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Tag Archives: gearing
Major update on Shimano 8-speed IG hubs
New info on efficiency, updates to newer resources on Nexus and Alfine 8-speeds.
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Tagged Alfine, gearing, hub, internal-gear, maintenance, Nexus, sheldonbrown.com, shimano
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Cable installation
John added photos and a quite a lot of additional information to our page about cables, and the page got too long — so we have split it into two pages. The original cables page now includes more background information … Continue reading
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Tagged adapter, bicycle, bowden cable, cable, Campagnolo, gearing, Jtek, Microtech, pulley, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, shimano, SRAM
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Osman Isvan on Hills, Winds — and Data
Osman Isvan takes a deeper look into hills and winds. Do you (or should you) work harder when climbing a hill? How hard do you (or should you) work on a given hill? Does it depend on your gearing? The … Continue reading
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Tagged aerodynamics, bicycle, climb, climbing, gearing, hills, Isvan, Osman, Osman Isvan, propulsion, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, wind
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Gear calculator updated
The Gear Calculator has been updated with new Shimano, SRAM and Campagnolo cassettes, and the new Shimano Steps 5-speed internal-gear hub for E-bikes. French and German versions of the Calculator have been updated too.
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Tagged 29er, 32 inch, 36 inch, 7-speed, 8-speed, 9-speed, bicycle, bicyclette, braquets, calculator, children, cranks, development, Entfaltung, Fahhrad, fatbike, gain, gain ratio, gear inches, gearing, GPS, internal-gear, length, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, v
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Rebuilding freewheels
We have a much expanded description of how to rebuild a freewheel, now a new article and no longer just a paragraph in our main article on freewheels.
Revisions to Sachs/SRAM Internal-gear hub pages
Every once in a while we go back and review our pages to deal with product changes and link rot. We just did that with all our pages about Sachs and SRAM internal-gear hubs. You will find product manuals here … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 x 7, 3x7, 7-speed, 8-speed, 9-speed, bicycle, coaster brake, DualDrive, Elan, g8, G9, gearing, gears, hub, i-motion 3, i-Motion 9, internal, internal-gear, maintenance, Orbit, Pentasport, planetary, repair, Sachs, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, Spectro, Spectro S7, SRAM
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Sachs and SRAM internal-gear hubs update
We have updated all of our pages about Sachs and SRAM internal-gear hubs, fixing broken links and, regretfully, indicating that SRAM is now no longer making internal-gear hubs. But many of you are using these hubs, and we are maintaining … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-speed, 7-speed, 8-speed, 9-speed, bicycle, coaster brake, disc brake, Elan, Fichtel & Sachs, g8, G9, gearing, gears, hub, i-Motion, i-Motion 9, internal, internal-gear, maintenance, Orbit, planetary, Sachs, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, shifter, Spectro, SRAM
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Fixed gear, singlespeed
All of our pages about fixed-gear and singlespeed bicycles have been updated. Information about derailerless drivetrains including workarounds for frames with vertical dropouts has been consolidated in a single article and expanded. Table of contents for these articles.
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Tagged articles, bicycle, fixe, fixed gear, fixie, freewheel, freewheling, gearing, pignon fixe, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, singlespeed, track, track bicycle, wheel
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Tricycles for Grown-ups
New article describes the various kinds of tricycles, their features, advantages and disadvantages. Tricycles are especially useful for carrying heavy loads and for people who for one reason or another cannot balance a bicycle. Tricycles can also be sporty and … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, cargo, delta, gearing, Greenspeed, handcycle, racing, recumbent, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, tadpole, tricycle, Xtracycle
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Sheldon’s bicycle pages
Harriet has neatly reformatted Sheldon’s bicycle page. Read all about ’em. I find the page about his Greenspeed recumbent especially interesting. Who but Sheldon would be extolling the advantages of a low-rider tadpole recumbent tricycle for off-road riding?
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Tagged bicycle, gearing, gears, hub, internal-gear, MTB, off-road, Rohloff, shelbroco, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, sheldonbrown, sheldonbrown.com, tires
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