The Victoria Rail Trail is an existing multi-use trail extending from Lindsay to Kinmount in Ontario, Canada. Our governing body, The City of Kawartha Lakes...

At the risk of sounding like an extreme newbie: Can someone please tell me the advantages of wearing "technical clothing" (polypro and moisture-wicking...

First of all, thanks to all who replied to my note below. However, it seems, for the most part, that my initial question still hasn't been answered. Most of...

Well this will be my first Mountain Bike in years and it will be my first serious mountain bike. I'm currently looking in the sub $1000cad level and most...

Penny, Thanks for such a great reply. Unfortunately, I got it *after* I posted my "MORE THOUGHTS" post. I'm glad I found the resident expert. (Sorry about...

Hey, thanks Westie. This has been the most intelligent response so far. It makes sense, and (in my case) it may be that the skin-tight synths don't allow for...

Has anyone experience clearance problems when mounting a SKS Shockboard on a Cannondale Jekyll Lefty. I installed the special Lefty adapter and mounted the...

Got a Mavic 618 couple years back when I toasted a 517. Seems tb holding up ok. Now my other 517 wheel is on the way to wheel heaven - with the...

Somebody wants me to go out there when days are going tb high nineties, low hundreds. Not ridable for Yours Truly. I'm wondering if the rapid radiation...

I've got a 'zoc Pro/Eta right now and I actually do find the sort-of lockout useful on long climbs. But there's a PITA factor in forgetting to unlock it at...

They're so far apart that the springs that separate pads from wheel can't do their job. Adjustment screws are maxed out. Utility/errand bike - no big...

I got one about a year ago. Liked it so much that I ordered two more when I toasted the disc on another bike. But the two that just arrived look different...

Been riding one for about six months now. I'm assuming that they aren't much of a presence in unsponsered racing because I seldom see/hear mention of...

I think I've figured out how wide I want my bars and right now there's about 1.5" of bar sticking out from each bar end. I'm going to trim the bars with a...

Not finding anything in the manual except an admonition to do it every x hours. Web site doesn't seem to have anything more. Am I missing...

(oops! I just posted this to rec.bicycles.tech by mistake... so this will effectively be a...

Seems like bar ends and sweep are a bad combination - like the sweep will angle the ends outwards so as to catch brush even easier. Are there bar ends whose...

Is it just me? I definately get out of breath sooner when it's 40-ish than when it's 60-ish. Doesn't seem logical. Seems like the cooler air should have...

Somewhere here alt.mountain-bike or rec.bicycles.tech I read a thread with reference to somebody who was a double amputee who rode fairly seriously. There's a...

Am I missing something? Just replaced the Fox air shock on my Ellsworth Isis with a new Romic. Haven't really *ridden* it yet - but just noodling up and down...