These are the Setup and Gear Choice articles from the Tech Talk feature of WickWerks.
Moab Utah. Aah, what can you say. A forsaken patch of barren rock and desert where vegetation is scraggly, and only the scorpions seem to thrive. Where winters are harsh and summers bake . . . a piece of heaven . . . a mountain bike mecca.
The quest for optimum gearing performance in every condition — the holy grail — is elusive and fraught with compromises. That landscape is changing as WickWërks introduces . . .
How many times have we heard it . . . “Isn’t there a better way?” Now, for thousands of Junior Road Cyclists competing in sanctioned events all over the globe, there is a different, arguably better, solution for junior gearing. This is The Junior’s Solution.
What gears should I ride? How do I choose? “Hey, my buddy Joe rides a 38 and loves it, so I think I should get that.” Sound familiar? I’ve over heard that kind of conversation many times, and I’m amazed. It may be the Engineer in me — or it may be the Cycling Coach […]
In 2013 WickWërks introduced a new chainring size — requested and run by of one of the greatest women riders ever on a ‘cross bike.
Proper chain length makes a big difference with shifting. It’s not intuitive — that’s for sure — but lots of front shifting problems are solved by setting chain length (and tension) correctly.
There are always sides to a discussion involving tradition and emotion. So many arguments about the use of a single front chainring versus a double or triple. In this case, tradition has generally stood with a single front chainring for single speed bikes (think kids bikes), city type bikes, and the “grandma” bikes with multi-speed […]
Do a search on the web for “Junior Gearing Restrictions” and you’ll find a bunch of sites that either explain the rules, or bash them. We’ve certainly heard the arguments by many eloquent authors that enumerate the virtues or expound the vices. This post, on the other hand, is intended to deal with the technical […]
Our most asked question(s) are variations of ” Can I Use A Different Size Inner or Outer Ring? ” Questions like can I buy the 34t instead of the 36t with the 46t ‘cross ring? . . . . Or can I trade the 34t of your 44/34t set for a 36t to make it […]
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