Lennard Zinn
BACKGROUND: Lennard Zinn, our longtime technical writer, joined VeloNews in 1987. He is also a frame builder frame builder, former U.S. national team rider, and author of many bicycle books including "Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance", "Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance" and "Zinn’s Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists". He holds a bachelor’s in physics from Colorado College.
BIKES IN THE GARAGE: Three custom Zinn road bikes: ‘08 coupled travel titanium, ‘08 coupled travel steel and ‘08 magnesium; three custom Zinn mountain bikes: ‘08 Terra 3.0 titanium 3-inch-travel full suspension, ‘07 Megabike aluminum 3-inch-travel full suspension with Rohloff internal hub, ‘89 steel fillet-brazed mountain tandem (hardtail); and, at any time, many cool bikes being built for customers.
Stories by Lennard Zinn »
Posted: Tue, Jun 23rd
Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Going retro'Dear Readers,
Yesterday having been my 51st birthday, I figured I’d do a retro column. Fortunately, it’s not hard to sort through the VeloQnA inbox and find plenty of emails that raise questions about retro ...
Posted: Tue, Jun 16th
Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn: Dialing in those new wheelsDear Lennard,
I recently received a set of Zipp 404 tubulars, and for me they represent a first in many respects. They are my first carbon wheels, my first tubulars and my first super light wheels. I taught myself to glue on the tires.
I have ridden them several times and I ...
Posted: Tue, Jun 2nd
Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - More mix-n-matchDear Lennard,
Thanks for all the great articles from Italy. I have a quick (Italian) question for you: Can I use Campy 11-speed shifters with a 10-speed cassette and drivetrain?
If they are not compatible right out of the box, can they be modified to work? Is it possible to ...
Posted: Fri, May 29th
Lennard Zinn looks at bikes for the Giro finale TTAfter the 60.6km individual time trial (ITT) on the extremely challenging course above the Cinque Terre last week, the 14.4km ITT in downtown Rome this Sunday will be a walk in the park – or a ride in a museum.
But while it won’t be a climbing, swooping and winding ...
Posted: Fri, May 15th
Giro Tech' - The TV crewThe motorcycles, helicopters and stationary cameras of RAI Television bring you the Giro d’Italia up close — the video taken from right next to the riders and from the air and the long shots from the finish line.
Posted: Thu, May 14th
Tools of the ProTour mechanicsMechanics need the right tools to do their jobs. While of course their trucks are stocked with myriad good bike tools, sometimes they choose to use tools they made themselves. Or they appropriate a tool that was made for a different purpose. And the truck itself is a tool that ...
Posted: Wed, May 13th
Giro Tech: Tools of the ProTour MechanicsRace vehicles are critical for team success at a grand tour.
Astana, for example, has in its stable 15 cars, two fully-rigged race-service trucks, one big bus, one medium bus, one small bus, one camionette, and one camper. Not all of them are used in a single race, but the ...
Posted: Tue, May 12th
Lennard Zinn test rides the 2010 Cannondale SuperSixIvan Basso was eager to prove at the Giro del Trentino that he is back on form and must be considered the favorite for the Giro d’Italia. He did just that, and his efforts were assisted by having the right tool, namely his new, all-carbon Cannondale SuperSix.
The SuperSix ...
Posted: Sun, May 10th
Tech Feature - Time trial technology at the GiroMilram’s Focus
Posted: Fri, May 8th
Lennard Zinn takes a look at Fabian Cancellara's new Specialized time trial rig for the Giro.Saxo Bank strongman Fabian “Spartacus” Cancellara wants an even faster bike on which to trounce into submission those mere mortals who do their best simply to survive a race against the clock.
Cancellara may now have the ideal weapon in the Specialized S-Works TTR, a ...
Posted: Fri, May 8th
Lennard Zinn tries Mavic's new superlight TraComp R-Sys Ultimate wheels.Mavic’s TraComp carbon-spoke system, in which the spoke works in both traction and compression, has had a somewhat rocky beginning. A recall this year of all R-Sys front wheels was a black eye for Mavic, a company that has always prided itself on the reliability of its ...
Posted: Tue, May 5th
Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Recycling carbon and other follow-upDear Readers,I’m in the Denver airport about to fly to Italy for the Giro d’Italia. I have enjoyed a lot of the feedback from a few recent columns, and I thought you might as well. Next time you hear from me will be from the Giro, so look for some cool bikes for the ...
