Cycle Systems Online

We are joined this week by one of Cycle Systems oldest and dearest partners, Pedros Tools. These are the tools we have used day in, day out for over a decade, and the favourite for our students to buy when starting out in the trade or building their dream garage.Matt Bracken is not only head of Pedros USA, but he has had a fascinating life in bike mechanics and cycle racing. As you would expect, he has a whole raft of stories about cycling culture, learning to be a Mavic mechanic in Europe, and what it means to run a company, be a good and safe mechanic, and navigate the world we find ourselves in right now.

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Track 85 in Cycle Systems Academy.

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From the basics of gears last week to the very cutting edge of research and development with Ceramic Speed. From optimising professional’s bikes to helping you go faster, Ceramic Speed’s Chief Technical Officer Jason Smith started in his garage, building machines to test for chain efficiency. He now has his own testing lab, a team of engineers, and some heavyweight industry partners like Specialized to help him achieve his goals of a drivetrain with over 99% efficiency.

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We kindly beings at CSA and Velocast Towers are here to help, with a simple but in-depth look at gear inches, mech capacity and compatibility. No more will you be the person walking into a bike shop with a carrier bag full of oily bike parts and a dejected looking, unrideable steed.

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We take a look at the options out there for touring bikes, mainly looking at gears and transmission systems.

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Continuing the series covering Cycle Systems Academy graduates we visit Bradley Knight at his amazing mobile bike shop in Manchester.

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Co-host of the excellent Cycling Tips and Nerd Alert podcasts, James has covered so many tech topics to such a depth we wanted to find out more about the man behind the mic and keyboard and thrash out a few topics that we hope you’ll find as fascinating as we do.

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The Bike Project is an award winning charity and social enterprise, founded by Cycle Systems Academy graduate, Jem Stein.

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Matt covers tyre liners, grips, bars and fork offset in this show all about mountain bikes. The seemingly small changes to rider contact points, trail and offset can make a major impact on your riding experience.

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One source of inspiration here at CSA has been the superb, ‘Bikes or Death’ podcast. This week, we are joined by host and creator, Patrick Farnsworth to talk about his life with bikes, bike-packing, adventure racing and the meaning behind it all. It's a super personal and inspirational account of one man's recovery and how bikes helped him do that.

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