360 Degree Video

Garmin VIRB 360 camera
Garmin VIRB 360 camera

New article about 360 degree video and the Garmin VIRB 360 camera — an action camera which shoots video in every direction at once. How to use this camera on a bicycle, describing where to mount it, its features and its limitations, with example video and still images. This camera is the first 360-degree camera to produce high-quality results at a price which is acceptable to many ordinary cyclists. It has some unusual features coming from the Garmin heritage as a GPS manufacturer, including the ability to keep the horizon level regardless of the orientation or motion of the camera. It also has some important limitations.

Update on Shimano IG Hubs

Installing the electrical shifting motor unit on a Shimano internal-gear hub.
Installing the electrical shifting motor unit on a Shimano internal-gear hub.
We have updated our page on issues common to Shimano Nexus and Alfine hubs — new hub models, electronic shifting.

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.

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.

Shimano Nexus SG-3D55 3-speed hub.
Shimano Nexus SG-3D55 3-speed hub

Unthreaded bottom-bracket update

Ashtabula bottom bracket
Ashtabula bottom bracket

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.

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 night; about ultra-cheap lights, how to make them pay for themselves adn which kind is preferable; installation and adjustment.

A pair of ultra-cheap bicycle lights
A pair of ultra-cheap bicycle lights

Sheldon’s Journal and an anniversary

A selfie of Sheldon from 1971
A selfie of Sheldon from 1971

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, February 4, 2008, 9 years ago. The first page, from 1998, links back to a “1975 Retrospective,” which links in turn to a “1971 Retrospective.’

He used the photo here in the 1971 retrospective — a selfie — from 1971. Sheldon was way ahead of the crowd with selfies!