This week, Alex and Ollie tackle your tech questions, covering: 🚴♂️ Tyre compounds for flat surfaces 🚴♂️ Tyre valves 🚴♂️ Sudden loss of tyre pressure 🚴♂️ Dealing with mouldy water bottles 🚴♂️ Exploring a potential substitute for chain wax
From Forbes.com
By Joni Sweet
From high-performance gear to the world’s fastest e-bike, this gift guide has everything to elevate your favorite cyclist’s ride for the holidays.
Looking for the best gifts for cyclists? I’ve got you covered with a guide to gifts that every cyclist will love, whether they’re a die-hard mountain biker, devoted road cyclist, adventurous gravel rider, or bikepacker who’s always chasing their next scenic route. From performance jerseys to fun accessories, these are gifts that bike lovers will actually feel excited about unwrapping this holiday season.
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Hank heads north to catch up with an old friend and former teammate, Russ Downing. Russ takes him through the legendary Donny ChainGang group ride—AKA one of the most famous bunch rides in the world—and explains how the group began. With Ineos Grenadiers riders like Connor Swift joining in, Hank knows the pace will be intense. But is this truly the fastest group ride in the world? And, most importantly, can Hank keep up, or will he get dropped?
From SF.Streetsblog.org
By Roger Rudick
Given the heavy rains, it’s unlikely too many readers will be up for a recreational ride to go check this out. But Streetsblog wanted to give a quick update to start the weekend of another top-notch project finishing up in Emeryville—a new sidewalk-level, fully separated bike lane on Horton.
“In Emeryville the raised protected bikeways are on 53rd Street from Horton Street to Hollis Street, connecting to the ones on Horton from 45th St to 53rd Street,” explained Bike East Bay’s Robert Prinz. “There is also a new protected section on Shellmound Street from 62nd St to 65th Street that still has a little construction left to go but I’m considering it done and rideable.”
