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Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-26-13, 12:53 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,342
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 26 th Business Is Terrible

f you read the latest from Bicycle Retailer and Industry News (f you read the latest from Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, wholesale sales to bike shops are down significantly. In March they were...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-25-13, 01:08 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 317
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 25th FTC Revises Rules For Online Advertising.

In a recent Bicycle Retailer (http://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2013/04/22/ftc-revises-rules-online-advertsising#.UXl-2UoTCCh) article, Steven Hansen writes that the FTC (no doubt at great...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-24-13, 12:56 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 338
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 24th The Math Behind The Wind.

Soon after I sent out my newsletter on wind, my brother (followed by another newsletter rearder told me the power of wind goes up as a square of speed. A 15 mph wind is 3 times as powerful as a 10...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-23-13, 12:57 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 272
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 23 rd To Look At Them You Would Never Know

Jim, my bike and wheel guy, and I went to The Sea Otter last Saturday. It’s a two hour drive so we went up and back in a day. To be honest, when I go to any bike event, I am mostly looking to...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-22-13, 01:17 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 336
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 22 nd We Don’t Live In A Vacuum.

If we did, aerodynamics wouldn’t matter. At speeds of 11-12 mph air resistance is equal to all of the other factors of riding resistance combined. At 19 mph it’s 75% and increases as the speed...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-19-13, 12:49 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 304
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 19 th Your Next Bike?

"BTW, I rode the Tierra Bella century using the C45 last Sat, it climbed well (6.3K of elevation gain), but I was most impressed on how well it sliced through head wind! I was pulling 3 other riders...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-18-13, 01:01 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,205
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 18 th the 15% Rule Of Tire Inflation

The 15% Rule Of Tire Inflation.

A good customer and newsletter reader, Charlie Zwick, sent me a copy of a great article (http://www.bikequarterly.com/images/TireDrop.pdf) from Bicycle Quarterly...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-17-13, 01:34 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 409
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 17 th The Biggest Mistake New Wheel Builders Make.

Thomas Keller, owner of the French Laundry – twice named best restaurant in the world, has a cook book. I never read cook books for recipes, but rather look for the basics a cook uses to make great...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-16-13, 12:58 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 526
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 16 th Another Peak Into Gigantex - Our Carbon Rim Maker

Courtesy of Bike Biz, a UK based online trade web site. The rims in one of the photos (WH132) are one of the models we buy, and I would hazard to guess that the crank arms shown in another photo are...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-15-13, 12:47 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 419
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvaiton Newsletter April 15th Alloy Wheels Exit The World Tour

The last race that saw any alloy rims was the recently completed Paris Roubaix – where four riders used Ambrosio Nemesis rims. It wasn’t that long ago that big George Hincapie tried to use carbon...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-12-13, 11:53 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 504
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 12 th Ben Lawee

Ben Lawee imported Motobecane and Univega bikes in the early 70’s. Both were some of the first bike lines to really get behind Suntour components. Suntour outperformed the other established brands...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-11-13, 12:31 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 385
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvaiton Newsletter April 11th The Phil Wood Spoke Threader

If you build custom wheels there is one tool you must have. It costs about $4500, but it’s a bargain. The Phil Wood spoke threader is the only spoke threading tool that actually works (outside of...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-10-13, 01:01 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 346
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter April 11 Th The Importance Of A Dial Indicator In Wheel Building.

For the first 25 years I built wheels I didn’t use a dial indicator. No one did. The Park Truing stand (still the one used by most professional wheel builders) didn’t come with them. And to be...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-09-13, 12:30 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 752
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 9th The Importance Of Radial Wheel Trueness.

Equal spoke tension is the Holy Grail of wheel building because spokes will fatigue equally, the rim is also less likely to come out of true because there isn’t a tight or loose spoke influencing it....
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-08-13, 12:51 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 795
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 8th Sram To Introduce 11 Speed Hydraulic Disc Group

Velonews (http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/04/bikes-and-tech/sram-to-launch-11-speed-red-22-group-hydraulic-brakes_280379) posted an article of a new Red 11 speed group that will include options...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-05-13, 01:17 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 288
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter April 5Th Wheel Protection Plans

I never buy any type of warranty extension. They sell them to make money. That’s why every time you check out of Best Buy they spend more time selling warranty upgrades than anything else.

Last...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-04-13, 12:22 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 287
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 4th Lowyer Lips Part Two

Awhile ago I wrote about the UCI enforcement of their rule that banned the filing off of the lawyer lips on fork tabs. I had thought that my elegant solution of a skewer with a longer travel just...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-03-13, 12:49 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 541
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter April 3rd The On Off Switch

BC (before computers), there was an on/off switch. Life was simple, but good. The advent of the digital age meant black and white are gone. Everything is now a shade of gray. Our enjoyment and...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-03-13, 12:45 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 431
Posted By Neuvation

There's a lot of talk in the Bike Industry about...

There's a lot of talk in the Bike Industry about the industry being the cause of the problem instead of reacting to the desires of the customers. I honestly don't know the answer. When I started,...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-02-13, 12:39 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 290
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter April 2nd Neuvation To Consolidate Bike Industry

This one actually ran yesterday on my site. If you want to get all of the deals and my newsletter one day quick please sign up for my newsletter...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
04-01-13, 12:55 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 342
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter April 1st Wide Rim Testimonial

Wide Rim Testimonial

I have been using John Kodin as a bike and wheel tester pretty much since I started Neuvation. I’ve known him since the 70’s and he’s a far better rider than I am.

He’s a...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-29-13, 12:11 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 300
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter March 29th Alloy Bikes Now Available In Red

Seventy percent of customers want black - which means 30% don’t.

When I had a “normal” bike shop back in the early 70’s, the first two questions I asked were “What color, and how much?” They...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-28-13, 12:42 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 264
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter March 28th The New Iron Women

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The Central Coast of California is known as a surfing Mecca. Surfer dudes are as common as the poppies that line the roads in the spring. But recently a new breed has been spotted. It’s...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-27-13, 12:57 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 350
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter March 27th Carbon Clinchers

I started selling carbon wheels about 5 years ago. The very first ones I sold were assembled with Zipp rims (with Neuvation decals :-) in my garage. They were so fragile that if I dropped one from...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-26-13, 12:32 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 307
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter March 26th Fine Tune Your Shifting

Fine Tuning Your Shifting.

In addition to the obvious things that can affect shifting performance (cable tension and set screw adjustment) there are a few other things some people are unaware of. ...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-25-13, 12:51 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 362
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter March 25th Calculating Stem Angles

You see stem angles of 17, 73, 6, 84? What gives? They refer either to the angle of the stem or 90 degrees less the angle of the stem (17 and 73 are the same). What is very confusing is how they...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-22-13, 12:38 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 345
Posted By Neuvation

Neuvation Newsletter March 22nd Can You Feel The Difference?

Virtually all performance claims rely on test data for one reason only – you can’t feel the difference. That’s why they shove data down your throat.

With wider rims, data doesn’t gag you because...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-21-13, 03:37 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 320
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter March 21st The Taipei Bike Show

Taipei Show Day One

The Taipei bike show started two days ago. I didn’t go this year. It’s arguably the biggest and most important bike show in the world. All of the Asian manufacturers and...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-20-13, 12:21 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 349
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter March 20th Why Wider Is The Future

Most of us have been led to believe that smaller tires using high pressure perform best. One tire company marketed extremely high pressures (160 psi) as a performance advantage. It makes sense. A...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-19-13, 01:05 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 573
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter March 18th Auto-shifting Shimano DI2 With A Smartphone?

There’s an app (http://www.gizmag.com/automatic-gear-shifting-bicycles/24956/) for that. Developed by Cambridge Consultants from the UK and reported by gizmag.

“Unveiled yesterday, the system is...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-18-13, 03:35 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 344
Posted By Neuvation

Wider Rims

It’s rare when a real improvement comes along. The vast majority of new technology is introduced to create a difference that can be marketed as superior. I know, I spent most of my life doing it. ...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-15-13, 12:52 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 345
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter March 15th Go Faster

On the front page of every Golf Digest Magazine are the words “Drive It Further!” I should have learned from them a long time ago. I have touched on this many times, but I’ve learned that it takes...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-14-13, 12:50 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 333
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter March 14th Kyle And Robin

The reason I was at the bike club meeting I mentioned in a recent newsletter was to see a presentation by Kyle and Robin who recently survived a fun bike tour.

Kyle’s bike with rider weighed in...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-13-13, 12:30 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 320
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter March 13 EADGBE

The notes of a guitar. The Lute preceded the guitar but when someone made off with the loot, they bought a Gibson Les Paul and tuned it to those notes. A 12 string guitar has a harmonic G string,...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-12-13, 12:12 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 431
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter March 11th What Really Scares The Bike Industry

It’s not the Lance Armstrong problem. It’s what I saw at a recent bike club meeting. The average member was over 60 – probably over 70. We have lost the youth.

In the early 70’s and 80’s BMX,...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-11-13, 12:55 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 354
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter March 10 Lube Slows You Down

Lube Slows You Down.

In a recent article, Velonews reported testing that showed using paraffin on your chain instead of Pro Lube would save you 5 seconds in a 10 mile time trial. If true, that’s...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-08-13, 03:46 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 589
Posted By Neuvation

Custom Wheel Closeout

We build lots of custom wheels and when some of the parts models change we have left over parts. In the winter we have time to build some of them out to close them out. Here's the link for the stock...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-08-13, 09:43 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 547
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter March 8th What You Don’t Know About Wheel Stiffness.

Wheel builders for the cobblestone classics build wheels using less spoke tension so that the wheels are not as stiff. The problem is, spoke tension has nothing to do with wheel stiffness. If the...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-07-13, 07:09 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 456
Posted By Neuvation

Newsletter March 7th - Chicken Admits to Doping

Chicken Admits to Doping

An organic chicken, of the bantam class, has admitted to doping. Exact particulars are difficult to confirm due to its lack of command of the English language, but his...
Forum: Neuvation Cycling
03-07-13, 06:56 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 816
Posted By Neuvation

Introduction to Neuvation Cycling

I've been in the bike industry since 1973. I've owned a bike shop, been a rep, product manager, vp's of purchasing, marketing, and sales. I ran Sachs USA for 10 years and even worked with Lee...
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