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Disease disrupts dirt dates
By Scoop on 27/03/2001 08:05:00
Dirt riders shift event dates to escape blistered bullocks
The Banbury BSX event planned for May 19th and 20th has been cancelled. Hornton hill will now host the round in July with the rounds either side being held at Dirt City 2 near Gloucester.Err, that's it.
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Shimano Airlines
By Brant on 17/11/1999 11:51:00
Downhill shifting with air power
Shimanohave released their "Airlines" downhill specific pneumatic shifting systemto consumers in the US. Airlines actuates the derailleur by flipping a lever usingthe power of compressed air so shifts are, apparently "always fast, smooth
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Airlines?
By Stephen James on 07/03/2000 14:45:00
Airlines take off in great shifting style
At the NEC bikeshow, I saw the new Shimano airlines shifters.Are they all the rage that Shimano are making out? Well from a pro point of view, yes. The shifts are precise, effortless, but only seven speed. The air tank is huge, withonly 400 shifts
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Shift Sniper Lights winner
By Bikemagic on 23/10/2008 11:50:23
Time to announce the lucky winner of a one-off set of Exposure Lights
Those who bought a copy of the most excellent Shift magazine will no doubt have read with interest the chance to win an exclusive (there’s only one set in existence) Night Shift, a ‘sniper box set’ of lights put together for us specially by those
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BM's Advent Calendar: 5 December
By David Arthur on 05/12/2007 01:59:51
Day 5 for the BM Advent Calendar
Treating your bike to some new cables can transform shifting quality, but dirt and grit can quickly take their toll. Not so with Gore RideOn cables, which dramatically improve shifting with coated and sealed cables for lower friction and longer
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SHIFT: It lives!
By Mike Davis on 02/06/2008 10:21:26
Actual physical printed copies of our new magazine arrive, and we're quite chuffed with it
(Most of) the SHIFT team, expressing relief that the pages all came out the right way up.Yes, it actually exists - those (reassuringly numerous) people who had the confidence to order a copy of our new bike magazine SHIFT on the basis of nothing
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Significant move for Shimano Airlines
By Bicycle Retailer on 28/11/2000 09:30:00
Sealed frame patent puts pressure on shifters.
Leading American bike trade site Bicycle Retailer have reported that Shimano have succesfully patented a sealed frame design that allows the frame to store pressurized air for operating their pneumatic "Airlines" shift system.Currently "Airlines
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Junked jockeys
By Mike Davis on 30/10/2002 10:18:30
We hate to say we told you so...
timely reminder. Suffering from recalcitrant shifting from an XTR mech, Cullen checked the jockey wheels. The one on the right is one of them. The one on the left is a brand new one. Substantially different, we think you'll agree. You're unlikely to draw
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Get ready to SHIFT
By Mike Davis on 23/05/2008 12:40:39
Bikemagic and RoadCyclingUK.com launch print magazine. Yes, on paper. Yes, really. No, we're not making this up...
is an obvious one, but beyond that nothing can match the impact of great printed pictures, and it's a whole bunch easier to read substantial chunks of text on paper than on a screen.So that's what you can expect from SHIFT - great pictures from pro photographers
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SRAM 7.0 cassette
By Brant on 19/07/2000 17:53:00
Incredible shifting. UPDATED WITH PROGRESS SO FAR
A cassette is cassette, and Shimano make the only ones, yeah?WRONG!We've just got hold of some 2001 samples of SRAM equipment (the Gripshift peoplewho also own Sachs). Their rear cassette has THE MOST INCREDIBLE SHIFTING OF ANYCASSETTE WE'VE EVER
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