Something old, something new, something borrowed, something red, white, and blue
Track events at the Tokyo Olympics are set to kick off next week with a full week of exciting racing around the 250-meter Izu velodrome. Felt is once ...
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The CyclingTips Nerd Alert Podcast dives deep into the bikes and tech we all love. Road, gravel, mountain bikes, we cover it all. Hosted by James Huang, Dave Rome, and Caley Fretz.
Oversized derailleur pulleys for everybody!
Oversized rear derailleur pulleys might be good for some marginal gains, but even the terrible watts-per-dollar ratio hasn’t stopped a growing number ...
So you say you want to build your own carbon frame…
It’s not uncommon for custom frame builders to change direction from time to time: from lugged to TIG, steel to titanium, maybe different bike styles....
On the roadification of gravel bikes and the return of molded carbon wheels
Gravel bikes were once the rebels of the drop-bar bike world, but now that they’ve gone increasingly mainstream, it’s perhaps inevitable that they’d a...
The scoop on that crazy single-sided Cervelo, and digging for details on Cannondale’s new TT bike
This week’s Nerd Alert episode takes a closer look at two recent events in this year’s Tour de France. In stage 1, Jumbo-Visma rider Steven Kruijswijk...
Wireless 12-speed Shimano Dura-Ace is real!
The full crew is finally reunited for this week’s Nerd Alert podcast! Now that Shimano’s new 12-speed Dura-Ace Di2 groupset has made an appearance in ...
Preventing mechanicals with pro wrench Brad Copeland
This week’s CyclingTips Nerd Alert episode is a deep dive into preventing ride or race-ending mechanicals and how to deal with them when things do go ...
Digging through the tech at Unbound Gravel
It seems everything cycling-related is fetching inordinate amounts of money on the used market these days, and so we figured it was a good time to tra...
Tubulars aren’t dead yet
We’ve chatted an awful lot lately about how tubeless and tube-type clinchers seem to be slowly replacing tubulars in pro road racing. Even though high...
Expensive vs. budget carbon wheels, and why Wahoo should look down, not up
In this week’s episode, The Nerds chat about some cool parts and accessories Dave saw at the recent Handmade Bicycle Show Australia, including some hy...