I don’t treat chain length as an exact science. The simplest way to find best chain length is to use the largest sprocket technique. Simply take a new chain and put it in the largest front chainring (e.g the 50 or 52 tooth outer chain ring. Then put it on the largest cassette sprocket at […]

Just out of interest, I went along a bike rack in Oxford to get a random sample on the average tyre pressure of commuting bikes. This highly unscientific study went no further than a surreptitious pinch of the tyre to see if the tyre was very soft. Obviously, I had to pretend I wasn’t really […]

A while back, I wrote about changing your chain. The best thing is to change your chain frequently, e.g every 1,000 miles. Though it is a little expensive and time consuming, it is worth it because you can lose power through a worn chain. Also, if you change your chain regularly, you will get greater […]