Cycling Forum / General / Technical / August 2008

I had an interesting argument with a cow-orker today while removing an
extremely tight bottom bracket, we had the frame clamped towards the
bottom of the seat tube in a Park workstand and I was using a Cyclus
pro bottom bracket tool with all of my considerable strength to brake

The thread about tire wear got me thinking, what are the best handling
tires you’ve ridden?  I’m talking about the equivalent of motorcycle
slicks for racing – something will allow the bike to be leaned as far
as possible while maintaining traction.  Obviously this will be a

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-40338
After many months of peaceful coexistence, Atlanta police decided to pursue and
ticket the monthly Critical Mass bike ride. While other cities have had much
more confrontational episodes between police and Critical Mass, Atlanta has

My son visited Holland last year and found this lock type to be very
popular. Seems sensible, too.
What is this lock type called, and are they available here in the States?
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I have Swift folder frameset coming and I have to build some 406 wheels for
it.
I have a mind to use the common folder format of SRAM Dual Drive hub on the
back which gives me a three speed hub, a nine speed cassette and no front

Couple days ago I was coming home in a pouring rain and ran over
a short (but stubby) screw. Luckily just half a mile from home.
It created bad puncture in my almost new Gatorskins. Obviously
I do not want to have a blowout but I do not want to spend $40 on

Love my LBS, and I love that they just hired D. a kindred spirit who
enjoys many of the same no bull products that I do--but I hate having
to mail order the simplest things such as tires and brake blocks--as
my LBS doesn't stock decent wide 700c tires or Koolstop Vee pads.

Just out of curiousity, why is there no nut on road bike presta
valves, while they're basically standard issue on any presta MTB I
see?
My guesses include:

I hope that someone from this excellent group can assist with this
question. I have a mtb that I would like to convert to my foul-weather
commuter ( about 25 kms each way ) in the greater Toronto Area. Lotsa
foul weather !! The tire/rim setup is as follows.

I guess this may be more misc than tech--but I saw one of these as I
was headed out of town yesterday and asked if I might have a lookie
and the owner was very cool and basically said, "enjoy!"  Gotta say--
most handsome rig ever. Perfect choice of parts, nothing pretty or non-

Do you switch to winter rubber at 32F or higher temps?
How do you mount something spiky (W296???) without trashing skin on
your hands?

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The r.b.t. wisdom seems to be that it's a good long rain ride, right?
I built the Kona's wheels back in February and mind--this is mainly a
go getter, ten miles a day sorta ride, with some undercover duty as a
county exploration vehicle when it gets to borrow a set of spds for a

The problem I have is not the actual training part, but rather the
motivation to actually get on my bike. Im comfortable in my kit and
on the bike I can't get enough. I just need that push to start
getting