Bicycle Technology and
The Business of Bicycles
Bicycle Trade Show visits:
- Las Vegas Interbike 2011
Las Vegas Interbike 2010
Las Vegas Interbike 2009 - Milan 2004. This story includes side trips to Prague and Vienna
- Milan 1998
Some of the essays below were written when I owned Torelli Imports.
- Bicycle Trail (the result of how your head tube angle and fork rake combine) determines how your bike will handle. The BikeRaceInfo simple Trail-o-Matic table will let you know how much your bike has.
- Tires, the different kinds, how they are made and how to choose the best one for your bike.
- Bicycle Weight, the perfomance benefits quantified.
- Steel, Aluminum, Ti or Carbon? An opinionated discussion of frame materials.
- Frame Preparation: What's Involved? We tap, face, and align every frame
- Steel & Damping. My father gives a myth a merciful death
