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Rambler Notes
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 16 ก.พ. 2024
What's the best bikepacking bike? What's the best gravel bike? What's the best part for bikepacking, gravel, adventure, dadventure, or just plain general bike riding? How can bike riding help us be more in touch with the world around us?
With the advent of all of the types of social media today, we have the opportunity to share the tidbits of knowledge that we learn in life with each other so that together, we can create the world we would like to live in (by which I mean generally better, cleaner, more harmonious, etc.). I'm trying to do my small part with this channel. My background runs deepest in bicycles, but sometimes I find something else that I want to pass along, so just enjoy the ride!
With the advent of all of the types of social media today, we have the opportunity to share the tidbits of knowledge that we learn in life with each other so that together, we can create the world we would like to live in (by which I mean generally better, cleaner, more harmonious, etc.). I'm trying to do my small part with this channel. My background runs deepest in bicycles, but sometimes I find something else that I want to pass along, so just enjoy the ride!
Info Snack: Teravail Kessel Tires
I've been riding the Teravail Kessel tires in a 29 x 2.4" Durable, Grip casing variation for about a year now and I wanted to give a quick rundown of my thoughts.
There are obviously lots of reviews out there, so this is really meant to be more of a small personal experience note that I hope will help someone who's looking for another set of tires. I've really enjoyed the consistent feel of these tires, and in spite of their weight (compared to a more cross-country tire) they roll fast so they make for a tire that can be ridden on many different types of bikes successfully. On a lighter bike, these tires will transform it into something that feels like much more of a bruiser without making it feel slow, while on a bigger bike I think they would still feel at home because of their planted feel and great all around traction.
I hope this can be of some use to someone, and if you find it at all useful give it a like and subscribe! If you have questions or things you'd like me to address, leave a comment. Doing so might just give me the fuel to do a better job with future videos!
Thanks for watching!
There are obviously lots of reviews out there, so this is really meant to be more of a small personal experience note that I hope will help someone who's looking for another set of tires. I've really enjoyed the consistent feel of these tires, and in spite of their weight (compared to a more cross-country tire) they roll fast so they make for a tire that can be ridden on many different types of bikes successfully. On a lighter bike, these tires will transform it into something that feels like much more of a bruiser without making it feel slow, while on a bigger bike I think they would still feel at home because of their planted feel and great all around traction.
I hope this can be of some use to someone, and if you find it at all useful give it a like and subscribe! If you have questions or things you'd like me to address, leave a comment. Doing so might just give me the fuel to do a better job with future videos!
Thanks for watching!
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Wheel build: Tips, Tricks, and a lot of rambling....
มุมมอง 15วันที่ผ่านมา
I love building wheels, and I've built a lot of them over the last 25 years or so, and because of this, I'd like to share some of the things I've learned in that time. This isn't a step-by-step wheelbuilding video; rather, it's me building a wheel. Along the way, I'll explain some of the steps that I take in the process and give some tips that I think are useful so that you can build better whe...
Box News: new trends in packaging in the bike industry
มุมมอง 3121 วันที่ผ่านมา
Just a quick note about a new type of box that Specialized is using for their frames...as well as a quick peak at the next project I'm working on. I really love seeing what I feel like is becoming a larger trend in the industry toward less plastic in packaging, and when I opened this new Specialized Chisel FS frame box, I was really impressed by what I saw so I wanted to share it with you. Than...
Specialized Chisel Hardtail: thoughts after the first 2 months
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For the past few months, I've been riding the Specialized Chisel hardtail that I built up recently, and I wanted to take a few minutes to tell you what I'm thinking about it. This isn't a very technical video, and if anyone is interested in more of the tech, I'd be happy to make a more technically-oriented video at some point. My goal with this was really just to talk about the main things that...
What are the Best Brakes for Your Hub-Motor Equipped E-Bike?
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If you own a Rad Power, Lectric, Aventon, or any one of the myriad hub-motor equipped e-bikes that are available today, you may have noticed that your brakes aren't very good (if you haven't noticed that, then maybe you got a good one, so great!). At my bike shop we deal with these bikes a lot, and I get tired so seeing customers having to come back every couple of weeks to have their brakes ad...
What's the best endurance gravel bike to start out?
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As someone who's been in the bike business for almost two decades, and who has had a deep love of riding bikes for as long as I can get away with it, I often find myself thinking about what the best bike for a given type of rider, or type of ride, or any other distinction of a segment that I can come up with. On this particular day, I had a customer come into my shop, Piccadilly Cycles, in Ashl...
You hit it on the head Rambler. I have always been amazed at how products are packaged. It's great to see how companies innovate. It also costs less for the company to minimally package with recylables. I'm a BMX guy but also into electronics and am seeing the same from the big synthesizer companies. I subscribed. Thank you! PS: I looked up your location, that green space called Sunrise behind the store use to be a railroad yard. There was also a roundhouse on that property based on the land scars I see on Google Maps. You are in a historic railroad town. You guys have a beautiful store and town!
Thanks for the kind words! As you say, it does seem like it would be more cost-effective to use less packaging, which I guess I tend to think might be one thing that helps better packaging get adopted more quickly now that it seems to have started being a bit of a trend. I know I look at that as a very good thing! It's also cool to hear that this isn't just a trend in bikes (though I'm not surprised to hear it). It's always great to see good things happening in the world! Yeah, the land across the tracks is now just a superfund site because of that roundhouse, but for the moment at least that mostly means that from work I get to look out at the deer and hawks that use the land, and that I have a free view of the mountains to the north!