Two Wheel Blogs

I have been in the market for a new multi-tool for a while now. Mine works great, but it is getting old and rusty. I could replace it with an identical model. The Crank Bros tool is truly better than sliced bread, but we cyclists are always looking for more performance.

An old online friend contacted me in a round about way the other day and requested that I send the pedals I fabricated to him for some testing. I hesitate to use the term "fabricate" because they are pretty ghetto-looking,

Pete Smith in Massachusetts makes some concoctions he calls Mad Alchemy. These products (mostly embrocations) are pretty neat, and seem to be focused on all natural ingredients.

Earlier this year I tried some of his cold weather embrocation and was immediately hooked. Being new to embrocation, I was mesmerized by the offerings these balms provide to the legs of a cold weather cyclist. The Mad Alchemy Cold Weather Embrocation has a neat aroma owing to its ingredients which include essential oils.

This will be my final installment of tire tech/latex tube. This post is a follow up to Part 1 and Part 2. I am confident that I have enough data to formulate a conclusion, and I will likely revisit the topic in the future (so this is a sort-of final conclusion).

I am taking the latex tubes off my bike today. Not because they failed or because I do not like them. The truth is, I like these so much that I am taking them off to preserve them for better times.

Two consecutive days in the Centaur wind tunnel. I'm feeling it. This old guy is used to getting up early, but 4:45am is a bit earlier than I prefer.

Ah, but it's a small price to pay for the knowledge gained. Plus I get to see the sunrise; and when I get home I get to have another breakfast.

Sunday's session was a continuation of the previous day's look at Timetrial helmets. Saturday I looked at my Giro Advantage II and a borrowed LG Rocket. Today my plan was to look at Andy's LG Rocket and a Spiuk Kronos he'd borrowed.

I got another rude awakening this morning at 4:45 AM when my alarm went off. Time for more aero testing at the Centaur Road wind tunnel.

Today's test was one I had been really looking forward to. I had in mind a head to head test of timetrial helmets. Today I tested a Giro Advantage II against a Louis Garneau Rocket.

I don't remember if I mentioned it before, but a couple of weeks ago Andy Coggan and I wrapped up an aero testing session by switching helmets. He took my Giro Advantage II, and I took his LG Rocket. We each did a single pair of runs - just two data points each - in the hope of getting some idea about which timetrial helmet was faster.