Win the Last Starling Clutch Stem
April 22, 2025
Win your very own Clutch stem, and it’s the very last one.
This Technical Journal is our manifesto.
It is a series of technical articles, written to explain the how and the why behind what we do.
It’s a complex process to make uncomplex things that perform well. This series aims to explore that process.
Win your very own Clutch stem, and it’s the very last one.
For episode 1 of our new Workshop Chatter series, we’re going deep into the Starling Roost hardtail.
Introducing the first carbon fibre Starling Cycles frame, developed with the National Composites Centre.
Anyone who knows Joe and has talked about bikes with him will know he talks a lot about CushCore.
Joe tackles the fork offset debate and doesn’t reckon that there’s much in it.
Joe wades into the wheel size debate and reckons it doesn’t make too much of a difference bar one key element.
Bike weight vs wheel weight. Which one really makes the difference? Joe weighs in.
Joe considers the pros and cons of brazing and TIG welding steel tubes for his bikes.
Joe runs you through how his philosophy of ‘fast’ has created the Starling bikes you ride.
Joe recommends you move and regrease your seat post regularly to save it getting stuck via galvanic corrosion.
Joe talks why you’ll never see any standards he doesn’t feel are the best for the job on any Starling bikes.
Joe McEwan explains why he won’t be selling any unpainted Starling Cycles frames any time soon.
We often see comments that our seat stays are too thin and likely to snap. Let’s explore why that’s not the case.
