Updates – Page 21 – SheldonBrownBlog

Translations…

There are now translations of the Cables and Cranks articles into Slovak, thanks to translator Juraj Peressényi.

Our Teaching Kids to Ride page is availble in Belarusian.

There are three articles in Chinese thanks to Phil Feng, and numerous articles in French, German, Russian; a couple in Spanish and Czech.

Harriet has revised the Translations table of contents page, which was becoming unwieldy in its earlier format.

If you can read English but your native language is another, we welcome translations. Please see our translations page for further information.

On-Road Repairs

John has added a new article about on-road repairs and the on-road toolkit.

Major update to video software article

John has updated his article about video editing software to cover a new product, Pinnacle Studio 16 Ultimate. This version is based on Avid Studio, also covered in the article, and is very different from Pinnacle Studio versions 15 and earlier.

Refinishing bicycle frames

New article on refinishing bicycle frames. How much of the work does it make sense to do yourself? With a steel frame, there are several good answers, depending on available time, your workspace, and how much the appearance of the frame matters to you.

With non-steel frames, options are more limited, but the article describes them too.

It’s been five years…

February 4, 2013 marks the 5th anniversary of the passing of Sheldon Brown, founder of sheldonbrown.com and still the author of most material on the site.

As a friend of Sheldon’s once said, “After they made him, they threw away the mold.” He was unique in his knowledge of bicycles, his ability to put that information clearly into writing, his willingness to share, and his sense of humor.

We mourn his loss, and miss him.

We continue to do our best to expand and update the site, though we regret that we can never match his style!

John Allen and Harriet Fell

Bottom-bracket spindle tapers

Photos and text have been added giving examples of different tapers, and combinations of spindle and crank that are compatible, or not. It’s here.

Major update to cotterless crank article

John has expanded and updated the article on cotterless cranks.

Five Ways to Produce a Picture in Picture in Avid Studio Ultimate

Sheldon’s photography and videography tradition continues! The Windows video editing application Avid Studio Ultimate has five different modules which can produce a picture-in-picture effect. Each offers somewhat different features, and it is important to know them all so as not to be stuck using one which is less convenient for your purposes. This new article offers a table with a detailed feature-by-feature comparison.

Sutherland’s Handbook of Coaster Brake and Internally-Geared Hubs

Sutherland’s handbook of Coaster Brake and Internally-Geared Hubs is now online on this site. Many thanks to Howard Sutherland for permission to post this! The site now covers just about any of these hubs which you might ever have to work on.

Expanded coaster-brake coverage

Coverage of coaster brakes on sheldonbrown.com has been greatly expanded, now including all the most common models, old and new.