All Blog Posts Tagged 'disc' (5)

Why I chose disc brakes for cyclocross (and why it was a hard choice)

Picture me - 1991 and living in Sheffield as a student.  I loved my bikes and had just really started getting into mountain biking after a few years of time trialling and the odd road race.  Living in such a great place back then for off-road cycling made it very easy to go out on my MTB.  But races for mountain bikes back then were few and far between.  I'd watched the three peaks and knew people who'd ridden it, but knew I couldn't afford a cyclocross bike on my pretty…

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Added by Dave Haygarth on November 15, 2011 at 11:06 — 1 Comment

TRP Parabox workshop vid

Interesting fiddlyness for those interested in disc brake…

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Added by Dave Haygarth on October 31, 2011 at 12:29 — No Comments

Whyte cyclocross range - prototype to the shops

It's a hard thing to fairly review a bike and try to assess what's going on that's different to other bikes. The Whyte CX bike makes this so, so much more difficult, because it's so, so different in so many subtle ways to the core of what's going on in cyclocross. That in itself is a pretty bold statement... one of the defining qualities of cyclocross is that it's a bit on the edge and people…
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Added by Dave Haygarth on September 2, 2011 at 18:00 — 3 Comments

Cheltenham Summer Cyclocross - Photos

Some piccies of the summer 'cross in Pittville Park. Cheltenham here from Graham Haller

 

Includes some pics of the Whyte Prototype CX  disc brake bike…



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Added by Dave Haygarth on May 25, 2011 at 21:00 — No Comments

Some lovely cyclocross gear unveiled at Sea Otter

Monterey Bay's Sea Otter classic always seems to make itself the big offroad expo in some way each year.  SOme lovely new stuff from Lynsky and Norco below.

See photos and read more here on the latest cyclocross bike from Norco. Due to be released later this year, the 2012 Threshold is their first foray into the carbon cyclocross marketplace. 





... Meanwhile details of the new Lynskey and its rather… Continue

Added by Dave Haygarth on April 19, 2011 at 22:00 — No Comments

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