Recent content by madcow

I remember reading an article last year about Park Tools being granted a trademark on their blue color, as it applies to tools. In the article, I believe it said that was the first time a color has been successfully trademarked.

Since there will always be those that claim radios make racing safer as an excuse to keep them, the UCI should just change to no team radios and have a neutral radio. It can be broadcast by a race director in a lead car to all the riders on all the teams. Only includes things such as...

Kmc makes Shimanos chains for them, so in terms of wear you won't see much difference between the two. The Wipperman is one of the best chains for resisting wear from mileage, but it also doesn't shift as well as Kmc or Shimano. Kmc is probably the best compromise in durability...

I've spoken to both Darren Lill and Phil Zajicek about Gila after their each of their wins on the Gila Monster stage and neither one of them was upset that Pro tour riders were there. In fact they couldn't have been happier. It says a lot when on a climbing stage like that a continental rider...

Bearings probably shouldn't be the main focus on the hubs, particularly in the front wheel. I'd consider flange placement to be as important or more important. Front bearings consume very little of your power, about 0.25w in our example. So the difference between one good set of bearings...