Articles by Lennard Zinn

Lennard Zinn, our longtime technical writer, joined VeloNews in 1987. He is also a 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. Readers can send brief technical questions to Ask LZ.

• Follow @lennardzinn
• RSS feed for Lennard

• 

  Tech FAQ: Wiping tires and rubber for big guys

  • Published Apr. 10, 2012
  • Updated Apr. 17, 2012 at 11:24 AM EDT

  Lennard shows why it’s important to be mindful when cleaning your tires on the run and recommends tires for big guys

• 

  Tech FAQ: Tapping derailleur hangers

  • Published Apr. 3, 2012
  • Updated Apr. 3, 2012 at 12:56 PM EDT

  Zinn addresses reader questions about repairing a blown derailleur hanger, shipping carbon seatposts and whether GC riders need aero wheels

• 

  Tech FAQ: More on fast-rolling tires

  • Published Mar. 27, 2012
  • Updated Mar. 27, 2012 at 12:27 PM EDT

  Zinn expands on what you need to know about balancing tire width, pressure and aerodynamics

• 

  Tech FAQ: Again, bigger tires roll faster!

  • Published Mar. 21, 2012
  • Updated Mar. 27, 2012 at 11:41 AM EDT

  Lennard Zinn tackles follow-up questions to his recent column regarding wide tires

• 

  Tech FAQ: Seriously, wider tires roll faster

  • Published Mar. 13, 2012

  Also: Reducing tire pressure in the rain and tire pressure warning systems

• 

  Tech FAQ: Fine-tuning entry and release with Crank Brothers

  • Published Feb. 29, 2012
  • Updated Mar. 1, 2012 at 6:20 PM EDT

  LZ has some suggestions for fine-tuning your Eggbeaters to suit your different shoes

• 

  Tech FAQ: TRP miniature V-brakes on Edge fork

  • Published Feb. 21, 2012
  • Updated Mar. 1, 2012 at 6:21 PM EDT

  Also: more Di2 gear range

• 

  David vs. Goliath?

  • Published Feb. 10, 2012

  Goliath isn’t quite the big, bad ogre he is made out to be, and perhaps David isn’t quite a chaste biblical hero, either

• 

  Tech FAQ on carbon in the cold and under water

  • Published Feb. 8, 2012

  Also: needing more rear offset, 52x34 on a double, amateur tool kits

• 

  Boulder removes barriers for 2014-15 cyclocross nationals

  • Published Feb. 2, 2012

  Boulder hosts USAC directors to bid for 2014 or 2015 cyclocross nationals