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How to be a Bike Frame Builder, with Nate Zukas
Nate Zukas is a bike frame builder living in Augusta, GA. He's been building bikes since 2011 and works in steel, titanium, and aluminum.
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Lennard Zinn on the Physics of Mountain Biking, Bike Fitting, and Fitness
Lennard Zinn is a bike designer and frame builder, and is the author of Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance. We talk about bit fit, repair, tire rolling resistance, and fitness in this wide-ranging interview.
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They Don’t Just Look Cool – Steel Enduro Bikes Can Rip Too
Joe McEwan is a frame builder and founder of Starling Cycles, a UK brand that builds full suspension mountain bikes out of steel.
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How Carbon Fiber Layup Makes Bike Frames Stiff and Compliant in all the Right Places, with Alchemy
Carbon fiber construction makes it possible to tune a bike frame for stiffness and compliance in all the right places. We visited Alchemy to learn how and why it works.
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Don’t Call Them Hardcore: Hardtail Design with Kona
Whenever mountain bikers talk about ‘hardcore hardtails’ the Kona Honzo is invariably mentioned. We find out what makes these bikes appealing.
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