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You'll find many valuable bike fit resources on the list below, as well as links to every major fitting system. If you know of links you think should be included, please let us know.
Body Measurements made with the FitStik can be plugged into various on-line bike fitting calculators; sites that offer this service free are marked with an @ below.
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Is this the frame material of the future?
By Lennard Zinn
This report filed September 28, 2001
Craig Calfee noticed how tough bamboo is by watching his dog Luna chew on stalks of this tropical woody grass growing in a little grove behind his California home. The inventive owner of CarbonFrames wondered whether stalks of bamboo would work as a material for bicycle frames. If workers standing on bamboo scaffolding lashed together with rope can build some of the tallest buildings in the world, why not use this light, rigid material for bike frames? |
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MUCH HAS BEEN LEARNED about the physiological factors that
contribute to endurance performance ability by simply describing
the characteristics of elite endurance athletes in sports such
as distance running, bicycle racing, and cross-country skiing.
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The use of drugs is an attempt to enhance sporting performance and is often referred to as doping. The word 'dope' originated from a primitive South African alcoholic drink that was used as a stimulant in ceremonial dances. In today's sporting context, doping refers to the use of performance enhancing chemicals of banned substances or methods that may enhance performance by an athlete. |
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For the next 6-7 months most of us are going to have shorter, colder and wetter days. Do you feel slowed down and have a hard time waking up in the morning? Are you having problems focusing at work or in your relationships? Are you overeating and have a craving for carbohydrates and sweet foods? Do you have feelings of depression? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, you may be one of the millions of people who have problems with the changing seasons. |
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Riding & Safety
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The bicycle is a tremendously efficient means of transportation. In fact cycling is more efficient than any other method of travel--including walking! |
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More recent articles, news and tips. |
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Repair & Maintenance
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Raleigh, Sturmey-Archer and More |
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The bike industry is in the middle of one of its periodic frenzies of obsession with weight, though this time round things aren't - yet - as silly as the the 'make it lighter till it fails' mountain bike parts of the early nineties and the 'drill holes in it till you can use it to grate cheese' road components of the seventies. So when Cyclingnews gets chatting with Dominique Bergin, president of legendary French frame and pedal manufacturer Look, it's not surprising that weight is one of the first topics that crops up.
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7-speed Cassettes | 8-speed Cassettes | 9-speed Cassettes Advantages | Body Servicing | Body Transplants | Custom Cassettes | Spacing | Cassette Removal/Installation HyperDrive-C | HG (Hyperglide) | "Road" vs "Mountain" | I.G. (Interactive Glide) | UG (Uniglide) | Upgrading From 7 to 8 or 9 |
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Shifting, Adjustment, Cables and More |
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If you are new to bicycles, buying a bike can be a bit confusing. Here are some tips that may help.
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The most important thing to know when you get a new bike is to ride it for short distances at first. There are two reasons. The first is that the bike may fail in some way, and you'll have to walk home.
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Repair & Maintenance
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Bicycle Repair and Tune-Up, a complete, illustrated, online bicycle repair manual including wheel alignment, handlebar grips and tape, flat tire repair, derailleur and brake adjustment, and much more for mountain bikes, road bikes, BMX, and general bicycles. Simply click on your area of interest or you can read it all by clicking START.
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Complete Gear Calculator
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If you lined up all the mountain bikes in America, tire-to-tire, and then rode a bike along that line, it would take you 36 weeks, (riding 40 hours per week, 15 miles per hour) to get to the end of the line.
The longest tandem or "bicycle built for two" ever made was actually for thirty-five. It is almost 67 feet long and weighs about as much as a Volkswagen.
The smallest bicycle that an adult can ride has wheels made from silver dollars.
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You can often repair stiff bicycle chain links with oil or careful lateral bending. Severe cases will require replacement of links. Links are replaced in pairs, an inner link and an outer.
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Nutrition
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Why drinking too much fluid can cause hyponatremia, a potentially fatal condition. Why drinking a sports (electrolyte replacement) drink does not prevent hyponatremia. |
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Nutrition
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Sports nutrition for optimal muscle recovery, applied to typical long-distance events |
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