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Category Archives: New pages
Shimano Alfine 11-speed hub
New article about the Shimano Alfine 11-speed hub. Thanks to Bruce Dance for most of the text, also Aaron Goss!
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Tagged 11-speed, Alfine, bicycle, disk brake, gearing, gears, hub, internal, internal-gear, maintenance, Nexus, planetary, Sheldon, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano
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Customizing a fatbike
Bruce Ingle customizes a fatbike — Fatbikes are intended for use on soft, muddy, sandy, snowy surfaces but they need customization to make them truly practical for such use — in particular, fenders, wide-range gearing including ultra-low gears, and a … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, bottom bracket, fabbike, fenders, gearing, gears, hub, maintenance, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano, tires, winter
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Leather saddle repair
A rail on your Brooks leather saddle broke? Our new page lists repair sites around the world. Your repaired saddle will be better than new, because it is broken in. Photo: Simon Firth, of Transport cycles, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, authorized … Continue reading
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Tagged 17, b66, b72, beeswax, berthoud, bicycle, broken, Brooks, copper, foot, gilles, Idéale, leather, Lepper, Lexol, neat, oil, Pro, professional b17, Proofide, rail, repair, Rivet, saddle, saddle soap, saddles, seat, selle anatomica, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, Swallow, Swift, team, tension, Velo Orange
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Choosing a bicycle headlight
Just in time for standard-time winter commutes — an article about choosing a headlight for your bicycle!
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Tagged battery, bicycle, candlepower, Dosun, Edelux, generator, headlamp, headlight, LED, lumen, lumens, Schmidt, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano, Shutter Precision, Son
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Check spoke tension by ear when building a wheel
Check the level of spoke tension by ear — unless you are tone deaf, a musical pitch reference (pitch pipe, tuning fork, smartphone app etc.) is all you need to tell whether you have brought spokes up to the appropriate … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, cross, e-bike, electric bike, hub, rim, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, spoke, spoking, tensiometer, tension, wheel, wheelbuilding
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Measuring tricks
We have a new article on how to perform the precise measurements needed to determine whether bicycle parts fit each other, without expensive and fragile tools. There are a number of clever tricks — for example, you can test the … Continue reading
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Tagged axle, bicycle, chain, inch, measure, millimeter, mm, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, threading, TPI
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Ajuste de conos
Thanks to Pablo Zumárraga, the article on “Cone Adjustment” (http://sheldonbrown.com/cone-adjustment.html) is now available in Spanish: “Ajuste de Conos” (http://sheldonbrown.com/spanish/cone-adjustment-Spanish.html). Gracias á Pablo Zumárraga, el artículo “Cone Adjustment” (http://sheldonbrown.com/cone-adjustment.html) ahora está disponible en español: “Ajuste de Conos” (http://sheldonbrown.com/spanish/cone-adjustment-Spanish.html).
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Tagged adjustment, axle, bicicleta, bicycle, bjue, cazoleta, cierre rápido, cone, cono, contratuerca, cup, dustcap, eje, espaciador, guardapolvo, hub, locknut, quick release, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com
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A quick quick-release lesson
New article: Osman Isvan demonstrates how to remove and replace quick-release bicycle wheels, with two videos. Here’s one of the videos:
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Tagged axle, bicycle, quick release, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, skewer, wheel
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The Award Dinner at Interbike
The food was good but the sound system was overdone: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/lasvegas/award-dinner.html