Recent content by CycloCrux

Fenders are never long enough. This is a fact of bike. I've almost always run fender extenders on my bikes whether for keeping feet dry or protecting the rider behind me. Something that I started doing a a few years ago was using plumbing gasket custom cut as fender extenders/mud flaps. It comes...

One tip from prepping many chains for the first time is to use a 600mL gatorade bottle (or similar) with a wide mouth. Chain goes in with a small amount of your degreaser and subsequently isopropyl alcohol and it makes a really good "aggressive agitation vessel". I keep a dirty bottle for...

This can also happen if you allow the wax to cool a bit too much before pulling the chain out, or if you don't allow the chain to fully drip. I wouldn't be overly concerned as long as the wax was at one point hot enough to penetrate the links fully.

The Galfer purples are the ones I got! Awful noise. I checked my installation and caliper alignment three times after installing them, blaming myself.

Can you recommend a preferred pad/compound for the Magura MT5? I just picked up some replacements from a local shop and boy howdy are they loud compared to the factory pads.

Has anyone installed an SKS Chainbow on their derailleur equiped Bosch powered bike? I'm getting a ton of wheel spray and road grime and want to get a bit more coverage of the chain and this would do the trick if a) I can find one in Canada and b) it actually works nicely with a derailleur...

I have had a decent waxing routine for my race bikes for a while now. And I will happily proselytize the virtues of waxing, as they are many. But I won't bother on my cargo bike. The trips are often too short, and the maintenace cycle too demanding to justify it. If I do a wet ride on my waxed...

Clever move, especially if you can get a van that cheap. One flag, our strata (and fire code in BC) would require any vehicle parked in a parkade to have storage insurance. Probably $30 to $50 a month. That said, if you have the right coverage it might pay for your bikes if they're stolen from...

After countless near misses in my life, and a few years of off-and-on running CycleIQ and GoPros, I decided that I wanted something a little more fixed in place for my cargo bike. This serves as an overview of how I decided on the model and how it was installed. Some sample footage can be found...

I'm not sure about rental shops, they tend to rent to more of the seawall tourist. You might have luck with Reckless, Velolifestyle, Cloud Ebikes, or Cit-E-Cycles, who sell lots of cargo bikes and so might be more likely. That said, BCAA has a bike share program under their Evo umbrella. I'm...

Hey! Family of 3 from the slopes of the North Shore mountains. (Almost) daily riders on our 8 month old Cube Cargo, with a Benno 46er for family outings and lighter trips. We're huge fans, and have almost replaced all of our car trips locally. I've made a few upgrades and modifications...