Now you can dive into the new SRAM AXS app, which allows you to add each of these components into the app and manage them in bike arrangements. That may sound like an obvious thing to do, but it wasn’t there previously.

Try getting a bus after 8 pm to or from the Eastern districts. You’ll be waiting a long time. Sometimes an hour or more. Better still try get a bus home after a night in town. There aren’t any.

they also might not want to take the bus b/c it’s not reliable… you never know when it’s coming or how many random stops they’re going to make along the route.

One of the metal powder suppliers to the Russian market is Polema JSC (Tula, Russia; www.polema-rus.com), which mastered production of materials for metal 3D printing in 2014. In 2018, the company commissioned and started the unique equipment stock. The project is remarkable because the company not only started production of the traditional materials for additive manufacturing, but also has the possibility for industrial production of spherical powders of refractory metals such as tungsten, molybdenum, chromium and close sizing. The research work at the company is also developing new powdered materials with unique properties that are on the way to the market. Polema sees great potential in the additive manufacturing market and presented powders for 3D printing at the Formnext 2018 trade fair (held November 13-16, 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany).

I think the answer is no, but will the new Blip box be compatible with the old 11-spd eTap (would love the smaller size if I end up keeping my old 11-spd stuff).

But is it the answer to a question anyone is asking, at least in the U.S. Mullen, the Southern California-based company that is federalizing and distributing the K50, is going to find out. After all, many of the buyers looking for a hyper-quick electric sports car are probably holding their breath for the day Tesla actually starts selling the new Roadster.

Much of Intech focused on part tracking, machine monitoring, and machine learning. Connect automated machines to the cloud, and the machines learn how to perform better over time. Automation becomes autonomous. Automated denesting and material handling are prime examples. As machines lift dozens, thousands, and eventually millions of different parts out of a cut sheet, the system can learn how to grasp certain shapes in certain situations.

In fact, this announcement is just as much gearhead as it is smart tech. But obviously, if you’re here you know you’re going to get a significant deep-dive on the smart tech parts especially; but fear not, I also cover the other road-focused elements a bit as well.

Cutline Marker Accuracy: On at 90°. Off at 45° –  kerf outside of notchBlade Visibility: Very Good –  guard lever enters view slightlyBevel Angle Setting: Good –  5° increments; raised plastic markings; good contrast but indistinct pointerGuard Action: Very Good on shave cuts – large outboard lobe helpsTracking against Straightedge: Very GoodGrip and Trigger: Very Good –  nice feel; push-down safety button

Full suspension mountain bikes will be more difficult (but not impossible) to find a decent frame bag. Brands such as Alpkit will make them to order for your shape and size of bike. If it’s something smaller you desire then there are companies that will make something custom for you such as Wee Cog or, from New Zealand, Dirt Bag Utility as seen on our Rachael’s Cotic Rocket. Rach fits a tube, multi tool, tyre levers, mini pump, tubeless repair kit and a snack in her bag situated under the shock and close to the bottom bracket on her Cotic, meaning she just either needs to take a bum bag or water bottle for hydration on short rides.

Then you need to be very careful when you buy a GM product, you may get some Chinese, Korean, Polish or Mexican made product. GM will sell you the vehicle with the most profit to management with no concern for customers, employees or nationality. Nothing GM sells is entirely made in the USA. Toyota has the most American made products right now with the Avalon and the Camry. GM even changed the Buick Emblem from Red, White, and Blue, to Red, White, and Silver in deference to the Chinese. Did you notice?

These modern machines will do what the brochures say they do, and the precision-ground tooling is so precise that you’re not experiencing a single height or tool-center issue. They easily hold the TX and TY axes. So why are you still having problems? We could point to various reasons, but the biggest reason comes down to a single word: tolerance.