Stories by Lennard Zinn

• Posted: Tue, Nov 13th
  Tech Report: Slipstream visits the wind tunnel
  David Zabriskie is the only guy in the world who has earned a very special yellow sticker shaped like the map of France for his top tube. The sticker proclaims “Fastest Time Trial Ever: 54.676kph, David Zabriskie.” Ever since he won the 19km prologue at Noirmoutier in 2005 ...
• Posted: Tue, Nov 6th
  Tech Report, with Lennard Zinn - A visit to Guerciotti
  There are some things I really like about this job and my regular trips to Italy have to be on the top of that list. I visited the offices of Guerciotti in Milan this week. Company founder Paolo Guerciotti and his son Alessandro welcomed me to the downtown facility that also ...
• Posted: Tue, Oct 23rd
  Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - The source of a blowout; That knocking sound
  Dear Lennard,I recently experienced a sudden blowout of my road bike front tire that led to a crash and lots of injuries. I’m writing in an attempt to determine what went wrong and why. Although I do not remember the crash here’s what I do know. I was with two friends and ...
• Posted: Tue, Oct 16th
  Tech Report, with Lennard Zinn - Interbike’s hidden treasures
  There was so much to see at Interbike that I wanted to take some time to features some of the show's more unique items that might not have made it into the wealth of coverage of the show here on Velonews.com or in print in VeloNews magazine.
• Posted: Tue, Oct 2nd
  Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - A bit more from Las Vegas
  As is usually the case with web reports from Interbike, we managed only to scratch the surface of all of the latest and greatest we saw at the show this year. Here are a few more items for you save your pennies for in the coming year. Be sure to take look at VeloNews issue 20 ...
• Posted: Fri, Sep 28th
  Interbike - The industry gives back
  A hall brimming with almost 20,000 people eager and optimistic about bikesis a rarified atmosphere for a bike enthusiast to hang out in. and allof those people buying bikes makes it possible for a number of bike-relatedphilanthropic organizations to thrive as well.Interbike ...
• Posted: Thu, Sep 27th
  Outdoor Demo Day 2 - A Zinn's Eye View
  A perfect weather day yesterday ended with a road ride back to the stripwith three friends from SRAM, and today started for me with a ride backout to the Outdoor Demo at Boulder City’s Bootleg Canyon. After 5-10 minutesof standing around, I took off with maybe 100 other ...
• Posted: Tue, Sep 25th
  Outdoor Demo - A Zinn's eye view
  The weather was perfect, the venue is great and getting better, and the attendance was abundant for the first day of the Outdoor Demo at Boulder City’s Bootleg Canyon. The sunny, yet unseasonably cool 75-degree weather meant perfect conditions. Not hot, not cold, sunny, only ...
• Posted: Tue, Sep 18th
  Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - A film worth seeing
  I had the chance to catch “The Flying Scotsman” at a special showing at the Boulder Theater. While the movie takes some liberties with the order of events and the details of how they unfolded, it tells the gist of Graeme Obree’s story ratherwell. In many ways, it reminded ...
• Posted: Tue, Sep 11th
  Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Something to believe in
  Photo Gallery Below On a day when I pause every year to reflect on what the future may holdfor all of us, I think about the things that give me a little hope forthat future. One of those things is seeing kids on bikes. The future seems a lotbrighter to me if lots of kids are ...
• Posted: Tue, Aug 28th
  Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Do split fork blades give an edge?
  Predictor-Lotto star Cadel Evans came within a scant 23 seconds of winning this year’s Tour de France and narrowly held on to second place, a mere eight seconds ahead of third-place Levi Leipheimer. It’s fair to say that Evans’ podium performance is thanks in part to his ...
• Posted: Tue, Aug 21st
  Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - What happened with Millar's wheel?
  Dear Lennard,Was there any official report as to why David Millar's rear wheel fellapart during the stage 19 time trial at the Tour de France. I have neverseen anything like that. He seemed to have multiple wheels with the sameproblem right up to his mechanic riding a new ...