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Tag Archives: bicycle
Refinishing bicycle frames
New article on refinishing bicycle frames. How much of the work does it make sense to do yourself? With a steel frame, there are several good answers, depending on available time, your workspace, and how much the appearance of the … Continue reading
It’s been five years…
February 4, 2013 marks the 5th anniversary of the passing of Sheldon Brown, founder of sheldonbrown.com and still the author of most material on the site. As a friend of Sheldon’s once said, “After they made him, they threw away … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com
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Bottom-bracket spindle tapers
Photos and text have been added giving examples of different tapers, and combinations of spindle and crank that are compatible, or not. It’s here.
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Tagged bicycle, bottom bracket, compatibility, cotterless, crank, crank arm, dimensions, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, spindle, square taper, taper
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Major update to cotterless crank article
John has expanded and updated the article on cotterless cranks.
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Tagged bicycle, bottom bracket, compatibility, cotterless, crank, crank arm, dimensions, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, spindle, square taper, taper
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Sutherland’s Handbook of Coaster Brake and Internally-Geared Hubs
Sutherland’s handbook of Coaster Brake and Internally-Geared Hubs is now online on this site. Many thanks to Howard Sutherland for permission to post this! The site now covers just about any of these hubs which you might ever have to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bendix, bicycle, Centrix, classic, coaster brake, Hawthorne, J.C. Higgins, Karat, mattatuck, Morrow, Musselman, New Departure, Perry, Resilion, Sachs, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano, Steyr, Sturmey-Archer, SunTour, Torpedo
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Expanded coaster-brake coverage
Coverage of coaster brakes on sheldonbrown.com has been greatly expanded, now including all the most common models, old and new.
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Tagged antique, Bendix, bicycle, Centrix, classic, coaster brake, Hawthorne, J.C. Higgins, Karat, mattatuck, Morrow, Musselman, New Departure, Perry, Resilion, Sachs, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano, SRAM, Steyr, Sturmey-Archer, SunTour, Torpedo
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Now in Chinese — 中国
Phil Feng has translated three articles into Chinese — more to come: Bicycle Brake Choices About Bicycle Brakes with Brazed-on Fittings Tire Sizing Systems
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Tagged bicycle, bowden cable, brake, Chinese, coaster brake, Rollerbrake, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, tires, tyres, 中国
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Maintaining Bike Friday hinges
Friends, here’s a new article giving step-by-step instructions for maintenance of Bike Friday hinges: http://sheldonbrown.com/bike-friday-hinge.html A question remains: how tight to tighten the bolts.They press the frame tabs against the barrel of the hinge. Probably not too, too tight.
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Tagged bicycle, Bike Friday, Crusoe, hinge, Llama, lubrication, maintenance, new World tourist, Pocket rocket, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com
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Video makes a debut
John has put a video on the fenders page. Many more to come!
More about belt drive
John has revised information on belt drive to cover the Gates Carbon Drive.
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Tagged Alfine, belt, bicycle, carbon, chain, drive, Gates, hub, Sheldon, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano
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