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Tag Archives: brake
Shimano Rollerbrake page updated
Revisions to the Shimano Rollerbrake page: links to Shimano’s (finally) well-organized compilation of Rollerbrake documentation; information on installing front Rollerbrakes.
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Tagged axle, bicycle, bowden cable, brake, cable, drum brake, hub, maintenance, Nexus, repair, Roilerbrake, shelbroco, Sheldon, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano, wheel
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Stopping and restarting
Much-expanded page on stopping and restarting, with 7 (count ’em) embedded videos showing good and bad techniques: http://sheldonbrown.com/starting.html
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Tagged bicycle, brake, cowboy, cowboy mount, cyclocross, power pedal start, restart, shuffle, shuffle start, start, stop
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Skid patch counts
Correction to formula and additional info including a calculation spreadsheet for the number of skid patches on the rear tire from skip-stop braking on a fixed-gear bicycle.
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Tagged bicycle, brake, fixed gear, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, skid patch, tires, tyres
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Rollerbrakes article expanded
Major additions to the article on Shimano Rollerbrakes — advanced instruction on maintenance, more advice about when these brakes are most suitable.
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Tagged axle, bicycle, bowden cable, brake, cable, drum brake, hub, maintenance, Nexus, repair, Roilerbrake, shelbroco, Sheldon, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano, wheel
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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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Frayed cable
John has added a photo of a frayed cable to the article on cables.
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Tagged bicycle, Bowden, bowden cable, brake, brake cable, cable, failure, fatigue, shifter, shifter cable
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John Allen’s updates to the site 12/2010-3/2011
March 13-22-25 headsets.html – major updates including instructions on adjustment of threaded headsets; added exploded diagrams; resized photos and added a photo of a “brinelled” bearing race. More to come — photos of disassembly/reassembly. March 12 velos.html — added comments … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, axle, bicycle, bowden cable, brake, cable, chain, chains, gears, hub, internal-gear, planetary, repair, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, shimano, Sturmey-Archer, tandem, tandems
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