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there are things you can do right now to make your bike more efficient. You could get to your destination sooner, or less frazzled, your call. All dead straight forward stuff, you could:
- Put on a new chain and/or clean the existing one
- Make sure your chain is the right length
- Swap the cheap plastic jockey wheels on your rear gear for some that run on bearings
- Ride in the right gear.
Doing those three things can make your bike as much as 5% more efficient. Which, in the context of our summer sportives this August would mean arriving back in Newcastle 7 minutes quicker than your squeaky chained, gear mashing alter ego.
Of course, to get those 7 minutes, you need to know how to fit the chain and jockey wheels, know how to maintain and clean them and understand the principles of which gear to roll in and when for maximium efficiency.
And you can learn that all at our forthcoming Drive Train Master Class at the Specialized Concept Store on 16th June.
At the time of writing this we've got 5 spaces left.
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