Sun Tour components

Posted on August 18, 2011 by John

John has done a major update and expansion of Sheldon’s article on Sun Tour components.

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Larz Anderson Bike Fair – 8/20/2011

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Harriet

Remember the Larz Anderson Bike Fair and Bike Swap:
http://sheldonbrown.com/images/bikeswap.pdf

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Stuck seatposts

Posted on August 10, 2011 by John

John has added information on yet another way to remove a stuck seatpost — dissolving it using a strong chemical.…

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GoPro HD Helmet Hero camera

Posted on August 10, 2011 by John

John’s review of this popular camera is still a work in progress (no pictures yet) but is ready enough to make public.

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Flats

Posted on July 30, 2011 by John

John has made a few revisions to Sheldon’s page on flat tires. More to come…

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New search function

Posted on July 30, 2011 by John

Google shut down the search function that our site had been doing for years, to prevent spammers from using it. We have replaced it with a different function, which works. This is not yet in place on all pages — patience, please!

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Page updates

Posted on July 14, 2011 by John

John has updated chains.html, with some added thoughts about chain cleaning, and more pictures; also leather.html, with a couple of comments from readers about leather treatments; k7.html and k8.shtml to reflect changes in product availability.

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LIGERTAIL widget

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Harriet

LIGERTAIL has built a widget that turns all visitors into advertisers, allowing them to submit their content for free or pay for placement. The website’s community curates the widget and filters out irrelevant content, leaving the stuff that’s of high quality and relevant for them. We are currently trying out this widget on the site’s main index page. http://sheldonbrown.com/index.html. If it proves to be of interest to readers of the site, we will add similar widgets to various topics index pages, e.g. wheels, tandems, …

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Bike swap in Brookline August 20

Posted on July 3, 2011 by John

There will be a big bike swap and flea market at the Larz Andersen estate in Brookline, Massachusetts on Saturday, August 20, 2011. Details are here. Sheldonbrown.com will be there, again selling off items from Sheldon’s collection.

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Sheldon’s Adventure Cyclist articles

Posted on May 22, 2011 by John

John has created a table of contents page for the articles which Sheldon wrote for the Adventure Cycling Association’s magazine, Adventure Cyclist, from 1997 through 2007. Many of these articles relate to ones on this site, and John is adding links and in some cases revising the related articles on this site. For example, the article on fenders has undergone major revisions.

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