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Tag Archives: gearing
Cable-pull adapters update
We do minor updates on an ongoing basis and often don’t announce them. Latest is to the cribsheet on cable-pull adapters.
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Tagged adapter, bicycle, bowden cable, cable, Campagnolo, gearing, Jtek, Microtech, pulley, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, shimano, SRAM
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Update to 5-speed hub information
Our Sturmey-Archer 4, 5 and 7-speed hub page has been updated with links to newly-available information on recent 5-speed hubs.
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Tagged 4-speed, 5-speed, 7-speed, bicycle, coaster brake, gearing, gears, hub, internal, internal-gear, maintenance, planetary, repair, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, Sturmey-Archer
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Update to the 10-speed cassette page
Major update of the 10-speed cassette page — covers new models and an additional brand.
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Tagged 10-speed, BBB, bicycle, cassette, gearing, IRD, maintenance, Miche, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano, SRAM, Sturmey-Archer
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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!
Posted in New pages
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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SRAM Automatix 2-speed hub
New article about the SRAM Automatix two-speed hub. We have information on maintenance, choice among variant models, and how to adjust the speed at which it shifts automatically.
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Tagged 2-speed, Automatix, bicycle, coaster brake, gearing, gears, hub, internal, internal-gear, maintenance, planetary, repair, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, SRAM
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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
Posted in New pages
Tagged bicycle, bottom bracket, fabbike, fenders, gearing, gears, hub, maintenance, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano, tires, winter
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Gear Calculator updated and now also in German
The Sheldon Brown gear calculator is updated and improved: more tire sizes are covered including fatbikes, 29ers, 29+ and monster bikes, and we now have a version in German, as well as French.
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Tagged 29er, 32 inch, 36 inch, 7-speed, 8-speed, 9-speed, bicycle, bicyclette, braquets, calculator, children, cranks, development, Entfaltung, Fahhrad, fatbike, gain, gain ratio, gear inches, gearing, GPS, internal-gear, length, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, vélo
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SunTour Perfect, Pro-Compe and New Winner freewheels
New page on SunTour Perfect, Pro-Compe and New Winner freewheels. These are no longer made, but there are a lot of them around and they offer many options including the ability to work with older frames that have smaller overlocknut … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, chain, freewheel, gearing, New Winner, Perfect, Pro Compe, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, spline, sprocket, Sun Tour, SunTour, thread, Winner
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Additions to the Gear Calculator
New crank lengths have been added to the Gear Calculator and Internal Gear Calculator, so they can calculate gain ratios for children’s bicycles with cranks down to 100 mm (less than 4 inches).
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Tagged 29er, 32 inch, 36 inch, 7-speed, 8-speed, 9-speed, bicycle, calculator, children, cranks, development, fatbike, gain, gain ratio, gear inches, gearing, internal-gear, length, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com
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Shimano 4-speed hub gears
Expanded coverage of Shimano Nexus 4-speed hub gears — we now have rebuilding information, translated from manuals in German which are the only ones we could find online — complete instructions for both the freewheeling/Rollerbrake version and the coaster brake … Continue reading
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Tagged 4-speed, coaster brake, gearing, hub, internal, internal-gear, Nexus, planetary, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano
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