Gear Guides
The Dark Art of Rotor Shimming
If you have multiple sets of wheels for your bike with disc brakes, there’s a good chance you’ve decided to swap wheels at 10:00pm on the night before a ride. There’s also a chance that you were subsequently greeted by the gentle pinging of a rubbing disc brake, and stayed up later than you intended to adjust that brake. I’m here to tell you that you could get more sleep if you shimmed your rotors.
Gear Guide: How to Travel With Your Bike
In the past year, though, I’ve traveled with my bike three times – to New Mexico, California, and now Italy. And it’s forced me to learn, surely for the better, a few things about how my bike works and how to get it from A to B. So here are a few things to know.
