Author: Vintage Steel
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How To Reverse Engineer & 3D Print A Bike Part
Well, here I am again… I can’t seem to find the aluminium clamp for this seatpost—well, not all of it! Like a red rag to a bull, I accept the challenge, 3D scan it with my phone, reverse engineer it from pictures, and make one myself.
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How To Properly Waterproof Your Crank – Based Stages Power Meter
…there’s a major drawback with the crank based power meter from Stages and many others; When it rains, it’s very susceptible to getting soggy!! Then it stops working… here’s the fix.
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How To Fix A Creaky Press Fit Bottom Bracket
There’s nothing more annoying or demoralising than that sinking feeling you get when you’re rolling silently, like a gentle breeze, along a glass smooth tarmac surface on your best road bike, and that rhythmic eek, eek, eek, eek randomly starts up.
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The Odd British Time Trial Tradition
The club time trial scene is peculiar to the UK. It’s odd and draws parallels with the good ‘ol rural English cricket match. There’s the tiny village hall, often used for the cubs and scouts on the edge of an immaculate village green nestled among thatched cottages.
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The Truth About Rim Tape: A Comprehensive Guide
Rim tape, the cause of so much pain we never knew we suffered…
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How To Build A Zwift Time Trial Team
Zwift team time trials are fascinating. I’ve been transfixed and thoroughly entertained by the pre and post race chat in our discord team channels…
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Across Wales And Back In A Weekend – pt3
The Aftermath… A look into what it actually feels like having ridden 379 miles over nearly 9,000 meters of elevation 2 days? The mental and physical ups and downs as you recover. This is the third and final part of the Bryan Chapman Memorial ride.
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Across Wales And Back In A Weekend – pt2
The Grands Depart. The second of a three part Bryan Champan Memorial ride report. This covers the ride itself. From leaving Chepstow at the break of dawn to the return, some 40 hours later…
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Across Wales & Back In A Weekend – pt1
It was a glossy promo video that hooked me. Hard-men and hard women on beautiful artisan racing bicycles powering through the rugged Welsh countryside, suffering horrendously in adverse conditions, whilst looking suitably pained and weathered. Could I do this? Could I ride Wales South to North and back again within a 40-hour window? I so…
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End Of The ZRL Season 1 – Titans Grove
Six was it? Not sure, but if memory serves, there were a total of six events in ‘Season 1’ of the latest ZRL series of races. This, the last race of the season, was oversubscribed again. We had too many riders in the team willing to race. That’s a great problem to have.