Pedaling Wayfarer

First of all, this is not a paid review. I bought these wheels with my own money. I've used a lot of different wheels over the years. Recently I bought a Campagnolo Khamsin wheelset with Shimano freehub. Although I've ridden these wheels only around 200 kilometers I have to say that they are very good. Campagnolo wheels are always hand built which is a rare thing in this price range. When a wheel is built by hand they will stay true longer and spokes are in correct tension, equally. My road bicycle with Khamsin wheelset Although these wheels are not the lightest (around 1900 grams) they accelerate well. Khamsins inner width is 17 millimeters which is, again for this price range, very good. They work very well for 25c to 32c tyres. Personally, I like to use 28c tyres. Khamsin wheelset comes rim taped installed (very well installed) and with quick release skewers. Spokes Spokes are round spokes and the rear wheel is laced what Campagnolo calls Mega G3 lacing. I truly believe it m

Yesterday I went for a ride that ended up being 188 kilometers. Somewhat by accident it turned out to be an adventure back in time. Ride took me 8 hours and 30 minutes of moving time. Around 11 hours and 30 minutes total. Old renovated boathouse The first stop was planned and located at an old church that was built in early 16th century. Even though I'm not a religious person by any means, this church was really beautiful in it's own right. Just makes you wonder how much work it must have been to built that and to carry all those stones. All without cars and the help of electricity. 16th century church Key to happiness? Weather stayed good most of the time, there were couple of strong showers during the day. While riding on quiet countryside roads I noticed an abandoned buiding, it used to be a small grocery store. I can imagine how this place was full of life back in the day people doing their thing day by day. Nowadays everyone moving into the big cities, countryside is slowl

Bicycles are very durable little machines. However, like any mechanical thing, they do need some maintenance sometimes. If you ride a lot of kilometers per year, maintaining your bicycle is even more important. Even more so in long distance riding. You wouldn't want something to break when you're 300 kilometers from home. How do I maintain my bicycles? I ride two bicycles, a fixed gear bike for work commuting  (32km per day) and for running errands. Another bicycle I own is for long distance riding, I tend to ride three to four long distance trips every month. For the every day bicycle, maintenance is very minimal and easy. Fixed gear bikes are very durable as they don't have much that can go wrong very easily. I keep the chain lubricated and clean. I keep the bike reasonably clean overall. Periodically I check that the chain is not streched too much and that chainring and sprocket are not worn too much. They are easy and cheap to replace. On my fixed gear bicycle I have a

It might be sometimes hard to get motivated to go for a ride. It's all fine when you start because usually you have a lot of roads to see and routes to ride. After riding these same routes for multiple times they might become boring. Especially if the rides are not very long distance ones. Roads can get boring However, I have some tips on how I keep things meaningful. Fortunately, on long distance riding it's possible to vary the routes in multiple ways to make them more interesting. However it does not matter how long you're going to ride, you'll have to leave from your home and ride all those familiar roads for sometime until you find something new. How do I keep things interesting? Usually I try to find (using a map) some beautiful places to go and see. They can be beautiful views, old caves, churches, bridges or something like "what's the smallest town where I could ride to?". Possibilities are endless really. Of course it's also possible to take a