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  • Chain lube options / now ultra sound waxing

    I heard from sources I trust that they are running one chain on their gravel bike for 30.000km. With hardly any signs of wear on the chain, or the whole drive train.Even for half that life-span, I would be intrigued, as it saves resources and also, cost!A lightweight cassette being retailed for upwards of 250,-…

  • Up the hill, with a camera and telemetric data

    Just for fun.And for the future possibly with more camera angles – using cameras brings ideas for fitting bikes to people better 😉 This is an aluminium bike, the only carbon fibre parts being the fork and the saddle, composed out of four different “groups” of Shimanos’ offerings.Brakes, wheels, bottom bracket are all sourced elsewhere,…

  • Bottom bracket spin test. Say nothing.

    They actually are tricky to really make assumptions about the real friction.As we do not know how the grease inside behaves under load, when getting warmer, and so forth. What we can certainly say though, is that this frames’ bottom bracket shell has been properly faced to have clean, smooth and perpendicular surfaces for the…