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Upgrading old road bikes

John — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:56:18 +0000

I’ve filled out and Harriet has formatted Sheldon’s page about upgrading old road bikes, which Sheldon left as a work in progress.

SBC American Way Bicycles

John — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:11:22 +0000

New! Exclusive! Now thanks to ShelBroCo, you can OWN the urban bicycle of your dreams! Take your stand for the American Way! Read all about this exciting new development!

iPad app references sheldonbrown.com

John — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:47:10 +0000

The recently-released iPad app Cyclepedia is for the most part a very slick, enhanced presentation of 100 bicycles in a historical collection ranging from 1920 to the present. The photography is superb, the bicycles are of many different types, and the app makes full use of the iPad to rotate and zoom the images, even to swipe images of folding bicycles to see how they fold. Cyclepedia was app of the week in the UK iPad store. It references sheldonbrown.com for further technical information.

Sun Tour bicycle components

John — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:46:35 +0000

Several additions to the Sun Tour article, especially about freewheels.

Fixed articles fixed!

John — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:22:28 +0000

Fixed articles fixed! Sheldon kept an older version of his fixed-gear articles online so as not to break Web links from other sites. These articles are now updated to the same content as the newer version.

Addition to wheelbuilding page

John — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:20:21 +0000

New information in the wheelbuilding page about removing the bend from spokes where they exit the hub flange…

Updates to pages about helmet cameras

John — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:17:35 +0000

John has updated pages about the GoPro and Contour helmet cameras to cover new models.

Writeup on Bike Touring News

John — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:12:59 +0000

Nice writeup of sheldonbrown.com!

Bridgestone 1982 Catalog

John — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:42:16 +0000

Thanks to Daniel den Hartog for his PDF of the 1982 Bridgestone Bicycles catalog, now online from the Bridgestone table of contents page along with all the other catalogs from 1985 through 1994 and a wealth of other information.

Isvan on Power Management

John — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:31:59 +0000

Osman Isvan has written a paper, Power Management for Lightweight Vehicles, and has been kind enough to send it for posting on sheldonbrown.com. Isvan gives special attention to how to make the most efficient use of electrical-assist power. His conclusions … Continue reading →