650B Wheels
650B Wheels A good, rock-solid case can be made that if the bike world were to start from scratch, 650B would be the NORMAL size. Why not? It’s in between 26-inch and 700C, so it fits a wider range |
700c Wheels
Most of you know, and no shame if you don’t, that 700C is the dominant wheel size in the modern bike world, and the biggest of the top three. The other two are 26-inches, and 650B. It sounds like tw |
Additional Notes on Spokes & Weight
Sit down on a chair and lean your torso forward 25 degrees, so that there’s about a 65-deg angle between your thigh and your ‘orso. Now pull up your shirt and look at your belly. If it looks like |
Broken Spokes and Their Wobbly Wheels
Spokes don’t break as much as they did in the ‘70s and earlier, because spokes got much better in the ‘80s, and spoke failures plummeted instantly. But not all spokes are good and not all wheel |
Close a quick-release skewer the right way
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Folding a wire-bead tire
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More Wheels
You hear or read that “an ounce off the wheels is worth two off the frame,” because wheels are rotating weight, so they affect the bike more. Then you start to care about lightness in wheels. That |
Rims
Know this about rims We like silver rims for their looks and performance. Anodizing is mostly show, not go. In fact, once it starts to wear off, it's not even show no mo' and that's assuming you like |
Tire Tips
Tire tips Here's one of many ways to think about tires. A point of view not often expressed. Maybe it'll make sense to you, or maybe you'll think it's all hogwash (which it isn't). Tread for Roads On |
Tires - The Short Version
Ride the biggest one your bike will fit. If you’re a racer you aren’t reading this, and if you’re not, this is great advice. The greater volume of air more than makes up for the slight ad |
Truths About Tires
Truths about tires The biggest, best bargain in bicycles is air in the tires, yet for the last twenty years or so there's been a heinous trend toward tires with lower and lower volumes. This is bad b |
