May 2000 ~ Jeff's Bike Blog

A chat with Rufus from Sufur Cycles.

Sufur Cycles - by Rufus
It' shifting Jim, but not as we know it.

Growtac Equal Control shifter review
Light, strong, funky colors - pick 3

Growtac Equal brakes review
Tour Te Waipounamu bikepacking race

The Tour Te Waipounamu bikepacking race was held in Aotearoa New Zealand, starting on February 14th 2021, it covered 1300 kilometres of rugged back country.
Curing 1x. Sram 1x to 2x shifting conversion

A resource on how to reclaim your gears, from the evil "clutches" of the 1x cult, and general messing with the internal organs of Sram road levers
the World's fastest Karate Monkey

My long running fascination with the adaptability of the Surly Karate Monkey reared its head again recently
A hidden epidemic

Lets talk about head injuries.
OPEN U.P. and say aaaaaaaaaah! - 6 monthly check-up

I suspect it's no coincidence that OPEN make bicycles with model names like OPEN UP and OPEN WIDE. If this is not a clever subliminal marketing attempt at the well-healed "dentist" portion of the bicycle market, then I don't know what is.