Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Charging Di2 From Dynamo and/or Without the Shimano Charger
Charging Di2 from a dynamo or a regular 5V USB-C wall phone charger. How to use Di2 for Bikepacking/Ultra-distance cycling and touring Or how a broken cable made me learn electronics. I am going to be honest with you. I genunely thought electronic gears were a ‘gadget’ and expensive garbage until… I still remember the […]
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A Different Type of Time Trial
1.5 friggin years. I guess it is all coming back to normal. 300km BRM event.
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Why am I Doing THIS?!?!?!: Concours de Machines 2019
The damn thing went into emergency mode…again. That should teach me right. It was near freezing and the second (third?? who the f*** knew) night of the 2019 Paris-Brest-Paris…
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Theoretical Framebuilding Part 3: Metals and Heat
Fighter jets and cold war secrets and what the two have to do with custom bicycle frame building.
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Theoretical Framebuiling Part 2: I Like Big Butts, Tubes and Ride Feel
A custom bicycle frame is more than just geometry. Riders grow and so does the bicycle to suit them, however, is it a question of just increasing/decreasing tube length? It all starts with something more basic
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Theoretical Framebuilding Part 1- Geometry
Life is too short to ride poor handling bikes. A custom made to measure frame, conversely to conventional wisdom, is not reserved for the oddly proportioned. Part 1 of the theoretical frame building series focuses on geometry.
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