Lennard Zinn
BACKGROUND: Lennard Zinn, our longtime technical writer, joined VeloNews in 1987. He is also a frame builder frame builder, former U.S. national team rider, and author of many bicycle books including "Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance", "Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance" and "Zinn’s Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists". He holds a bachelor’s in physics from Colorado College.
BIKES IN THE GARAGE: Three custom Zinn road bikes: ‘08 coupled travel titanium, ‘08 coupled travel steel and ‘08 magnesium; three custom Zinn mountain bikes: ‘08 Terra 3.0 titanium 3-inch-travel full suspension, ‘07 Megabike aluminum 3-inch-travel full suspension with Rohloff internal hub, ‘89 steel fillet-brazed mountain tandem (hardtail); and, at any time, many cool bikes being built for customers.
Stories by Lennard Zinn »
Posted: Tue, Nov 24th
Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Of drivetrains, tires and pressureDear readers,
I know that I promised to describe how to eliminate front brake shudder on a cyclocross bike in today’s column, but I only just got the parts today that I think will definitively eliminate it, and I didn’t have a chance to install them today, much ...
Posted: Tue, Nov 17th
Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Getting those 'cross tires on rightAs promised, here’s the procedure for gluing a ’cross tubular tire so it won’t come off. Though it can still ruin your day, the downside of rolling a tubular in ’cross is generally not as big as in a criterium or on a winding mountain descent.
Posted: Wed, Nov 11th
Technical Q&A: questions (and answers) on cyclocross flats, tire sealant and tubeless tires for ’cross racingNext week I will talk about gluing tubulars to carbon rims, as I promised, but this week I want to address the huge influx of mail I got on flats on the Xilinx cyclocross course, sealant, and on tubeless ’cross tires.
First, on the Xilinx flats I ...
Posted: Tue, Nov 3rd
Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - It's all about the tiresCyclocross season is in full swing, and it came to Boulder over the weekend in the form of the Blue Sky Velo Cup and the Boulder Cup. For some reason, I’ve got more of a ...
Posted: Tue, Oct 27th
Tech guru Lennard Zinn tells how to remove a stuck seatpost. WARNING: Not for the faint of heart.No adjustment
Dear Lennard,
I recently tried to adjust my saddle height on my Trek Fuel 98 and
unfortunately found that it is no longer adjustable. I have an aluminum
seatpost and the frame is carbon. I don't think I put any grease on it as I
was told not to ...
Posted: Tue, Oct 20th
Tech Update with Lennard Zinn - Nice rides for 2010There were a number of special bikes that I saw at Interbike that I have still not had much opportunity to write about. So I’ll use this week’s column to do so.
Posted: Tue, Oct 13th
More Interbike goodies from Lennard ZinnIt’s been three weeks since Interbike, but I still get questions asking what really caught my eye at this year’s show. There was plenty and, until now, there really hasn’t been space in the articles I’ve done on VeloNews.com and in the print version for all of it. ...
Posted: Tue, Oct 6th
Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Of sealant, socks and steerer tubesDear Lennard,
My friend has a new Felt AR2 and on the weekend we went out for a long ride. Rain was on and off but never to the point where we were soaked. So today doing some after weekend maintenance, we noticed some water dripping out of the seatpost when turned upside down. ...
Posted: Tue, Sep 29th
Tech Update with Lennard Zinn - More from VegasDear Readers,
As many of you know, I spent last week in Las Vegas, attending the Interbike trade show and the outdoor demo that preceded it. While my tech department colleagues and I have been posting stories and photos since the start, we’ll be doing more over the next few ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 25th
What caught Lennard's eye?Markus Storck has long wanted 2005 Ford Ironman Hawaii Triathlon World Champion Faris Al-Sultan to race on his bikes, and when the sale of Cannondale opened up the opportunity to put his fellow German on a Storck, he quickly got to work. Even while working on prototyping a new ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 24th
Interbike 2009: Those things you might use every dayThe doors of the Sands Expo and Convention Center opened on Wednesday, kicking off the 2009 Interbike trade show in Las Vegas.
Our tech crew spent most of the day wandering the aisles intent upon finding new items that might catch the interest of VeloNews ...
Posted: Wed, Sep 23rd
Trying out new mountain bikes at Interbike’s Outdoor DemoAfter a day of riding road bikes at the Interbike Outdoor Demo on Monday, I hit the dirt on Tuesday to check out some new innovations on the mountain bike side.
The Santa Cruz Tallboy is big 29er news, as it is a completely carbon full suspension 29er with 100mm (four inches ...
