Testimonial: Zinn Custom Titanium Electric Gravel bike
A happy customer sent us an email reviewing his new Custom e-bike. We worked with this customer who had some body mechanic issues to build a great custom bike. He did the Gold Medal Bike fit that includes an [...]
E-Bikes for small riders
By Lennard Zinn In the new world of e-bikes, cyclists under 5'5" are stuck with an array of clunky and heavy bikes that feel like some rendition of our grandmothers grocery getter. If you have been a cyclist and [...]
Custom Travel Bike with Internal Brake Hose
This Custom Zinn Titanium Travel bike was built with Z-couplers for an extremely clean look. The Z-couplers virtually disappear into the frame. We also use a coupler in the hydraulic brake hose to allow for internally routed brake hoses. Watch [...]
Bikes for small riders – Improving bike design for cyclists under 5’5″
By Lennard Zinn I built my first bike frame for my wife in 1980, three years before we got married. To calculate its dimensions, I used bike-fitting formulas in a handbook published by C.O.N.I. (Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano), which [...]
Why titanium is the best material for gravel bikes
By Lennard Zinn Do you know someone who has broken a bike frame? Most likely it was made from carbon fiber or aluminum. that had to hurt Over the past 10 years, big bike brands have have [...]
Cost savings with waxed chains
By Lennard Zinn As I explained in a prior blog post, immersive chain waxing can save you a lot of money vs. using oily drip lubes or the original factory lube and anything applied over it. The lower chart [...]
Fall Colors Gravel Ride Report
By Lennard Zinn Nick and I and Cleo, the Zinn Cycles shop dog, woke up on Saturday, October 7, 2023, to a cloudless and rapidly warming Colorado bluebird day at our campsite near the Little Book Cliffs. The Grand [...]
Immersion Chain Waxing
By Lennard Zinn When I was racing in the early 1980s, new chains were $4 retail. Now, a good-quality chain for an 11- or 12-speed drivetrain is at least tenfold (often even twenty- or thirty-fold) as expensive. And if [...]
End of season sale at Zinn Cycles on October 21, 2023
Come in to our shop for our end of season sale. We will be selling demo bikes and a ton of overstock components, including new and used parts. We will have parts from Sram, Shimano, Campagnolo, Magura, SQlab, Hayes, [...]
Testimonial: Clydesdale Whip E-Bike with Duro Fork
Justin sent us an email reviewing his new Clydesdale e-bike, the Whip. It was built with our new super-strong, carbon Duro fork. Justin has been riding a Clydesdale Draft for a couple of years now, which was originally built [...]
Taking care of your new bike – regular maintenance schedule
Congratulations on your new bike. We hope you get many years of riding on this bike. Your Zinn, Clydesdale, or Tui bike has been assembled with care by one of our seasoned professional bike mechanics and checked off by [...]
Diagnose a creaky sound on your bicycle
By Lennard Zinn Although sometimes difficult to diagnose, a creaking sound coming from your bike is always caused by movement between two parts that are supposed to be tight against each other. Could that annoying sound be one of [...]
