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Author Archives: John
Harriet Fell’s 1975 Paris-Brest-Paris ride
Harriet Fell tells the story of her 1975 Paris-Brest-Paris ride. She was one of the first Americans to complete PBP. The story is online at sheldonbrown.com, and her illustrated talk is on Youtube.
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Tagged bicycle, Charles River Wheelers, Emily O'Brien, Harriet Fell, Jake Kassen, Paris Brest Paris, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, video
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Ditch the Itch!
Heart monitor belt a bother? Ditch the itch and breathe free! ShelBroCo has a better way.
Posted in New pages
Tagged bicycle, electrolyte, electrolytes, heart-rate monitor, HRM, infusion, pulse, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, VO2Max
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Sturmey-Archer indicator spindles
Major revision to our article about Sturmey-Archer indicator spindles — which ones fit which hubs. Also a new article on how to measure for an indicator spindle in case you can’t identify the hub. Many thanks to Bruce Dance for … Continue reading
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Tagged brown, chain, gears, hub, indicator, indicator spindle, internal, internal-gear, maintenance, planetary, pullchain, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, spindle, Sturmey-Archer
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Sheldon Brown, July 14, 1944 – February 4, 2008
While devoted to building his site on technical bicycle information, Sheldon also documented his other interests and activities and his family history. Links to these pages are at https://www.sheldonbrown.com/SheldonMemory2019.html and most have been recently updated to display properly in modern … Continue reading
Build a tandem crankset using solo-bike parts
Article about how to build up a tandem crankset using solo-bike parts. Save money, try different ideas, enjoy…
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Tubeless tires
We have a new page about tubeless tires for bicycles. We aren’t great tubeless-tire fans and we’ll tell you why!
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Tagged bicycle, inner tube, maintenance, sealant, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, STan's, tires, tubeless, tyres
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Drum brakes
New article about drum brakes — how they work, their advantages and disadvantages, installation, maintenance, safety considerations.
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Tagged bicycle, bowden cable, brake, cable, drum, drum brake, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, wheel
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Sachs and SRAM internal-gear hubs update
We have updated all of our pages about Sachs and SRAM internal-gear hubs, fixing broken links and, regretfully, indicating that SRAM is now no longer making internal-gear hubs. But many of you are using these hubs, and we are maintaining … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-speed, 7-speed, 8-speed, 9-speed, bicycle, coaster brake, disc brake, Elan, Fichtel & Sachs, g8, G9, gearing, gears, hub, i-Motion, i-Motion 9, internal, internal-gear, maintenance, Orbit, planetary, Sachs, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, Spectro, SRAM
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Fixed gear, singlespeed
All of our pages about fixed-gear and singlespeed bicycles have been updated. Information about derailerless drivetrains including workarounds for frames with vertical dropouts has been consolidated in a single article and expanded. Table of contents for these articles.
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Tagged articles, bicycle, fixe, fixed gear, fixie, freewheel, freewheling, gearing, pignon fixe, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, singlespeed, track, track bicycle, wheel
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