Recent content by vorsprung

Yes, i am making a "catalogue" of the bikes on the event. The point isn't that the bike itself has survived the event without wearing out. That would be ridiculous :) It's that these bikes were ridden the best part of 400 miles over two days and the riders were still happy enough at the...

There's a lot of talk about "I like this" or "carbon is best" or all kinds of fluff with saying what bike is best for long distance So rather than thinking up some opinion latest blog article... http://audaxing.wordpress.com/2014/06/02/bikes-on-the-kernow-sw-600/ ..is pictures and brief...

They are not latex. They might look a bit like that in the pictures but they don't feel like latex. I wouldn't like to use latex because of the air leakage problem

Just put some Foss tubes on my best bike. If the hype about these is true they seem a good upgrade. Any practical experience of these tubes?

I used to have a 15 mile each way commute. This is a commute, not a "training ride" but it did have opportunities for training if I felt like it. I did this ride every day, come snow, high wind etc etc out of the house at 7:30am More recently I have been working from home. Getting out to...

Here's a blog post showing the wheels on my Paris-Brest-Paris bike I have always used 15mm wide rims with 25mm or 28mm tyres I do see that wider rims are the "latest new thing" but according to Sheldon Browns width vs tyre size chart a 23mm channel rim needs at least a 40mm wide tyre...

blog post on rim swap I've never seen a step-by-step guide on how to switch to a new rim. Probably as it is blindingly obvious ;D But I did this at the weekend and I've done a blog post on it Rim Swaps made easy

You really knew what Tool #6 was? I'm impressed. The answers are now on the page for everyone else

Bike Tool Christmas Quiz Some of the tools are easy to identify but I think you'd have to be a geek to get them all No prizes, just for fun

Here's my blog entry on "stuff that worked" for me during the recent PBP http://audaxing.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/pbp-stuff-that-worked/ To answer your questions "What was it like? How big is the jump from doing the occasional double century to what is required to finish?" It isn't like...

There hasn't been a mudguard requirement for several editions. My bike didn't have mudguards, I opted for 28mm tyres instead of 25mm + mudguards. It only rained once for a an hour or so for me, and dried out quick. The 84h group who start later got hammered with 17h of rain however.... If...

Back in the UK again after PBP. What fun! In case you haven't come across it, PBP is a 1200km road ride somewhat like an over long sportive crossed with a touring holiday of northern France. Here's a couple of blog entries about my experiences PBP: the Fast Bits PBP: Random Photos

I need some gloves for PBP. I don't have time for them to fix the design flaw, make them, ship them from China and then remember to send me a replacement pair! PBP is in two weeks! So I've smoothed off the rough edges on the stamped holes with some fine grade emery paper. They seem...

I like Specialized stuff but there always seems to be some little problem. Mitts this time Last set of Specialized mitts I got fell to bits in a month. But these are a different design so I was hopeful. But this time they have a subtle design flaw.

My old Orbea has a tiny plastic disk protecting the head tube from cable rub. My new Specialized doesn't. Pictures of the problem here This might be a minor issue but it would be so easy to fix.