Shop Talk

• Written by Karl on October 10, 2011/Park Tool News

  Park Tool is Working with the World's Best Cycling Teams Again in 2012

  In the fall, professional cycling teams put the finishing touches on their roster for the next year. This roster is not confined to the athletes. They must also decide on the support staff, sponsors and suppliers. There is a lot of negotiating going on.

  Each year, we at Park Tool look to work with the best teams in the world. Because of the quality of our product and our experience in the industry, we are usually successful. 2012 is no exception.

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• Written by Calvin on October 4, 2011/Calvin's Corner

  Bringing a Peugeot Mont-Cenis Back to Life

  Reconditioning work on older vehicles such as hot rods, airplanes, tractors and bicycles can be a lot of fun. It is best to keep this in mind when taking on such a project. It should be fun. Just keep reminding yourself of this, no matter how frustrating and expensive it becomes. In almost all cases, the work should be done for the love of the machine and the love of the process. You will not have a chance to sell the vehicle at a huge profit. There is no one out there who's just been waiting on eBay for this very bike you hauled out of the garbage/garage/yard sale. On the other hand, they say there is one born every minute...

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• Written by Calvin on August 20, 2011/Park Tool News

  Ride 2 Recovery

  Park Tool is a supplier to Ride 2 Recovery, a national program that helps injured veterans overcome obstacles they face. Cycling is their core activity, and they partner with the Fitness Challenge Foundation to support Spinning® Recovery labs and outdoor cycling programs at Military and Veteran Administration locations around the USA.

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• Written by Calvin on August 5, 2011/Park Tool News

  UCI World Cup in the Czech Republic

  UCI Mountain Bike World Cup for cross country was recently at Nove Mesto Na Morave in the Czech Republic (southeast of Prague). Our distributor, Pedal Sport, was on site to keep all the two wheelers rolling. Congratulations to Czech rider, Jaroslav Kulhavy, winning the Elite Men XC.

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• Written by Karl on July 7, 2011/Park Tool News

  Cities Visit Minneapolis to Learn Best Practices

  Park Tool was one of the companies who played host to nine senior transportation leaders and policy makers from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Columbus, Ohio, who visited Minneapolis to tour the city’s vast bicycling network last week.

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• Written by Calvin on June 9, 2011/Calvin's Corner

  Disc Brake Squeal: A Case Study

  This Calvin's Corner reviews a singular case of disc brake squeal.

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• Written by Karl on June 4, 2011/Park Tool News

  Congressman Oberstar Tours Park Tool Factory

  Former Congressman James Oberstar paid a visit to Park Tool’s Saint Paul, MN headquarters on Friday.

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• Written by Karl on May 25, 2011/Park Tool News

  Mechanics Speak

  We recently went out west to follow the Tour of California. It was a great chance to talk to many of our friends who fill the ranks of professional team mechanics. Here's what it looked like.

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• Written by Calvin on May 24, 2011/Park Tool News

  TOUR OF CALIFORNIA UPDATE—Stories from Car 1

  Here at the Amgen Tour of California The Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health team will have 2 cars in the race caravan. Only UCI stage races of this caliber will allow this. Each team car will follow the race. Like I mentioned before the 3 mechanics here including myself will rotate between jobs of either riding in the back of team car 1 or 2, or taking care of luggage. For stage 3 it was my turn to ride in team car 1.

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• Written by Calvin on May 24, 2011/Park Tool News

  TOUR OF CALIFORNIA UPDATE—Stories from Car 2

  As I talked about in the last story, there are 2 team cars that drive in the caravan as support. For stage 4 of the Amgen Tour of California I was going to be riding in team car 2. For the most part riding in team car 2, can be a very mellow experience. During stage 4, we were still driving in position number 10, but instead of being only 10 cars behind the field, we are more likely to be behind 40 or so cars.

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