Nepest Maui Road Bike Wheels: Unexpectedly Good
Nepest wheels, a brand I had not heard of before. Seemingly quite popular in Japan. Their Maui were wheels were sent in for a full teardown. They have allowed these results to be publicized.
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Favero Assioma Pedal Axle Failures
A concerned viewer recently reached out to the Hambini YouTube channel, reporting a peculiar failure of a Favero pedal axle. While Favero is widely respected for the precision of their power meters, there’s scant discussion about the quality of their mechanical engineering. In the “Unfortunate F*cker of the Week” segment, featured in Hambini’s Sunday reaming,…
Hambini Engineering featured on LawStreet: Shimano Crank Lawsuit
I was named in the class action lawsuit brought by various claimants against Shimano and Trek. Some more on that will be coming soon in a YouTube video, but until then, you can read the full article here. The author of the Law Street report did a cracking job of selecting the perfect annotated slide…
New Groupset: Shimano CUES
Shimano has recently launched the CUES groupset. This amalgamates 9, 10 and 11-speed options for flat bar bikes. There are rumours this will move to drop bar (ie road/gravel bikes) in the near future.
Wahoo Speedplay Pedal Teardown, Axle Modification and Comparison with Shimano, LOOK and Time
Introduction Speedplay is a cycling components company that specializes in designing and manufacturing high-performance pedals for road and off-road cycling. The company was founded in 1991 by Richard Byrne, who was a mechanical engineer and avid cyclist. Speedplay pedals are known for their unique design, which uses a double-sided pedal, with the retention system mounted…
ENGWE Engine Pro EP2 Folding Fat E-Bike (250W/750W)
Introduction This is a review of the ENGWE folding fat bike. It is an aluminium bodied fat bike that is manufactured in China. It is available through the website Banggood. For UK readers, the bike may be available on a participating employer’s cycle to work scheme – it will depend on how it is administered….
Shimano Crankset Failures: An Engineering Analysis
Introduction Shimano have had some issues with their high end cranksets in recent times. It seems as though the Ultegra and Dura Ace cranksets are the primary units affected. There have been many reports of the cranksets fracturing in half. Some of these have been under modest load on turbo trainers whilst others have been…
Hambini BB30A Cannondale CAAD Installation
StylishRiding, a viewer of the Hambini Channel videoed their installation of a Hambini BB30A to Shimano bottom bracket and uploaded it. You can view it below
Canyon Aeroad gets roasted.
Canyon’s new aeroad has been plagued with failures around the seatpost. Now sales have been suspended and they are looking to introduce a new design.
Scott Foil gets roasted on the Hambini barbecue
This Scott Foil had it’s aerodynamic credentials severely burned on the Hambini barbecue. Staggeringly, the frame was the user’s second. The first was found to be out of specification. This frame was also found to be out of specification.
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