Recent content by boris&co

Really you should listen, it's interesting, Mark Zeigler is well informed and is prepared to talk about what he knows. Anyway, rebound effects are this; if you take something that mimics the action of one of your bodies systems, and then after a period of time you stop, it takes a while for...

In one of the Competitor Radio shows, with Mark Zeigler, they talk about LaShawn Merritt's DHEA positive. If I remember correctly, the suggestion is made that DHEA is used for controlling rebound effects after a course of steroids. http://competitorradio.competitor.com/2010/04/mark-zeigler/

I use the king of patches - the elusive Rema Tip Top F0 I recently had a rash of valve stem separations which has led me to carry 2 tubes - one in the jersey and one in the saddle bag If you need more than 2 tubes then it's probably raining and you'll never do a decent patch job by the...

If you look at the pics there really is no rear brake, and there is a derailleur. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/millar-ends-season-in-best-time-trialling-form-of-his-career I guess when they say "races on the road" they don't mean time trials. You've got to think that the scrutineers...

I like to imagine the load on a fork from braking like this: - imagine the wheel spinning - imagine the caliper closing on the braking surface - imagine that the brake tries to shift the centre of rotation from the hub to the caliper If you do this it is easy to visualise that the effect...

And of course it goes without saying that you should lay off the riding till you've recovered. I caught a chill on a sportive recently. When I was almost (but not quite) better I went out for a quick 70 miles. I was really ill after. I mentioned this to the guy I usually ride with and he...

Front: http://pistarice.blogspot.com/2008/12/spinergy-rev-x-bearing-replacement.html 1. Remove circlip 2. Place hub on a bit wood with a hole in 3. Hit the axle with a soft hammer. Use the axle as the bearing punch. 4. R8 Bearings Rear: Non-drive - R8 bearing Drive - Shimano...

Congratulations on your new purchase, I'm sure it's a fine bike, and I hope you enjoy many miles on it. However I feel I should caution you on the carbon seatpost business, for the following reasons. 1. Aluminium frames have issues of galvanic corrosion with carbon seatposts (allegedly)...

I built a fixie last winter to see what the hype is all about and rode 1000 miles on it before I demoted it to my bike for going down the shops on, so I have some sort of perspective. 1. Is there any real value to training with a fixed gear on the road? Well maybe. As Oldman says, it...

OK, I've recently worked through these problems, and my experience is the expander plugs are always a bit loosey-goosey. This used to cause me problems at first as my technique for preloading the head bearings was to overtighten slightly and then back it off a little. I soon discovered with my...

I'm not sure I understand all this. The implication seems to be that AS is some sort of weakling that needs special treatment to keep up with the bigger boys. This is clearly not the case. He's one of the strongest riders in the world. He's already proved on that he can dis the yellow jersey...

I watched this on Eurosport. The first bike change was during the commercial break, the second immediately after, so 3 minutes is about right. As I remember it, the sequence of events was this; 1) Cancellara bike change. 2) Cancellara rides along amongst the team cars whilst mechanic...