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Podcast #042 – Industry Nine geeks out on hub design & evolution

Get ready to geek out on how the bearing size, ratchets, pawls, and overall hub designs and spoke interfaces all impact your hub’s durability and overall wheel’s performance. Our guest is Jacob McGahey, VP of Industry Nine, and with four generations of hubs to talk about, this is an in depth look at what they’ve […]

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Podcast 041 – How Swytch Bike hacked their e-bike conversion kits into a real business

Swytch Bike founder Oliver Montague has a few stories to tell, both interesting and quite entertaining…especially when we get to his factory visits. The Swytch e-bike conversion kit allows you to turn almost any bike into an electric assist e-bike, using a front wheel hub motor and lightweight battery pack that clicks onto a proprietary mount […]

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Podcast #040 – Serial 1 president explains Harley-Davidson’s e-bike plan

When none other than Harley Davidson launches an e-bike brand, we have to wonder how they’re going to complete? What’s makes Serial 1 unique, and how will they translate the Hog culture into pedal-assist bicycles? Yes, they raised a few eyebrows when they announced they were launching an electric bike brand, but one look at […]

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Pro Bike Check: Michael van dem Ham’s Custom Giant TCX Advanced

Micheal van den Ham’s (MVDH) custom painted Gaint TCX Advanced by Painthouse Designs takes inspiration from the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow, often known as the Avro Arrow aircraft of the mid-1950s. Canadian engineers built the Avro CF-105 to be an interceptor – one of the fasted aircraft of the era. Experts say the Avro could […]

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Get in the #Vanlife: Kurt Gensheimer shows us his epic Toyota Sunrader & 4WD conversion

#Vanlife is still as popular as ever, but is a van really the best tool for the job? A lot of that probably depends largely on your needs and your location, but for Kurt Gensheimer (AKA the Angry Singlespeeder and @trail_whisperer), the right tool ended up being a vintage Toyota Sunrader RV. This isn’t just […]

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