Dave McCraw Archives: August 2011
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31 August 2011
Nazca Gaucho 28
If you’re ever passed by a Gaucho 28, the first thing you’ll probably notice is the light pair of full-size 700C wheels, shod with Continental’s sublime GP4000s – a combination that wouldn’t be out of place on an upmarket conventional racing bike…
A lovely contoured carbon seat and shiny carbon forks round off a package that includes oh-so-aero reverse-mounted brake calipers and a butted derailleur boom which flares at the end to accommodate a conventional band-on attachment. A real racing recumbent, right?
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16 August 2011
Paris-Brest-Paris: Kitlist
The following is an account of the stuff I took to Paris-Brest-Paris 2011, what went wrong, what went right, and general musing.
Originally I wrote this as a thought process for myself, but for the benefit of posterity I thought I’d publish it (and hey, 2015 will come around sooner than any of us expect!)
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31 August 2011
Nazca Gaucho 28
If you’re ever passed by a Gaucho 28, the first thing you’ll probably notice is the light pair of full-size 700C wheels, shod with Continental’s sublime GP4000s – a combination that wouldn’t be out of place on an upmarket conventional racing bike…
A lovely contoured carbon seat and shiny carbon forks round off a package that includes oh-so-aero reverse-mounted brake calipers and a butted derailleur boom which flares at the end to accommodate a conventional band-on attachment. A real racing recumbent, right?
continue reading... » 3 Comments
16 August 2011
Paris-Brest-Paris: Kitlist
The following is an account of the stuff I took to Paris-Brest-Paris 2011, what went wrong, what went right, and general musing.
Originally I wrote this as a thought process for myself, but for the benefit of posterity I thought I’d publish it (and hey, 2015 will come around sooner than any of us expect!)