Link batch #3

Cool content

As you can imagine I’m a sucker for criterium content and so far, the documentaries by the Butcherbox team for a few years, were my favorite, having watched them a few times. A couple of days ago, team American Cycling Group presented by BMC came out with an awesome documentary on the American Crit Cup series, made by one of the most iconic content creators in the industry—Angus Morton.

Why it’s relevant to me. This is the race series I’ve dreamed of racing and now do at the professional level, so this just gets me really excited.

Why it’s relevant to you. These short films are a great way of learning about our sport and falling in love with it!

Cool products

This is a bit random but I obsess over random bike products and now you’re going to know all about them (sorry, not sorry). Wheels are a huge part of racing bikes and I’ve changed my favorites many times but these ones have stuck for a few years now…

Why it’s relevant to me. I don’t have them because I run Shimano group sets (even though they’d work fine, it’s a branding thing, I guess). But there’s just nothing like the look of simple, classy Italian wheels… (I told you—random)

Why it’s relevant to you. Just because I haven’t used them it doesn’t mean you can’t. Meaning, they might be installed on some upcoming Oak bike builds…

Bike nerd stuff

Crank length has been a rising argument in the past 1-2 years as people are looking for more and new ways to improve their performance and become more comfortable on the bike. I really enjoyed the points Jamie had to make about it here.

Why it’s relevant to me. I’ve been running shorter cranks for almost 7 years now, mostly because of fixed-gear racing, and then just got used to it. It’s cool to learn more about the science behind it.

Why it’s relevant to you. Are you average height or shorter and ride bikes? Then this is probably relevant to you and could make you just that much more comfortable/ faster on the bike!