Thanks to Daniel den Hartog for his PDF of the 1982 Bridgestone Bicycles catalog, now online from the Bridgestone table of contents page along with all the other catalogs from 1985 through 1994 and a wealth of other information.
Tag: bicycle
Isvan on Power Management
Osman Isvan has written a paper, Power Management for Lightweight Vehicles, and has been kind enough to send it for posting on sheldonbrown.com. Isvan gives special attention to how to make the most efficient use of electrical-assist power. His conclusions are probably not what you expect!
Sachs Elan/SRAM E12 Internals
John has posted a new article about the mechanism of the Sachs Elan/SRAM E12 12-speed internal-gear hub; the largest, heaviest, most complicated internal-gear hub ever marketed — flawed execution of a brilliant design concept. The unusual way this hub establishes its ratios carries an important lesson. In connection with that article, John has updated his article about the history of the Elan, his main page about Sachs/SRAM hubs and the internal-gear calculator.
More about Sachs/SRAM hubs
John has prepared a new page about the Sachs Orbit hybrid-gear hub and added information about this hub to internal-gears.html and sachs-internal.html; also links to Karsten Stielow’s very interesting Web pages about Sachs and SRAM hubs.
Bicycle Video How-to
John has posted an article on how to synchronize video shot at the same time with more than one camera, and another on image stabilization. These are meaty technical articles.
Helmets
John has written an article about helmets and helmet issues. It includes a blast from the past, John’s photo of Sheldon in 1978 wearing a pre-Igor the Eagle helmet, and photos documenting changes in helmet design since the 1970s.
Frayed cable
John has added a photo of a frayed cable to the article on cables.
Flats photos
John added photos of a frame pump, mini pump and CO2 inflator to flats.html.
Updates on chains and tandems
chains.html — substantial revisions.
tandem.html, tandem2.html — minor revisions.
Pictures from the 2011 Larz Anderson Bike Fair
Pictures from this year’s Larz Anderson Bike Fair and Bike Swap can be found at
