How to Make Your Bike Lighter

Several bikes are made from lighter material but it may that the stiffness is less than the heavier material; the most popular material used for frames are aluminum, hi-ten, and chromolly, and recent days with the carbon fiber in certain bikes. Aluminum is the lighter but at the same time is the weakest than another. But, are there any ways to make the bike lighter without take an attention to the frame? One thing you should remember,...

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Cycling Tips #9: Things to Consider - Flat Pedal Shoes

Riding activity is a great activity to spend your weekend after a long day in the office or school, maybe. This activity today becomes more popular in almost around the world with the massive progression of the new bike brands. But, in the riding activity, you have to aware about the safety, not only just happiness, because the riding activity today start to the rocky track, or maybe roots everywhere. Across the jungle till downhill...

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Antoine Bizet's Kona Carbon Operator at Red Bull Rampage 2013

The event of Red Bull Rampage 2013 becomes the way for the rider to show their new machine, like also for the French rider Antoine Bizet with his new DH monster, the Antoine Bizet's Kona Carbon Operator. We must remember his double backflip with his Kona Operator in the last September; now the monster has been improved and ready for the event at Red Bull Rampage 2013. What have been improved by Kona for the Antoine Bizet's Kona Carbon...

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Cycling Tips #8: Build a Custom Wheelset

Like the bike itself, the development of the parts of the bike has grown very fast and getting sophisticated. Even some parts are priced more than certain bike, and the result is the bike has very complicated and also very expensive. One of the part is the wheelset. Basically all parts are important because when the bike is missing one part, the bike can work as usual; but why wheelset that become the topic today? A consideration about...

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Cycling Tips #7: 29er or 650b (27,5) or 26"? part 1

After Giant announced that they will totally produce the 650b (27,5") in almost all their bikes for 2014, the option in choosing what kind of bikes will be more difficult for some people, especially the beginners; what kind of bike should I choose, the 29er or 650b (27,5) or 26"? This is such an common question for beginners; but there are several things to help for deciding what bikes are fit for you, 29er or 650b (27,5)...

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