Lennard Zinn, one of the most widely known names in cycling, crafts bikes specifically tailored to anyone desirous of a more enjoyable riding experience. As senior technical writer for VeloNews and author of several books, he famously translates technical dialect into layman’s terms for the rest of us.
But did you know that he makes tools too?
After ramming his knuckles into cog teeth one too many times during cassette removals with a standard chain whip, Zinn borrowing from more than a quarter century of knowledge about bikes and their parts reached for a common vise grip and saw promise in a future free of shredded knuckles. Pedro’s saw promise too in a sample of Zinn’s “Vise Whip” and hastily recruited Zinn to develop such a tool that would bear the Pedro’s name.
In this video, Zinn demonstrates his Vise Whip and explains the process for developing tools.
Post time: Oct-21-2017