Tag: How To/Education
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How to Build a Road Bike #10 Cutting & Installing Your Chain
This is Step 10 of a multi-part series on how to build a road bike. There is a free eBook available that gives you instant access to the following: A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook – Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by Step Videos 110 FREE Full Color Pictures NOTE* All Park Tool pictures…
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How to Build a Road Bike #11 Installing Cables
This is Step 11 of a multi-part series on how to build a road bike. There is a free eBook available that gives you instant access to the following: A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook – Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by Step Videos 110 FREE Full Color Pictures NOTE* All Park Tool pictures…
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How to Build a Road Bike #12 Connecting Brake Cables
This is Step 12 of a multi-part series on how to build a road bike. There is a free eBook available that gives you instant access to the following: A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook – Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by Step Videos 110 FREE Full Color Pictures NOTE* All Park Tool pictures…
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How to Build a Road Bike #13 Connect Rear Derailleur Cable
This is Step 13 of a multi-part series on how to build a road bike. There is a free eBook available that gives you instant access to the following: A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook – Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by Step Videos 110 FREE Full Color Pictures NOTE* All Park Tool pictures…
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How to Build a Road Bike #14 Connect Front Derailleur Cable
This is Step 14 of a multi-part series on how to build a road bike. There is a free eBook available that gives you instant access to the following: A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook – Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by Step Videos 110 FREE Full Color Pictures NOTE* All Park Tool pictures…
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How to Build a Road Bike #15 Installing Bar Tape
Step 15 is the final part of our multi-part series on how to build a road bike. There is a free eBook available that gives you instant access to the following: A FREE 43 page Full Color eBook – Available in PDF and iBook Format (iPhone/iPad) 15 FREE HD Step by Step Videos 110 FREE Full Color Pictures NOTE* All…
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How Speed, Time, and Power are Affected by Reducing Drag
Note: For an updated version of this blog article displaying the time savings for our new 2016 model wheels, read this article. There’s a list of common questions we see from people trying to understand the importance of cycling wheel aerodynamics. These questions include the following: 1. Your CFD simulations and wind tunnel tests…
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Aerodynamic Cycling Wheel Tutorial
Updated: 12/30/2022 Deep carbon fiber cycling wheels are faster due to better aerodynamics. While that’s a known fact understanding why they are faster is something most people do not understand. In fact, the right wheel, in the right situation can actually act like a sail and propel you forward. Yes, you heard that right, a…
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How Much Time Will FLO Wheels Save Me?
Legacy Article: The data discussed in this article is taken from our previous generation of wheels. The benefit of aero race wheels is that they reduce your overall drag and make you faster. In 2012, I wrote a blog article that discussed how much time you’d save by reducing your drag while traveling at speeds…
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Rim Brake Vs. Disc Brake – What’s The Difference?
UPDATED: 08/16/2021 Early 2020, we released our third generation of FLO Wheels that included All Sport and Gravel wheels. With updated technology, these wheels were optimized for aerodynamics and rolling resistance, proving that wider is faster. If you have a road or tri bike, The All Sport Series features Disc Brake wheels to accommodate disc brake bikes. How do you know which carbon wheels will fit…
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How Does a Tire Support Its Load?
Last week I wrote a blog article that discussed why you reduce the air pressure in a tire when you widen the wheel or increase the tire size. While writing the article, I started thinking about how a tire supports its load. My first guess was the air pressure, but that’s incorrect. It plays a…
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What is a Net Drag Reduction Value
LEGACY POST: This is a legacy blog post. Net Drag Reduction Value has been replaced by Total Power. Total Power uses Net Drag Reduction Value. This post also discusses old generations of wheels. We’ve always believed in trying to be as realistic as possible when estimating time savings for a given wheel. To do this we…
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Bike Tire Pressure and Temperature
Have you ever wondered what happens to your tire pressure when you ride through different temperatures? How much does it change? Should you pump your tires up inside or outside? These are all things I recently started thinking about. There are a few rules of thumb but I wanted to know why. If you’ve had…