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Jun. 23, 2008Technical Editor Matt Pacocha reports on Giant's lineup for next season.
You’ve already seen Giant’s new road bike, the TCR Advanced SL. Prototypes have been in service by the High Road (now Columbia) team since last year’s Tour de France. The bike and its radically shaped tubes have been highly visible all season, ...
Jun. 18, 2008Tech Report: The Campagnolo 11-speed Super Record group
In Feltre, Italy, this week, just 15km away from the memorial to Tullio Campagnolo at the summit of the Croce d’Aune pass, Campagnolo reintroduced its Super Record racing group.
Super Record was Campagnolo’s mystical racing group, but it ...
Jun. 17, 2008Lennard Zinn answers more reader technical questions
Dear Readers,
As I head off to Europe once again now, trying to get the outlets to charge my computer in Denver International Airport, where they all seem to be intentionally shut down, I’m thinking about the bike industry in my adopted country ...
Jun. 14, 2008Scott rolls out a new line for '09
Until now, an ongoing patent dispute over Specialized’s FSR design kept Scott USA’s Genius trailbike from the U.S. market, leaving one of the world’s most lucrative markets uncontested by Scott. With a major redesign of the Genius platform it ...
Jun. 13, 2008Saris to release Garmin-compatible PowerTaps
American manufacturer Saris will soon be selling wireless PowerTap power meter wheels that work with Garmin 705 GPS units. The move represents an important intersection of a GPS player and a major power meter company. Also, French wheel giant Mavic ...
Jun. 10, 2008Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - More mix-and-match
Dear Lennard,I currently have a Shimano compact (50x34) crank set and an Ultegra 12-27 cog. Rather than switching to a triple, can I change to a 12-30 or 12-32?Marc
Dear Marc,Yes, but you can't do that with a road rear ...
Jun. 3, 2008Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Time to replace?
Mix-and-matchDear Lennard, At one time I read in your column that you can change Campy 9-speed ergo shifters to 10-speed. Is this true and what are the details? Guido
Dear Guido, Yes, it is true except for the first ...
Jun. 3, 2008Shimano unveils the new Dura-Ace 7900
With the introduction of its top-level Red group last fall, upstart road component manufacturer SRAM took a shot directly across the bow of the industry leader. Shimano’s soon-to-be-released 7900 series Dura-Ace group is clearly a direct response ...
Jun. 2, 2008Magura makes changes for 2009
Magura’s Marta three-model brake line-up is new for 2009. This is the first time the brake has been redesigned since its introduction at Interbike in 2001.
While Hayes may have been the first to popularize disc brakes for mountain bikes, ...
May. 20, 200820008 Giro d'Italia: Lennard Zinn looks at time trial tech
Tuesday offered another time trial at the Giro, this time from Pesaro to Urbino.
The first half was flat, and its second half climbed about 400 meters, including a 10 percent stretch at midway and a 12 percent section three-quarters of the way ...
May. 15, 2008Bennati’s long road to a custom Super Six
Bike fit is no joking matter for a professional racer. Fit is the single most important aspect of the bike. If the bike doesn’t fit, it really doesn’t matter how light or technologically advanced it is — it’s not going to be very ...
May. 12, 20082008 Giro d'Italia: Lennard Zinn's tech report
