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Road Bike Customization
There are three kinds of cyclists - the casual cyclist, the dedicated weekend hobbyist, and the fanatic. It's the fanatic who will probably want to get a customized road bike.
There are customized bikes...and then there are custom-built bikes.
What's the difference between the two?
Cusstomized Bikes
Well, anyone who goes to a bike store and has the clerks there help him, or her, fit the bike properly, will usually "customize" their bike by choosing the kind of sad...
The Insides Of Your Mountain Bike
The most essential part of going mountain biking is purchasing a mountain bike. This bike has many different parts, however, that you will learn more about below:
1. Bottom Bracket - This bracket helps to secure the body of the bike and the crankset together.
2. Brake Cable - This cable is the connection between the brake mechanism and the brake lever.
3. Brake Lever – This lever is located on the handlebars and it is used to enable the braking mechanism. ...
The Anatomy Of A Mountain Bike
There's a lot of terminology to learn if you're a mountain biking enthusiast. These enthusiasts have a language all their own, what with "face plants, boing-boing, drillium and wild pig."
However, there is also biking terminology that stays the same, regardless of the age of the user, and that's the terms used for individual parts of the bike. And its important to know these as well.
1. Bottom bracket - A circular hole in the bottom frame of the bike, used to attach t...
Custom Lowriders Take The Cycling World By Storm
The lowrider bicycle is all about making a fashion statement. A statement of personality.
The lowrider bike is also known as a "Chopper" or "Muscle Bike." It's just about the most distinctive bike out there - no so much because of the design, although that's eye-catching enough, but also because of what the owners do to their bikes once they get them.
What does a lowrider look like? Picture a Harley Davidson motorcycle, then take away the motor. The handgrips of the low...
Fitting A Road Bike Frame To Your Needs
For most of us, well-intentioned but casual bike riders who secretly believe we might be Lance Armstrong's heir if we only had a few more hours a day to spend on our bicycles, buying a new road bike is tantamount to buying a road bike frame. The frame is what we're thinking of, something new and shiny and colorful, something we suspect even car drivers envy when they see us flash through the snarl of traffic. Truly, a road bike frame is a beautiful thing and part of the reaso...
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