Taylor Made, Aldila Shafts - History Being Made

Written by Mike Ross


Golf equipment, especially golf clubs, has come a long way since golf was invented. A lot of this advancement has to do withrepparttar materials that golf clubs, shafts, and heads are made from. Takerepparttar 142429 Taylor made, Aldila shafts. These are some ofrepparttar 142430 most advanced shafts onrepparttar 142431 market.

It's important to know what kind of materials you have in your golf clubs, whether you're buying new shafts, customized golf clubs, or a used set like Callaway preowned ladies golf clubs. Your golf equipment, andrepparttar 142432 material that it is made from, goes a long way in determining how you perform onrepparttar 142433 golf course.

Clubs Throughout Time-How Club Shafts Have Progressed Over The Years

Even atrepparttar 142434 start of golf history, when clubs and shafts were made from basic ingredients like wood, golfers always measured how a club and its shaft performed. They measuredrepparttar 142435 shaft's stiffness,repparttar 142436 shaft flex, andrepparttar 142437 shaft's frequency.

Tips On Bike Maintenance

Written by Andrew Caxton


First of all, and before start any bicycle maintenance you have to clean your bike, that doesn't mean a bit of wipe with a cloth, you have to clean it appropriately and there are a few things you will need in order to dorepparttar job. Probably, you will have to buy some tools. However, notice that most of them can be found aroundrepparttar 142428 house. Try to find them underrepparttar 142429 kitchen sink, but don’t let your wife or mother catch you.

What isrepparttar 142430 required equipment: -

  • A bike workstand or handy tree/washing line to hang your bike on.
  • Old rear hub or old axle or stick
  • Degreaser or diesel fuel (careful diesel is not good for your hands).
  • Hot water.
  • Washing up liquid.
  • 2 buckets (1 with soapy and 1 with clean water).
  • Paint brush.
  • Old water bottle.
  • Bottlebrush.
  • Soft scrubbing brush.
  • 2 sponges.
  • Cloths.
  • Oil.
  • And for that extra shinny finish, spray polish.

An important premise when you are cleaning your bike is to keep your eyes well opened. It’s necessary to remember anything that may need fixing later, this is how a mechanic on a professional cycling team does it, but he might have 10 bikes to look after, so it’s a lot easier with only one.

You can start fromrepparttar 142431 bike wheels, and then cutrepparttar 142432 top offrepparttar 142433 old water bottle and put some degreaser in it, you can use a spray degreaser, but you waste most of it. Withrepparttar 142434 paintbrush workrepparttar 142435 degreaser intorepparttar 142436 sprockets being careful not to get too much intorepparttar 142437 bearings. Then with some hot water and washing up liquid scrubrepparttar 142438 sprockets clean, then scrubrepparttar 142439 rims clean of old brake block residue, you can use a little degreaser to help this, but don’t get it on your tires. Scrubrepparttar 142440 tires clean, with soft scrubbing brush, at this point look atrepparttar 142441 tires for any cut inrepparttar 142442 tread that could puncture later and inspectrepparttar 142443 rims for damage or if they are wearing thin. With a soapy sponge washrepparttar 142444 spokes and then rinse them in clean water and put them to one side to dry, not in direct sunlight.

Now takerepparttar 142445 bottlebrush or a sponge and a bucket of soapy water and clean underrepparttar 142446 cycle saddle, underrepparttar 142447 bottom bracket, underrepparttar 142448 brakes and underrepparttar 142449 forks, userepparttar 142450 scrubbing brush to shift any stubborn dirt, then take a soapy sponge and clean off allrepparttar 142451 degreaser and loosened dirt. Then with a clean soapy sponge clean every part ofrepparttar 142452 bike, start withrepparttar 142453 handlebars and saddle and work your way downrepparttar 142454 bike making surerepparttar 142455 whole bike is sparkling clean, then rinse with clean water. Remember keep your eyes open for things like worn brake blocks, gritty bearings, tight or frayed cables or any cracks or damage torepparttar 142456 frame, if all is OK putrepparttar 142457 wheels back in.



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