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  Steering Geometry*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#76) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. Someone requested that I do a tech column on head angles and steering geometry. I wasn’t sure at first if this was a worthwhile subject, after all, there isn’t that much variation available is there? Most frames […]
  Three Piece Crank Fitting*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#75) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. Once again I find myself sitting in front of the computer wondering how to start my tech column. Every few seconds I turn my head to look out the window for inspiration… or is it distraction.
  They’re playing R-Tune… (groan)*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#74) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. The progress of civilisation is based upon one thing above all others, Albert Einstein put it very well when he said that “If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the […]
  Headsets*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#66) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. A BMX, like any other bicycle, has two wheels. You sit in-between them and point the front one the way you want to go. All the time that you are sitting (or standing) on it you are […]
  Super Small Gearing*This article first appeared in Ride UK(#67) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. Gearing (again). Well it’s been nearly a year since the first article I wrote on gearing and a lot has happened since then. Everything that the previous article covered still holds true and I wont be going over the […]
  Brakes*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#65) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. Well it seems winter is here. It hasn’t dried up properly in weeks, and with only 25 minutes of daylight a day its unlikely to dry up anytime soon.
  fits*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#68) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. Suppose you went out tomorrow and bought a brand new car, suppose for some crazy reason you bought a Ford. On the front and back it would say “Ford” and even the middle of the wheels would […]
  What the hell is a Hidden Headset?*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#73) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. What the hell is a Hidden Headset? Good question. And surprisingly hard to answer. Fifteen years go when I became a born-again BMXer, headsets were utter utter shite. You had two choices, a Tioga Beartrap in a […]
  Avoid bicycle maintenance bloodlust*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#72) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. A few months ago I did a tech column moaning about how the parts for your bike often don’t fit together very well, hopefully some people found it interesting but I later realised that it wasn’t a […]
  Lard Inspired quest for reliability and tranquility*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#71) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. The last tech column had a stupid name. It’s not the name that I gave it so please don’t blame me. It was entitled “Truth” originally but for some reason it got changed to “Build Your Own […]
  Wheel Truing*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#70) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. With Tex taking a very ‘tech’ approach this month I thought I would go back to some basic stuff and do a good old fashioned tutorial. I always said I wouldn’t do this. I always said that […]
  Stretching*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#69) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. This month I want to discuss something a little different. BMX has been around for about 30 years now and so have I. In that time riders have come and gone as you would expect but there […]