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Podcast: Bike Frame Building

An expert in bike frame building fills us in on materials, fabrication techniques, and what it takes to become a pro.

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Watch: 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Carbon Fiber

  Carbon Fiber manufacturing is a labour intensive process that can produce lightweight, complex frames with many different combinations of attributes desirable for bicycles. What is a carbon Fiber? A Carbon fiber is a long strand of material made from carbon atoms. Thousands of these are spun together to make a yarn, which are then …

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Interbike 2012: NukeProof Bikes + Components

2013 marks a big push for NukeProof into the North American market. This year, NukeProof has a bunch of exciting (and good looking) new gear. At the show, four complete bikes were on display. Along with revisions to their existing bikes, there were two completely new rides as well as an ever-growing component line. With …

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MTB Frame Geometry Part 1: How It Fits

Finding a bike that fits is crucial to enjoying the sport of mountain biking. A well-fitting bike will handle better on the trail, and of course be more comfortable for longer rides. When I first shopped for a mountain bike, I looked at just the standover height, which is exactly what the name implies. As …

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Waltworks Custom Bicycles

I recently had a chance to sit down with Walt Wehner, a mountain bike XC racer and the guy behind Waltworks Custom Bicycles, to talk about local trail use, bike commuting, beer, oh…and building custom mountain bike frames. Walt currently builds pretty much any bike frame style that you can think of including road bikes, …

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