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  Dropouts*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#61) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. I seriously thought people would be sick of this technical column by now, but it seems not. I always aimed for it to have a little useful information in each, presented in a reasonably entertaining way. Unfortunately […]
  Gearing*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#59) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. Gearing used to be simple, “back in the day” (don’t you just love cliches?) it was 44-16, 43-16 or NOWT. These days we have a whole load more to choose from and yet there is very little […]
  Euro/USA Bottom Brackets*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#58) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. BMX is a great big multi headed hydra of a beast. Rearing up on ugly great legs with lots of heads to snap at you and lots of tails to whack you round the face as you […]
  Punctures*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#63) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. I guess we have all envied after skateboarders once or twice. Usually when your back wheel has just had a little brush with coping and is making that awful hissing noise. Just then the idea of rolling […]
  Frame Design Details*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#64) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK. Over the years there have been some pretty wacky frame designs. Hutch, for example, used to make a frame called the Trickstar. This was loved by a lot of riders of the day, especially flatlanders, for its […]