Choosing the right Mountain Bike Tyre!

Article by Bike Servant's One of the most important components on your mountain bike is your tires. They grip the ground and provide the traction you need on different surfaces. Most mountain bike riders look for light weight, strength and traction in a tire and many advanced riders even have multiple sets of tires for different riding conditions. So what tire is right for your mountain bike and riding style? With so many different manufactures and models to choose from which one is right for you? These are not easy questions to answer so hopefully we can provide some insight to get you moving in the right direction. Mountain bike parts are not cheap and you want to make the right decision.

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Abandoned bicycles we have known and loved

What's the newest definition of a slow news day in Oklahoma City?

Sending a reporter out to do a story on a bicycle that's been abandoned for a year. Channel 4 did just that on Monday.

As a bicycle nut, I'll admit to noticing locked up bicycles that have been sitting around my neighborhood for a few days. I didn't think the general public would notice, though, or care.

Usually the bikes sit around near a bus stop for a few weeks then disappear....

Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/blog/_archives/2011/8/30/4889221.html

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Amgen Tour, Stage 4, Chris Horner?s Climbing Clinic

Team RadioShack?s Chris Horner schooled the peloton at the Tour of California on how to power up the summit on Sierra Road at the end of the 82-mile (132-kilometer) stage from Livermore to San Jose, with a burst of power that must have left heads shaking in disbelief. While everyone was convinced that Levi [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/amgen-tour-stage-4-chris-horner%e2%80%99s-climbing-clinic/

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Team Boardman Cycling Plus ? Alan Thew

Tam Boardman Cycling Plus  will be updating you each week with the highs and lows of their training as part of the team. This week Alan gets racey? Alan Thew Lives: Yapton, Sussex Age: 46 Height: 1.77m Weight: 87kg Rides: Custom built 16-speed bike shop special Goals: Complete Dragon and La Marmotte Sportives. Improve climbing [...]

Source: http://magazine.bikeradar.com/2011/08/10/team-boardman-cycling-plus-alan-thew-6/

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Share your ideas about King County's trails and parks

If you ride the dirt and paved trails operated by King County (WA) Parks, you might want to participate in an online survey.

It takes about 10 minutes to fill out.

The park folks want to know how we use their facilities, what we like and don't like about them, and how we think they can be improved.

It can't ...

Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/blog/_archives/2011/8/24/4885199.html

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Team RadioShack Line-up in Paris-Roubaix 2011

Paris-Roubaix (France), 10/04/11 This Sunday one of the toughest spring classics, Paris-Roubaix, will see the riders go through 27 cobbled sectors. According to the weather reports, it will be a dry day like last year, which means less danger in the cobbled areas. Team Radioshack Line-up Riders: Fumiyuki Beppu, Ben King, Robbie McEwen, Nélson Oliveira, Gregory Rast, Sébastien [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/team-radioshack-line-up-in-paris-roubaix-2011/

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Shimano mech limit screws: adjustment

Further to bicycle gear ratio analysis... Aide memoire diagrams for which derailleur limit screw does what on which mech on which of our bikes. It's easy to forget as this is not done very often and there are so many different models of front and rear derailleurs. Even similar models; for instance on the FD-M590 [...]

Source: http://cycleseven.org/shimano-mech-limit-screws

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A Convergence of Trails

There?s a place you really should see. In the high desert of south-central Wyoming, ?where the rivers change direction, across the Great Divide? (as sung by Nanci Griffith and others).

In these magical, mystical open spaces the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route merges with the Continental Divide hiking trail ? which, in turn, follows a web of historic trails: The California, Pony Express, Mormon Pioneer, and Seminoe Cutoff of the Oregon Trail ? as well as others I?ve probably missed.

The path of westward expansion, it leads from America?s past into its future.

It's tough getting there ... and worth every pedal stroke. You really should see it. And smell the sage, hear the wind, and feel the presence of those who came before.

Photo of California Trail and Continental Divide Trail markers by Michael McCoy

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BIKING WITHOUT BORDERS is posted every Monday by Michael McCoy, Adventure Cycling?s field editor, and highlights a little bit of this or a little bit of that ? just about anything, as long as it?s related to traveling by bicycle. Mac also compiles the organization's twice-monthly e-newsletter Bike Bits, which goes free-of-charge to more than 41,000 readers worldwide.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2011/08/convergence-of-trails.html

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TdF Stage 12 ? Klöden ? Pain and Suffering

To the uninitiated, when enthusiasts talk about how elite cyclists can suffer and push themselves through pain, it?s usually a good thing, a compliment. It often refers to a rider pedaling up a high mountain or a long time trial where the toughest mental competitors drive themselves beyond their physical red zone and can [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tdf-stage-12-kloden-pain-and-suffering/

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