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Tag Archives: bicycle
More about stuck seatposts
More details on removing a stuck seatpost. Reader Andrew Livingston has refined the information Matt Duff sent us on using caustic soda to dissolve (yes, dissolve!) a stuck aluminum seatpost in a steel frame.
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Tagged aluminum, bicycle, carbon fiber, carbon fibre, caustic soda, corroded, lye, rusted, seatpost, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, steel, stuck
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Shimano Alfine 11-speed page update
Continuing our updates of Shimano internal-gear hub pages, we have now updated our page about Shimano Alfine 11-speed hubs.
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Tagged 11, 11-speed, Alfine, bicycle, bowden cable, Di2, electrical, gearing, gears, hub, internal, internal-gear, maintenance, motor unit, planetary, repair, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, shimano
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Shimano 3-speed hubs
We have updated our page about Shimano 3-speed hubs. Shimano redid its Web site and broke all the links to technical information. We have repaired the damage and added a few more links, tips and tricks as well.
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Tagged bicycle, coaster brake, gearing, hub, internal, internal-gear, maintenance, Nexus, planetary, repair, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano
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Inner tubes
New information has been added in our article about inner tubes on how to check for installation problems which could lead to failure of an inner tube.
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Tagged bicycle, Continental, Dunlop, inner tube, IRC, Kenda, Presta, puncture, Schrader, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, Sunlite, tires, tyres, valve, wheel, Woods
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More updates to the Raleigh Twenty page
More additions to the Raleigh Twenty article: how to attach fenders and the rear rack.
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Tagged bicycle, fender, maintenance, rack, Raleigh, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, Twenty
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Unthreaded bottom-bracket update
Major update to the unthreaded bottom bracket cribsheet: several additional ones covered, broken links repaired. yes, everything from Ashtabula one-piece crank BBs (as shown in the photo) to the Klein Team Super to eccentrics for tandems.
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Tagged Ashtabula, BB386EVO, BB83, BB86, BB90, BB92, BB95, BBRight, bicycle, bottom bracket, eccentric, Fat Chance, FSA, Gary Fisher, Hollowtech, Isis, Klein, OPC, PF30 BB30, Phil wood, Raceface, Ritchey, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shimano, Specialized, Thun
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LED headlight update
Additions to the page about LED headlights — lots of new information, about why lights which are well-designed for nighttime use can be good as daytime running lights, but some that are impressive in daylight don’t do so well at … Continue reading
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Tagged battery, bicycle, generator, GPS, headlights, illumination, lamps, LED, light-emitting diode, lighting, lights, shelbroco, Sheldon, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com
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Sheldon’s Journal and an anniversary
Sheldon started keeping an online journal on November 8, 1998. He posted synopses of his thoughts and activities, comments on books, films, TV shows, and music both live and recorded. He wrote his final note on the day he died, … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, blog, journal, music, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, theater
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Update on direct-pull brakes (“V brakes”)
Sheldonbrown.com makes a point of providing information which is hard to find elsewhere and which will help keep older bicycles working like new — or better. Shimano Parallel-Push V-brakes have a very nice feature in that the brake shoes approach … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, brake, cable, cantilever, direct pull, lever, noodle, parallel push, QR, quick release, removal, replacement, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, V brake
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Raleigh Twenty page expanded
Our page about Raleigh Twenty bicycles has been expanded with two new sections, about the hinge and the rear rack. Find out why the humble and disdained Pletscher rear rack works great on a Twenty, and how to make a … Continue reading
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Tagged 8-speed, bicycle, drop bolt, gearing, gears, hinge, hinge key, hub, internal, internal-gear, Pletscher, rack, Raleigh, Raleigh Twenty, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, Sturmey-Archer, suspension, Twenty
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