Technical FAQ: Narrow tires on gravel bikes, through axles, rotor tub, clamping carbon, leg length with age

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Technical FAQ: Narrow tires on gravel bikes, through axles, rotor tub, clamping carbon, leg length with age

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Jul 29, 2022
Lennard Zinn
Technical FAQ: Narrow tires on gravel bikes, through axles, rotor tub, clamping carbon, leg length with age

'Don’t sweat trying different tire sizes on your gravel bike,' says Lennard Zinn.

Read the full article at Technical FAQ: Narrow tires on gravel bikes, through axles, rotor tub, clamping carbon, leg length with age on VeloNews.com.

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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.