Cycling e-books and resources.
Check it out!
Showing posts with label Mountain Bike Parts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mountain Bike Parts. Show all posts
November 25, 2010
November 13, 2010
Come and gone from Joe Parkin
I was on holiday on the beach last week, so I didn't get a chance to all new content on the blog. I got a chance to finish a good book to read while I was lounging on the sand al-Come and Gone: A True Story of blue-collar Bike Racing in America by Joe Parkin. Come and Gone is the sequel to a dog in a hat, Parkin of previous book about his five year racing as a IL in Europe.
The new book picks in 1991, the year that Parkin returned to the u.s. after his contract with the Belgium based Tulip Computers team. I really enjoyed his stories of domestic racing in the 1990s, partly because I have so many fond memories of racing during that time. I was definitely not a pro, but the Parkin stories about some of the road and mountain bike races that I remember fondly surely transported me back in time.
Joe Parkin was not the fastest or most famous pro cyclist of his time, but his passion for bicycle racing is what encounters in this book. His fight to live like a pro racer season after season (both on-road and dirty) kept me interested and made sure the book hard to drop. The conversation, almost rambling style in which he tells stories which makes it sometimes have the feeling that he tell them just for you.
If he of the ups and downs of the second half of the career of the pro race tells, give a feeling of excitement, as well as the disappointment and frustration, which goes hand in hand with struggling to follow a real passion. Come and Gone is an honest and authentic account of the not always glamorous life of an average pro bike racer, and I think that is what sets it apart from many of the other cycling books I've read.
The story is not build an important turning point or career pinnacle that is already known. instead, it offers a real, and sometimes unflattering, glimpse into a lifestyle that many cycling fans and amateur racers a bit curious about.
The book provides a nice colour photo section in the middle that I enjoyed almost as much as the stories (Nothing transports me back to the late 1980s and early 1990s more than garish team kits, lugged steel frames and Euro racing mullets).As I read the chapters on different seasons, teams and matches, I found myself flipping to the photo section to look at the accompanying photos.
These days, in addition to writing books and blogging at 6 years in a rain Cape, is Joe Parkin the editor of Bike magazine. cycling is the only mountain bike oriented magazine that I subscribe (for now at least), so I'm very excited about the new sister am publication, paved. I haven't seen the first issue yet, but as paved the same great photography and occasional offbeat attitude as Bike has, I'm sure it will be one of my new favorite bike magazines.
Posted in Review. Tagged with book review, mountain biking, pro Cycling, road racing. By James T
View the original article here
The new book picks in 1991, the year that Parkin returned to the u.s. after his contract with the Belgium based Tulip Computers team. I really enjoyed his stories of domestic racing in the 1990s, partly because I have so many fond memories of racing during that time. I was definitely not a pro, but the Parkin stories about some of the road and mountain bike races that I remember fondly surely transported me back in time.
Joe Parkin was not the fastest or most famous pro cyclist of his time, but his passion for bicycle racing is what encounters in this book. His fight to live like a pro racer season after season (both on-road and dirty) kept me interested and made sure the book hard to drop. The conversation, almost rambling style in which he tells stories which makes it sometimes have the feeling that he tell them just for you.
If he of the ups and downs of the second half of the career of the pro race tells, give a feeling of excitement, as well as the disappointment and frustration, which goes hand in hand with struggling to follow a real passion. Come and Gone is an honest and authentic account of the not always glamorous life of an average pro bike racer, and I think that is what sets it apart from many of the other cycling books I've read.
The story is not build an important turning point or career pinnacle that is already known. instead, it offers a real, and sometimes unflattering, glimpse into a lifestyle that many cycling fans and amateur racers a bit curious about.
The book provides a nice colour photo section in the middle that I enjoyed almost as much as the stories (Nothing transports me back to the late 1980s and early 1990s more than garish team kits, lugged steel frames and Euro racing mullets).As I read the chapters on different seasons, teams and matches, I found myself flipping to the photo section to look at the accompanying photos.
These days, in addition to writing books and blogging at 6 years in a rain Cape, is Joe Parkin the editor of Bike magazine. cycling is the only mountain bike oriented magazine that I subscribe (for now at least), so I'm very excited about the new sister am publication, paved. I haven't seen the first issue yet, but as paved the same great photography and occasional offbeat attitude as Bike has, I'm sure it will be one of my new favorite bike magazines.
Posted in Review. Tagged with book review, mountain biking, pro Cycling, road racing. By James T
View the original article here
November 11, 2010
One of these trikes is not like the other
A reader, Tim, who owns a Baccura Airlite of the last party, describes it as "a nice skinny send Trike that the simplicity of a bike." Baccura.com, an unofficial site that is "designed to demonstrate the lightest, fastest
Recumbent Trike ever made" refers to it as the "only successful lean send trike design ever produced" (watch this video to see the steering wheel of action).
The Baccura site points out that the tricycle between 1981-1983 by Jamie MacMenemy which, according to this BikePortland forums thread also developed for Cannondale lefty hub is designed. Even came out of shape, MacMenemy close to winning the OHPV inaugural PIR Human Powered Challenge with its new trike design. The history of the Baccura Airlite design is quite interesting, and you can read more about it on baccura.com. Also check it out (along with other trike designs) at the 2006 OHPV-people-Power-Challenge.
Josh Hadar e-Trike Chopper has spread around the design blogs. It is not smooth, low, and aerodynamic design as the Baccura, but it has an interesting look. Unlike some of the Hadar other sculptural bicycle designs have not even pedals. It is a fully electric version of one of his earlier pedal designing trike, the Christy Lynn.
According to Inhabitat, is the Hadar new e-trike "powered by an electric motor that Mars an output of 3 kilowatts (6.4 HP) can produce continuously and 15 kilowatts at a pressure, making the helicopter trike to hit a top speed of 45 mph. "Pretty impressive … but I would still like it better with the option of the pedal.
Posted in concept, E-bike. Tagged with Baccura Airlite, electric bicycles, HPV, Josh Hadar, recumbent, tricycle. By James T
View the original article here
Recumbent Trike ever made" refers to it as the "only successful lean send trike design ever produced" (watch this video to see the steering wheel of action).
The Baccura site points out that the tricycle between 1981-1983 by Jamie MacMenemy which, according to this BikePortland forums thread also developed for Cannondale lefty hub is designed. Even came out of shape, MacMenemy close to winning the OHPV inaugural PIR Human Powered Challenge with its new trike design. The history of the Baccura Airlite design is quite interesting, and you can read more about it on baccura.com. Also check it out (along with other trike designs) at the 2006 OHPV-people-Power-Challenge.
Josh Hadar e-Trike Chopper has spread around the design blogs. It is not smooth, low, and aerodynamic design as the Baccura, but it has an interesting look. Unlike some of the Hadar other sculptural bicycle designs have not even pedals. It is a fully electric version of one of his earlier pedal designing trike, the Christy Lynn.
According to Inhabitat, is the Hadar new e-trike "powered by an electric motor that Mars an output of 3 kilowatts (6.4 HP) can produce continuously and 15 kilowatts at a pressure, making the helicopter trike to hit a top speed of 45 mph. "Pretty impressive … but I would still like it better with the option of the pedal.
Posted in concept, E-bike. Tagged with Baccura Airlite, electric bicycles, HPV, Josh Hadar, recumbent, tricycle. By James T
View the original article here
November 4, 2010
SR Suntour Swing Shock
Bike Parts - Suspension
Suspension of the road is not exactly a new idea. Many of you probably remember the Paris-Roubaix SL fork that Rock Shox introduced in the early 90 's. Prior to the Roubaix fork, a hundred or so years prior to his specific, there were many other ideas that float around for suspension systems on the edge of rough roads.
It is an old idea, but I think the Swing Shock that SR Suntour during Eurobike launched brings something new to the table. The alloy and Magnesium Swing Shock is designed to replace rigid forks found in many urban and suburban commuter cycling. It offers 30 mm of travel at a reasonable weight 1300g (2.87 lbs), and it has simple lines that visually on an urban fixie or Single Speed work.
This urban cyclists, who tend to have a clean aesthetics, are exactly the types of riders that the design team to win with this fork. According to a spokesperson for the company:
"They had to make a suspension front fork, that the rigid fork fans with a sleek and slim design in combination with suspension comfort would convince.The 30 mm of travel absorbs the major hits of boulders, sidewalk curbs, little stairs and pits. the rigid construction can better acceleration while pedaling and the weight of the fork of about 400 g 1300 g is among the lightest standard forks.Low built-in height of the rigid fork replacement can without the original bike geometry. "
Here you can find more information about the swing-shock on the SR Suntour website. Also, be sure to check out their video on YouTube. I think it provides a nice option for suspension on a clean urban bike … and I especially like the idea of integrated fender. I guess time will tell if the fixie children agree with me.
Posted in Commuter, Road. Tagged with fixie, fork, Singlespeed, SR Suntour, suspension, urban bike. By James T
Bike Parts - Suspension
View the original article here
Suspension of the road is not exactly a new idea. Many of you probably remember the Paris-Roubaix SL fork that Rock Shox introduced in the early 90 's. Prior to the Roubaix fork, a hundred or so years prior to his specific, there were many other ideas that float around for suspension systems on the edge of rough roads.
It is an old idea, but I think the Swing Shock that SR Suntour during Eurobike launched brings something new to the table. The alloy and Magnesium Swing Shock is designed to replace rigid forks found in many urban and suburban commuter cycling. It offers 30 mm of travel at a reasonable weight 1300g (2.87 lbs), and it has simple lines that visually on an urban fixie or Single Speed work.
This urban cyclists, who tend to have a clean aesthetics, are exactly the types of riders that the design team to win with this fork. According to a spokesperson for the company:
"They had to make a suspension front fork, that the rigid fork fans with a sleek and slim design in combination with suspension comfort would convince.The 30 mm of travel absorbs the major hits of boulders, sidewalk curbs, little stairs and pits. the rigid construction can better acceleration while pedaling and the weight of the fork of about 400 g 1300 g is among the lightest standard forks.Low built-in height of the rigid fork replacement can without the original bike geometry. "
Here you can find more information about the swing-shock on the SR Suntour website. Also, be sure to check out their video on YouTube. I think it provides a nice option for suspension on a clean urban bike … and I especially like the idea of integrated fender. I guess time will tell if the fixie children agree with me.
Posted in Commuter, Road. Tagged with fixie, fork, Singlespeed, SR Suntour, suspension, urban bike. By James T
Bike Parts - Suspension
View the original article here
October 29, 2010
Mountain Bike Parts
Mountain bike parts
The mountain bike has a number of other features in comparison with ordinary bicycles. They include a greater number of gears, knobbelig bands, in a wider handle bar and often a form of suspension of the wheels. Mountain bike frame is called a chassis, a term referring to the frame, fork, and stop, single unit chassis refers is usually built up.use of lightweight materials such as carbon fiber.
These bikes are often equipped with a large number of gears, with some models equipped with a number of 27.lower number of gears on the steep mountain bikers helps hills or obstacles. Mountain bikes use gear technology that facilitates changing gears and levers that automatically move up or move down a gear during shifts.
Mountain bike has usually a front and rear suspension. The suspension shall be classified as a shock absorber for the rider and the bike. depending on the type of suspension mountain bikes can be classified into three main categories: Hardtail (frame with no rear suspension is often on the suspension of the front fork), fully stable (subtype of hardtail with rigid fork) and double or full suspension (front fork suspension and rear suspension, in the framework of integrated).
A mountain bikes can also be equipped with the bar of the wheel, particularly in the case of flat correct size bars.with the increasing preference ends, however, send connectors, bar end extensions are used in smaller numbers. these bikes are available to the public with the wheel size of 26 inches (660 mm recently larger wheel of 29 inches (735 mm) are also imported).bigger wheels-usually better obstacles, but they reduce the maneuverability of the bike.
While in the case of braking console is located in the most mountain bikes, some of them, especially those with suspension systems disk brakes with large choice in parts available for mountain bikes it is important to research your requirements before you the best prices for shopping.
Mountain bike parts
The mountain bike has a number of other features in comparison with ordinary bicycles. They include a greater number of gears, knobbelig bands, in a wider handle bar and often a form of suspension of the wheels. Mountain bike frame is called a chassis, a term referring to the frame, fork, and stop, single unit chassis refers is usually built up.use of lightweight materials such as carbon fiber.
These bikes are often equipped with a large number of gears, with some models equipped with a number of 27.lower number of gears on the steep mountain bikers helps hills or obstacles. Mountain bikes use gear technology that facilitates changing gears and levers that automatically move up or move down a gear during shifts.
Mountain bike has usually a front and rear suspension. The suspension shall be classified as a shock absorber for the rider and the bike. depending on the type of suspension mountain bikes can be classified into three main categories: Hardtail (frame with no rear suspension is often on the suspension of the front fork), fully stable (subtype of hardtail with rigid fork) and double or full suspension (front fork suspension and rear suspension, in the framework of integrated).
A mountain bikes can also be equipped with the bar of the wheel, particularly in the case of flat correct size bars.with the increasing preference ends, however, send connectors, bar end extensions are used in smaller numbers. these bikes are available to the public with the wheel size of 26 inches (660 mm recently larger wheel of 29 inches (735 mm) are also imported).bigger wheels-usually better obstacles, but they reduce the maneuverability of the bike.
While in the case of braking console is located in the most mountain bikes, some of them, especially those with suspension systems disk brakes with large choice in parts available for mountain bikes it is important to research your requirements before you the best prices for shopping.
Mountain bike parts
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)