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LOOK Pedals: Red or Black Shoe Plates

If you’ve got clip less pedals they are probably Look, when you bought them they came with either red or black shoe plates, they are very different and maybe you would be better with the other ones, learn the difference and maybe ride more comfortably.

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Bicycle Seats, Gel or not to Gel Saddles
This is a story about saddles, not hairstyles! The gel I'm talking about is not the stuff you put on your hair, it's the stuff you have in your saddle, or not. Some people can ride a saddle that would be like riding on a razor blade for some and then there are some saddles like a sofa, too comfortable! You are meant to suffer on the bike, aren't you?

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Bicycle Handlebars, Round Versus Anatomic
Maybe you thought buying a set of handlebars was easy, all you thought you had to do was to go in to your local bike shop and get any pair of handlebars. Well its not as easy as that, you have to consider many different things: width, drop, shape, materials and thickness of bars, all these things are very important and can make your ride nice and comfortable or make it more like a torture.

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Campagnolo Record Group Set
When Tony at my local bike shop phoned me to tell me my Campagnolo Record 10 speed group-set had arrived I felt like all my Christmases and birthdays had all arrived at once. When I got to the shop the sight of those black boxes was enough to bring back memories of the excitement of receiving my first bike.

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Old Murray Bikes Information
Kalina has an old bike it could be a Murray'. We have tried to find out more, but it's not an easy task with so little information.

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Bicycle Parts
Bike parts are now high technology, using the best materials possible for the job. Strength and lightness are most important for cycle parts, you can make cheap bike parts with heavier materials, like steel and some companies have tried plastic, which is light but is not durable and does flex.

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Bicycle Handlebars, Gripping Stuff!
You have to hold on to your bicycle handlebars and use them to steer your bike, also they are the place where you put your brakes, gears and cycle computer. Bicycle handlebars, like all bike equipment used to be made of steel and are now made of alloy or carbon, lightness is very important, but so is strength, you don’t want your bars to break or to be too flexible when you are climbing a hill.

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Bicycle Forks, More Than Just Hold Your Front Wheel.
There are road bike forks and mountain bike forks, for road bikes you can have steel, alloy or carbon forks and they can be straight or with a rake, which is a bend in the fork, the straight and the raked forks do the same thing, but the rake can give more of a comfortable ride.

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Bicycle Wheels Keep You Moving
You need wheels for your bike, otherwise you won’t go very far with out them. For a long time they were made of steel and were heavy. Wheels had 40 or more spokes and were hand made and would take time for a trained wheel builder to put together.

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Shimano Ultegra group-set
The Shimano Ultegra group-set uses the same advanced functions of Dura-Ace, including Hollowtech 2 and refined ergonomic STI shifters. Good enough to race with but at a mor economical price, with all the class of top class Shimano.

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Shimano Dura-Ace Triple
Dura-Ace means simply best and here is the best group-set they make but with the advantage of three chain wheels, to make any mountain ride able, with the style and class of the same equipment that the top professionals of the world use.

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Shimano Dura-Ace 7800 Group-set
Shimano Dura-Ace 7800 is the equipment that the Pro’s ride, Lance Armstrong has ridden to victory in the last six editions of the Tour de France on Dura-Ace.

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Shimano Components
Shimano are probably the biggest manufacturer of bicycle components in the world. The company was started in Japan in 1921 with a single speed bicycle freewheel. Since then they have become the leading innovator of the cycle industry.

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Bicycle Seats, Are You All Sitting Comfortably?
The bicycle seat is a very important; if you are not comfortable you will not enjoy your bike ride and probably not do it again.

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Bicycle Rims, Round Your Wheels
The bicycle rim hasn’t changed too much over the years; its still round and you still put a tyre on it. As with most cycle equipment the first bicycle rim was made of wood, then steel, alloy and carbon.

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Bike Pedals
Bicycle pedals make it possible to turn the cranks which turn the chain that turns the wheels and that makes it all possible. Pedals used to be just a stick that you put your foot on to push your bike along, then riders found out that you could pedal more efficiently if there feet were attached to the bicycle pedal.

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Bicycle Headsets Steer You In The Right Direction
Bike headsets have not changed much over the years, basically they are two sets of bearings at the front of the bike so you can steer where you want to go. The headset goes between the steering column and the frame and allows you to turn the front wheel with the handlebars, so you can go round corners.

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Bicycle Cranks, Crank That Gear Round!
We all need cranks to push our bikes, steel, alloy or carbon, you have to have them. For a road bike they were always double chain sets with two chain rings, now more and more bikes are being fitted with triples, to get up those harder hills or just to take things a little easier.

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Chain Rings, How Many Teeth Do You Have?
You will probably buy the chain rings for your bike with the crank set or the complete bike and maybe not have the choice of how many teeth you have on them. The thing to remember if you do have a choice is the bigger the amount of teeth the bigger the gear and less teeth for a smaller gear.

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Campagnolo Veloce Group-set
The Campagnolo Veloce Group-set is available in five different versions, the 10 speed with either double or triple chainset and 9 speed with 2 or 3 chain wheels at the front and also with Ergo Power Flat Bar controls. A wide rage of options for all your needs, whether it’s for racing, touring or just an easy bike ride, the Veloce group-set if for you.

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Campagnolo Xenon
Xenon is the entry-level group-set from the Campagnolo range. An inexpensive set of a high quality and with a choice of three rear mechanisms, and a choice of a double or a triple chain set in light alloy, along with the solid axle and steel cartridge bottom bracket makes for a strong hard wearing drivetrain.

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Campagnolo Record Pista Group-set
The Campagnolo Record Pista Group-set is designed for the speed and excitement of the velodromes. This is the top of track world components; crankset, hubs and bottom bracket are specifically designed for the Pista Group-set.

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Campagnolo Triathlon Group-set
The Campagnolo Triathlon Group-set is not so much a group-set as some very special components that can be used in time trial conditions. Against the clock any little advantage will make a difference.

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Campagnolo Mirage group-set
During 2004 the Mirage group-set underwent a colour restyling, now the group-set focuses on choice, now offering you three different options for your bike. There is something for every enthusiast in the Campagnolo Mirage group-set range.

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Campagnolo Chorus Group-set
The Campagnolo Chorus Group-set is for the racing cyclist with a need for quality and durability. The wide use of composite materials and the technical expertise of Campagnolo make this the best available, apart from the top Record Group-set.

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Campagnolo Centaur Group-set
The Centaur Group-set is top quality kit for your cycle. It comes in two finishes, classic Silver and Century Grey. 10 speed with either 2 or 3 chain wheels and the Ergopower Flat Bar version makes this an all-round group-set for the aficionado.

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Campagnolo components
Campagnolo bike components, funded in 1933

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Bicycle Brakes, You Have To Stop Some Time
Bicycle brakes do slow you down, but you do need them some times, like when you’re coming down a steep hill or going round a sharp bend. As with all bicycle equipment the brakes were made from steel and are now mostly made of alloy and the expensive ones have titanium and carbon bits and bolts.

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Bicycle Gears Keep Your Wheels Going Round
Originally bikes didn’t have gears, you turned the pedals once and the wheel turned once and the size of the bicycle gear depended on the size of the wheel on the old ‘penny farthing’ bike.

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Campagnolo RE-CH-CE 9 group-set
Campagnolo RE-CH-CE 9 speed is Record, Chorus and Centaurs compatible controls, derailleurs, cranksets and sprockets for what is now the old 9 speed.

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Campagnolo Record Group-set
The Record Group-set is the top of the range from Campagnolo, it’s the professionals choice and the first choice for anyone who wants the best for their bike. The best materials available and the most advanced technologies and technical solutions are employed in this hi-tech group-set with the most stylish and lightweight components.