Mar. 19, 2008
Tech Talk with Lennard Zinn
Dear Lennard,
Question for you regarding forks for long head tubes. I'm 6-foot-4 and have a Seven Axiom with a roughly 30cm head tube and a Seven rebadged Reynolds carbon fork on it. It is a bit flexy when braking cornering and I'd like to ...
Mar. 12, 2008
Tech Talk with Lennard Zinn
**NEWS FLASH on compatibility of shifting components: Campagnolo 10-speed shifters work perfectly on a SRAM drivetrain!
I put Centaur ErgoPower levers on my SRAM RED-equipped bike and have been riding it happily ever since with nary a ...
Mar. 5, 2008
Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn
Dear Lennard,
I'm writing because I just read the shoe review in the VeloNews buyer's guide, and you mention in there that you use a custom orthotic. I was happy to see that the SH R300's I just purchased got high marks, but I am ...
Feb. 28, 2008
Lennard Zinn's Tech Report: Traditions - From Birkie to Bike Shop
This past weekend's trip to the Wisconsin north woods for the 35th Subaru American Birkebeiner (birkie.com), which is for me and many other cyclists and triathletes a festival of extreme winter cross-training, got me thinking about traditions. Being ...
Feb. 21, 2008
Technical Q&A with Lennard ZinnDear Lennard,We have a 27-mile climb just outside of town that I ride up occasionally. My problem is that I tend to spin out on my way back down and find it hard to keep up with some of my riding partners. A friend of mine told me ...