akmal's bike park

With the road bike I’ve found something interesting and at the same time quite challenging: Audax rides. It is a self-support non-competitiv...

I switched to road bike riding since January 2017. Not exclusively, but significantly more of riding on tarmac with a road bike and close to...

I answered a question on Quora a couple of weeks ago, fresh from (re)building the XTC to be used by my neighbour for an upcoming short local...

Troll's first taste of dirt I wanted to know how it feels to ride the Surly Troll offroad, as it was meant to be. As a multi-purpos...

Yet another 11s offering from SRAM, this one is an entry level grouppo for the masses (with a lot of mass, of course) After churning out ...

If Plan A is a no-go, proceed with Plan B. Else, proceed with Plan C. Lemonade with extra pressing sort of thing. the view of Sunga...

Sunburn, muscle soreness, skin abrasion and headache from March Equinox heat. All trumped by the high feeling of brotherhood and togetherne...

I've found a gem! Okay, here it is. Go to  http://www.ritzelrechner.de/ and have fun. I have been collecting data and putting them...

Basically influenced by Dino's experience   with his manual dropper on his steel hardtail, I jumped at the opportunity to own a rather ...

While we are getting lost in our obsession and passion towards upgrading and adding our rigs, take a step back and remind ourself why do we ...

Below is the lowdown on the alternative cassettes to give you the range for gear ratio on your MTB drivetrain, be it currently by Shimano o...

I let go to Yad several bike parts and a pair of used Cross Ride some time ago. He planned to come over my place to remove the cassette fr...