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Autoshift
Does your bike shift by itself?
Bicycle Links
My personal bicycle hotlist.
Biopace
An unfashionable chainwheel design defended.
Braking and Turning
Which brake? How to turn?
Cables
Tips on cable installation to ensure that your brakes and gears live up to their potential.
Cantilever Adjustment
A practical guide to adjusting cantilever brakes.
Cantilever Boss Fixture
Install your own cantilever brake bosses.
Cantilever Geometry
A technical analysis of how to fine-tune your cantilever brakes for best performance.
Carapace Completed Umber
Humorous postings by my evil twin.
Cassette Hubs
The modern solution for rear hubs.
Chain Maintenance
Make your chain run smoother, last longer and shift better
Chicago Schwinns
The indestructible bikes from Chicago.
Color Coding Your Tools
Increase order and efficiency in your work area by color coding your tools.
Cone Adjustment
Procedures and tools for adjusting wheel bearings.
Cottered Cranks
Older bikes used cotter (wedge) pins to hold the cranks on.
Cyclecomputer Calibration Chart
Calibration numbers for all cyclecomputers.
Cyclecomputer Installation
Tips on installing cyclecomputers.
Cyclecomputer Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting and repair of cyclecomputers.
Cyclist Inferiority
Attitude? Phobia? Complex? Superstition?
by John Forester
Derailer
Why I spell it that way.
Derailer Adjustment
How to adjust your derailers.
Dynohubs
Electrical generators built into the wheel hub.
English/French
Bicycle Dictionary
Le Vélo-Dictionnaire
English 3 Speeds
Useful tips on servicing these classic bikes.
Evil Bicycles
A Satanic conspiracy exposed!
Fixed Gear for the Road
Lots of information for people who know that Coasting Is A Pernicious Habit!
Fixed Gear Testimonials
If you don't believe me when I tell you how much fun fixed-gear riding is, read this.
Forging, Casting & CNC Machining
Jeff del Papa explains the differences, pros & cons.
Frame Sizing
Revisionist theory on bicycle fitting. Read this before you buy a new bike!
France Cycling
Advice and links for cyclists on touring in FranceBy:
Jim Balter
Sheldon Brown
Thomas Cook, 1908
Edward Lipman
Robin Reid
Judee & Art Wickersham
Karen Zukor
French bicycles
Repair, restoration, maintenance and history of French bicycles.
Freewheels
Removal and service.
Gain Ratios
A new system for designating bicycle gear ratios.
Gear Shifting
An introduction to using derailer gears.
Geomagnetic Booster
April 1, 1998
Sheldon Brown's
Bicycle Glossary
An huge compendium of bicycle terms, specifications, information, and opinion.
History of Electric Lighting
by Marty Goodman
Home-made drop bolts
New brakes on old frames.
Inside the Varsity
Marc Muller reveals the technology of the Chicago Schwinns.
Lambert/Viscount Bicycles
by Tim McNamara. Lambert and Viscount bicycles of the 1970's, and the death fork.
Leather Saddles
Oldies but goodies. Why you want one, how to maintain it.
Lock Strategy
Keeping your bike safe, without a ton of hardware.
Tim MacNamara
Bicycle fiction from Minnesota
NEW! Pain and Bicycling
March 12, 1999
POWerwheels!
April 1, 1997
Québec
Je me souviens
Raleigh 3-speeds
For the collector/restorer.
Saddles
A comfortable tush.
Standing
When should you stand up?
Starting and Stopping
Are you doing it right?
Rinard Frame and fork Tests
Damon Rinard has tested the stiffness of many high-quality frames and forks.
Seatpost Size Database
What size seatpost fits what what frame?
If you know, tell me...If you don't know, the answer may be here!
Shimano Cassettes
How to get the gears you want, whether Shimano likes it or not!.
Shimano/Sachs 7 Speed Hubs
Gear ratios and other info on these 7-speed rear hubs.
Tom Shaddox
Tandem fiction.
NEW!Singlespeed Mountain Bikes
One speed is all you need!
Straightening Chainwheels
Bent chainwheels can sometimes be straightened.
Stuck Seatposts
Seatpost frozen into your frame? click here!
The Soul of a Pedicab Chauffeur
Carl Etiner writes from Oslo.
Tandems
A primer for new tandemists.
Tandem Brakes
Tandems are heavy and fast, they need good brakes.
Tandems and Kids
Tandems are the ideal solution for cycling with children.
Tandem Mountain Bikes
Buying a first tandem? Road or mountain style?
Home-Built Tandems
Can't afford a tandem? Handy? Adventurous?
Tandem Synch Chains
Adjustment and maintenance tips.
Teaching Children To Cycle
Strategies for teaching your little ones to ride.
Tire Rotation
Should you do it?
Tire Sizing
Tire size designations demystified.
Tool Tips:
Adjustable Wrenches
Nutdrivers
Cone Wrenches
Cottered Crank Tools
Cottered Crank Tools
Bottom Bracket Cup Tools
Bottom Bracket Adjustment
Taps
Touring in Europe
Charles Hansen's tips for planning a European tour.
Vintage Bicycle Price Guide
by Mike Kone of Bicycle Classics.
Wheelbuilding
Build your own wheels!

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