John Allen has done some revisions to the articles on tires/tyres and added more information on GPS to the article on cyclecomputer calibration.
Tag: bicycle
Sun Tour components
John has done a major update and expansion of Sheldon’s article on Sun Tour components.
Larz Anderson Bike Fair – 8/20/2011
Remember the Larz Anderson Bike Fair and Bike Swap:
http://sheldonbrown.com/images/bikeswap.pdf
Stuck seatposts
John has added information on yet another way to remove a stuck seatpost — dissolving it using a strong chemical.…
GoPro HD Helmet Hero camera
John’s review of this popular camera is still a work in progress (no pictures yet) but is ready enough to make public.
Flats
John has made a few revisions to Sheldon’s page on flat tires. More to come…
New search function
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!
Page updates
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.
Bike swap in Brookline August 20
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.
Sheldon’s Adventure Cyclist articles
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.
