Carbon Fiber is quite the space age material. Super light but just as strong or stronger than steel. This is a great video from GCN that gets into the details of what it actual is and why some things you may think are true about it are wrong. Do you ride a carbon bike? And why yes or no? Let us know in the comments below.
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Cycling Terms and What They Mean – Video
How To Wash Your Bike Like A Pro – Video
A squeaky clean bike is hard to get but pro mechanics get six to nine bikes a day looking as good as new. How do they do it? The answer is a good setup. A bike stand with proper cleaning cleaning products and a pressure washer. If you have a pressure washer however, use it with caution. You are probably not replacing bearings nearly as often as these guys. The high pressure can get water into the bearings not to mention take the paint off your bike if you’re not careful. Other than that, follow this Saxo-Tinkoff’s pro-mechanics lead. If it’s good enough for the World Champion it’s good enough for the rest of us.
How to wash your bikeHere’s your full tutorial on how to wash your bike, world-champion style! After the finish of Tirreno Adriatico stage 4, our trusted mechanic Alejandro Torralbo made sure the bike of Peter Sagan was squeaky clean. Thanks to #MorganBlue for their top-quality cleaning and lubrication products and Feedback Sports for their outstanding bike stands!
It’s a long video but you now have no excuses!!!
Posted by Tinkoff on Sunday, March 13, 2016
Beyond The Race – A GoPro Video Series
GoPro has been on the forefront of action sports cameras allowing for incredible “in the moment” shots. In recent years they have found their way onto the bikes of World Tour riders giving us a real view into what they see and experience day in and day out. GoPro’s “Beyond the Race” video series begins to capture what a rider sees and makes a bike race more than just something to watch from an outside perspective. This first episode captures footage from the biggest one-day race in the world, Paris-Roubaix, where riders tackle some of the oldest and gnarliest cobblestoned roads in the world. The continuation of the series is sure to bring some exciting footage.
Life As A Pro Mechanic – Video
It would be a pretty sweet job as a pro cycling mechanic. Here’s a bit of the life with one of Team Sky’s mechanics.
Using Cycling To Get Out Of The Routine of Life – The Thousand Year Journey: Oregon To Patagonia
This short video is an incredible explanation of life and a way to make it seem like a thousand years. Live to explore and find new places out of the ordinary. What better way than to do that than by bike. Jedidiah Jenkins quit his job and rode from Oregon, through South America, to Patagonia in search of this. You may not be able to do a trip quite like this but even a weekend exploration every now and again can change up the routine. And in your day to day life, change things up. Take a new route to work, check out a different coffee shop, meet some new and different people. Fit a thousand years into your lifetime. No one else can but you.
The Thousand Year Journey: Oregon To PatagoniaHe quit his job to bike from Oregon to Patagonia. Would you?
Posted by Outside Television on Sunday, May 1, 2016
Treadmill For Bikes!
Riding a trainer is boring, rollers are a bit better, E-Motion Rollers can be fun for awhile, but a treadmill for bikes!? Now that would be fun! Rainy days and long winters no longer have to take their toll on your fitness. Maybe by next winter…
Treadmill For Bikes!
Do What You Gotta Do – Riding With…
You gotta do what you gotta do. May be inhumane in some parts of the world but just another day in others. The one thing in common is always the bike. What’s the most interesting thing you have carried on a bike? Let us know in the comments below.
Worst Bike Lanes Video
We probably all have seen some pretty interesting bike lane arrangements whether it’s a tree in the cycle path or a horribly placed sign. The folks at GCN put together this great video of 9 of the best, or worst bike lanes in the world. What’s the most interesting bike lane you’ve encountered? Let us know in the comments below.
Cycling Near Misses Video
Have you had any close calls like these out on the roads whether in a race, out with friends, or on your own? Some of these will make your heart leap. Keep the rubber side down!