Technical FAQ: Custom steel recommendations, more on tubeless plugs, and sodium hydroxide cautions

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Technical FAQ: Custom steel recommendations, more on tubeless plugs, and sodium hydroxide cautions

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Sep 15, 2021
Lennard Zinn
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Technical FAQ: Custom steel recommendations, more on tubeless plugs, and sodium hydroxide cautions

Options for custom steel frames, more advice about tubeless repair plugs, and un-sticking sticky components.

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Written by Lennard Zinn
As a frame builder, Lennard Zinn has been designing and building custom bicycles for over 42 years; he founded Zinn Cycles in 1982 and co-founded Clydesdale Bicycles in 2017. His Tech Q&A column on Substack follows his 35-year stint as a technical writer for VeloNews (from 1987 through 2022). He is a former U.S. National Cycling Team member and author of many bicycle books including Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, and The Haywire Heart. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Colorado College.
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