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Don’t Hate Your New Saddle (yet)
from Rookie’s keyboard, Hello, friends The other day, a customer came to return a saddle because it was “too uncomfortable”. That’s not something revolutionary, of course. It happens fairly frequently. However, sometimes people are unaware that leather saddles have a break-in period. Meanwhile, non-leather saddles are a “what you feel is what you get” type…
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One of The Craziest Wheel Conversions I’ve Heard About
from Rookie’s Keyboard Hello, friends Today, I am going to talk about one wheel conversion that I was asked about in a comment a month ago, namely putting 26-ers on a 700c frame. Overall, I’m against it. Obviously, a 700c frame has more than enough clearance for 26-ers as it’s designed for bigger wheels. But…
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Why I Would Never Buy a Hi-Ten Steel Frame (someone had to say the truth)
From Rookie’s keyboard, Let’s get to the point. Hi-Ten steel frames should be avoided at all cost. And that’s coming from me – a cyclist who’s big fan of steel. The three main reasons are: Did I say that they’re heavy and weak? The term Hi-Ten steel stands for high-tensile steel. Tensile strength is a measurement…