Chuck Glider's Bicycle Workshop

As you work on a Twenty, you start to get a feel of the engineering. I find it useful to categorise: some parts are really well thought out ...

When I got this bike, it was dirty and grimy looking. My first thought was to strip the paint and get it powder coated. However, after worki...

Why didn't I buy this earlier?! Yes, it's relatively expensive, but within a year I've used it on 6 bikes and am very happy with...

Finally, I've decided to take the plunge and build myself a road bike with Di2. Why? Three reasons: Easier. I acquired a frameset last...

Giant's hugely popular Defy range of road bikes have mudguard eyelets front and rear. However, clearance under the brake calipers is ti...

The finished bike. Fine adjustments (e.g. saddle and tt bar angles) are still to be finalised. I'll do those as I test ride. Those whe...

New project a real TT bike. Here are the first photos: It's a 2009 frame, interesting because the central trapezium is alloy tubing, ...

Genesis Bikes' Equilibrium frame has earned a great reputation. They struck a happy chord with this one, producing by all accounts a co...

Take an Ultegra/105 equipped Cube Attempt:  and a boxed Sora equipped Cannondale CAAD8: unbox it: check it out: (strip it, not ...

Which is the best: steel, titanium, aluminium alloy or carbon? For that matter, what about bamboo and wood?! Such questions have vexe...