17 frame builders racing home hacked Klunkers over a rain & fire filled weekend in Somerset. This year, the first year, the theme is klunkers; the original Mountain Bikes as raced from around 1976 in California, USA.
All builders were given the same brief; builders must race the bike they have built, stock car rules apply, all bikes must conform to the event rules:
- Frame and forks must be made by the rider from steel, specifically for this event.
- The bike must be made cheaply (under £300, all in)
- Dropouts must be made (“hacked”) by the rider
- Basically - no expensive paint jobs!
- All bikes must use the same tyres (and hence wheel size)
- The bikes must also be built according to this year's brief; 1 x gear, 2 x brakes (1 x front + 1 x rear, no hydraulic or disk, ideally not V brakes), and the bike must look like a klunker.
Gewoon de 6 euro betalen om te mogen kijken, krijg je geen spijt van.
1- Extreme sport met een fiets smaak
2- Inzicht in hoe gastvrij onze Amerikaans vrienden zijn
3- Een winnaar die een paar dagen blijft om een hand de geven aan zijn collega's
Prachtig
Re: Documentaire(s) over fietsen
Geplaatst: ma 25 apr, 2016 14:59
door Friso*
Trailer - Mountain Biking The Untold British Story Bron
“Buy the nicest, most supple tires you can afford; and buy them in the widest width that you can fit in your frame.”
That is Joshua Poertner’s summary of a panel discussion on Cyclingtips.com. Joshua used to be the president of Zipp, the makers of super-fast aero wheels, and he did a lot of research on how to make your bike faster.
The panel included Joshua, cycling journalist James Huang, and me, with Elden Nelson (who runs the blog “The Fat Cyclist”) moderating. The goal was to explain the science behind the current trend toward wider tires to an audience of racers and performance riders, who want to understand how to make their bikes faster.