEY / Theft of disabled children’s customized bikes discovered / Nonprofit’s entire fleet of 30 vanished from storeroom This is a really sad story. Not only are children’s bikes stolen, but they’re bikes for children with disabilities!

Ask the Doctor: A brighter shade of…. yellow? I didn’t know a substantial number of adults could have excess bilirubin issues. I haven’t heard of bilirubin since my daughter was born. She turned yellow for awhile, since her new liver wasn’t able to process the excess bilirubin – a common occurrence in newborns. What’s interesting … Continue reading »

I had a flat last Friday with the rear tire on my commuting bike. Over the weekend, I purchased 700×28 Continental Ultra Gatorskins which have a tough belt and sidewalls to replace my 700×25 Michelin Carbons. The ride seems a little bit stiffer, but the tires should be more resistant to thorns and glass. Examining … Continue reading »

Daylight savings time is over, and it’s dark now when I bike home to work. I was ready to go tonight with my NiteRider light out front, and two blinking red lights in the back. One of the red lights is on my seatbag, and the other one is on my backpack. The reason I … Continue reading »