The weather outside is grim. Come on summer, pull your act together. Warm weather and sunshine needed please.
Well done to Femke for her results in the Student Track Champs, Gold in the Sprint and Bronze in the TT. The girl’s got style.
Some good news brought to the world by Singletrack yesterday, the quick releases coming undone issue is finally being taken seriously:
QR And Disk Brakes Under Investigation
Trek have today announced that they will be looking into the safety of QR skewers when used with disc brakes.
Many of you will be familiar with the awful news that mountainbiker and Singletrack regular Russell Pinder has suffered permanent paralysis after a major fall from his bike, but what you may not know is that his accident seems to have sparked off a growing suspicion that the combination of QR skewers and disc brakes may have contributed to his and perhaps other similar accidents. Read more…
I’m glad the issue’s been taken up and I hope that a good scientific test is undertaken. As for the results well it’ll answer a lot of questions if it’s done correctly, a bit like it has for the whole issue of homeopathy.
On a bike related note, there is some truly bizarre stuff here. I was witness to one attempt to produce such a homebuilt beast in my bad days on Guernsey, but given that those involved in it’s construction didn’t have access to welding gear it was all held together with jubilee clips, zip ties, string and rubber bands. Riding it was an ‘experience’.
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