- Autoshift
- Does your bike shift by itself?
- ASC Hubs
- Three-speed fixed gear! No longer available.
- Bicycle Links
- My personal bicycle hotlist.
- Biopace
- An unfashionable chainwheel design defended.
- Braking and Turning
- Which brake? How to turn?
- Cables
- Tips on cable installation to ensure that your brakes and gears live up to their potential.
- Cantilever Adjustment
- A practical guide to adjusting cantilever brakes.
- Cantilever Boss Fixture
- Install your own cantilever brake bosses.
- Cantilever Geometry
- A technical analysis of how to fine-tune your cantilever brakes for best performance.
- Carapace Completed Umber
- Humorous postings by my evil twin.
- Cassette Hubs
- The modern solution for rear hubs.
- Chain Maintenance
- Make your chain run smoother, last longer and shift better
- Chicago Schwinns
- The indestructible bikes from Chicago.
- Color Coding Your Tools
- Increase order and efficiency in your work area by color coding your tools.
- Computer/Net Links
- A page of links about computers, the Internet and the Web.
- Cone Adjustment
- Procedures and tools for adjusting wheel bearings.
- Cottered Cranks
- Older bikes used cotter (wedge) pins to hold the cranks on.
- Cyclecomputer Calibration Chart
- Calibration numbers for all cyclecomputers.
- Cyclecomputer Installation
- Tips on installing cyclecomputers.
- Cyclecomputer Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting and repair of cyclecomputers.
- Cyclist Inferiority
- Attitude? Phobia? Complex? Superstition?
by John Forester
- Derailer
- Why I spell it that way.
- Derailer Adjustment
- How to adjust your derailers.
- Dura-Ace Interchangeability
- Older Shimano Dura-Ace parts aren't all compatible with newer equipment.
- Dynohubs
- Electrical generators built into the wheel hub.
- English/French
Bicycle Dictionary - Le Vélo-Dictionnaire
- English 3 Speeds
- Useful tips on servicing these classic bikes.
- Evil Bicycles
- A Satanic conspiracy exposed!
- Europe 75
- Stories and photos of my first trip to Europe, 1975
- Europe 89
- I lived in France for a year, 1988-89
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- Fixed Gear for the Road
- Lots of information for people who know that Coasting Is A Pernicious Habit!
- Fixed Gear Conversions
- The nuts and bolts of converting to fixed gear
- Fixed Gear Testimonials
- If you don't believe me when I tell you how much fun fixed-gear riding is, read this.
- Forging, Casting & CNC Machining
- Jeff del Papa explains the differences, pros & cons.
- Frame Materials
- Cutting through the myths and folklore.
- Frame Sizing
- Revisionist theory on bicycle fitting. Read this before you buy a new bike!
- Frame Spacing
- Want to put modern gears on an older frame? Spread it!
- France Cycling
- Advice and links for cyclists on touring in FranceBy:
Jim Balter
Sheldon Brown
Thomas Cook, 1908
Edward Lipman
Robin Reid
Judee & Art Wickersham
Karen Zukor
- French bicycles
- Repair, restoration, maintenance and history of French bicycles.
- Freewheels
- Removal and service.
- Gain Ratios
- A new system for designating bicycle gear ratios.
- Gear Shifting
- An introduction to using derailer gears.
- Gear Calculator
- An online calculator for Gain Ratios, gear inches, metric development.
- Geomagnetic Booster
- April 1, 1998
- Sheldon Brown's
Bicycle Glossary
- An huge compendium of bicycle terms, specifications, information, and opinion.
- Hands Up! Raising your Handlebars
- How to get your handlebars higher (or lower) for more comfort.
- History of Electric Lighting
- by Marty Goodman
- Home-made drop bolts
- New brakes on old frames.
- Inside the Varsity
- Marc Muller reveals the technology of the Chicago Schwinns.
- Japanese Bicycles
- The 1980s were the Golden Age of Japanese bikes in the U.S..
- Lambert/Viscount Bicycles
- by Tim McNamara. Lambert and Viscount bicycles of the 1970's, and the death fork.
- Leather Saddles
- Oldies but goodies. Why you want one, how to maintain it.
- Lock Strategy
- Keeping your bike safe, without a ton of hardware.
- Tim MacNamara
- Bicycle fiction from Minnesota
- The Myth of K.O.P.S.
- Keith Bontrager debunks an old fitting theory.
- One-Piece Cranks
- The technology of older American-made bikes.
- Pain and Bicycling
- March 12, 1999
- POWerwheels!
- April 1, 1997
- Québec
- Je me souviens
- Raleigh 3-speeds
- For the collector/restorer.
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- Damon Rinard's Tech Pages
- Damon Rinard's technical pages are now hosted by Harris Cyclery.
- Why Reflectors Don't Work
- Common sense from John Schubert about Lights and Reflectors.
- Saddles
- A comfortable tush.
- Schwinn Fillet-Brazed Lightweights
- Mark Rother on these little known jewels from the Chicago days.
- Seatpost Size Database
- What size seatpost fits what what frame?
If you know, tell me...If you don't know, the answer may be here!
- Seven-Speed Hubs
- Gear ratios and other info on 7-speed rear hubs from Shimano, SRAM/Sachs and Sturmey-Archer.
- Shimano Cassettes
- How to get the gears you want, whether Shimano likes it or not!.
- Shimano Dura-Ace Issues
- Older Shimano Dura-Ace parts aren't all compatible with newer equipment.
- New! Shimano Mega 7 Freewheels
- Shimano re-invents the thread-on freewheel.
- Shimano Nexus Hubs-Tech
- How to remove/re-install the wheel, adjustment.
- Tom Shaddox
- Tandem fiction.
- Singlespeed Mountain Bikes
- One speed is all you need!
- Spam
- Learning to deal with spam by using email filters.
- Standing
- When should you stand up?
- Starting and Stopping
- Are you doing it right?
- Sturmey-Archer Hubs
- The greatest name in planetary gear systems.
- Sturmey-Archer 50 Years
- Sturmey-Archer History, 1952
- Straightening Chainwheels
- Bent chainwheels can sometimes be straightened.
- Stuck Seatposts
- Seatpost frozen into your frame? click here!
- SYMMETRISPOKES
- April 1, 1999
- The Soul of a Pedicab Chauffeur
- Carl Etiner writes from Oslo.
- REAL-MAN Bicycle Saddles
- Are you man enough?
- Tandems
- A primer for new tandemists.
- Tandem Brakes
- Tandems are heavy and fast, they need good brakes.
- Tandems and Kids
- Tandems are the ideal solution for cycling with children.
- Tandem Mountain Bikes
- Buying a first tandem? Road or mountain style?
- Home-Built Tandems
- Can't afford a tandem? Handy? Adventurous?
- Tandem Synch Chains
- Adjustment and maintenance tips.
- Teaching Children To Cycle
- Strategies for teaching your little ones to ride.
- Tires
- Everything you need to know about bicycle tires.
- Tire Rotation
- Should you do it?
- Tire Sizing
- Tire size designations demystified.
- Tool Tips:
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Adjustable Wrenches
Nutdrivers
Cone Wrenches
Cottered Crank Tools
Cotterless Crank Tools
Bottom Bracket Cup Tools
Bottom Bracket Adjustment
Taps
- Touring in Europe
- Charles Hansen's tips for planning a European tour.
- Upgrading Older Bicycles
- A work in progress...
- Vintage Bicycle Price Guide
- by Mike Kone of Bicycle Classics.
- Wheelbuilding
- Build your own wheels!
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since December 21, 1995