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Author Archives: John
Cycling in winter
Well, it’s time for this, in much of the Northern-Hemisphere anyway. Before I get onto my bicycle this morning, let me announce an article about winter cycling! Here’s one of my favorite photos of Sheldon… The article covers winter bicycles, … Continue reading
Posted in Updates
Tagged bicycle, clothing, cold, fixed, fixed gear, ice, internal-gear, layering, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, snow, traction, winter
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Sturmey-Archer 8-speed Cable Pull
Information the current series of Sturmey-Archer 8-speed hubs has been added to the cribsheet of internal-gear hub cable pull measurements. Not quite the same as for the earlier series! Thanks to David Choma for the measurements!
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Tagged 8-speed, bicycle, bowden cable, internal-gear, maintenance, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, Sturmey-Archer
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Sturmey-Archer Pages Updated
Major update to the Sturmey-Archer pages: * fixed links which S-A broke by redoing its Web site (that’s everything about current hubs). * updated the list of hubs. * Added new technical information. Our cribsheet of hub model names and … Continue reading
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Tagged 8-speed, bicycle, gearing, gears, internal-gear, maintenance, repair, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, Sturmey-Archer
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A quick quick-release lesson
New article: Osman Isvan demonstrates how to remove and replace quick-release bicycle wheels, with two videos. Here’s one of the videos:
Posted in New pages
Tagged axle, bicycle, quick release, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, skewer, 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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Crib sheet of internal-gear hub cable-pull measurements
NEW – Crib sheet of internal-gear hub shifter cable pull measurements The main thing this shows is that there is very little compatibility, though there is *some* — mostly among three-speeds, though not always among them either. I thank Alex … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, bowden cable, gears, hub, internal, internal-gear, maintenance, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, shimano, SRAM, Sturmey-Archer
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Addition to page on SRAM G8 and G9 hubs
John has added some owner comments to the page on SRAM G8 and G9 internal-gear hubs. Opinions are generally very positive.
Quick releases
I’ve responded to a request from a reader for more information about quick-release skewer lengths by going further, with a major expansion of the article about quick releases. The article now covers wheel installation, secondary retention devices including the much-derided … Continue reading
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Tagged adjustment, axle, bicycle, hub, quick release, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, skewer, wheel
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Sony HDR-AS100V action camera review
We now have a review of the Sony HDR-AS100 action camera, highlighting its image stabilization feature.
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Tagged action camera, anti-shake, AS-100, AS100V, bicycle, camera, hdr-AS100, HDR-AS100V, helmet camera, image stabilization, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, Sony, SteadyShot
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