Bicycle generators

Shimano Alfine hub generator
Shimano Alfine hub generator
Generators for bicycle lighting — new article by guest author Frank Krygowski. Advantages and disadvantages compared with batteries; types, history, installation.
Busch & Müller Dymotec tire-sidewall generator
Busch & Müller Dymotec tire-sidewall generator

A brief history of bicycle lighting

Updated and expanded: a brief history of bicycle lighting, from candle lamps to LEDs.

Kerosene bicycle lamp from around 1895
Kerosene bicycle lamp from around 1895

Update to Shimano 7-speed hub gear page

 

Shimano Nexus 7-speed internal-gear hub with Rollerbrake
Shimano Nexus 7-speed internal-gear hub with Rollerbrake

Our Shimano 7-speed hub page is now updated to fix the links which broke when Shimano redid its Web site. We have also added information about new models, and made a few improvements in the text. All of our pages about Shimano internal-gear hubs are now up to date.

Shimano 4-speed IG Hub Page Updated

Shimano Nexus 4-speed page updated — in our continuing quest to keep up to date with Shimano’s ever-changing Web site, we’ve updated the links and related information on Shimano Nexus 4-speed internal-gear hubs

Shimano Nexus 4-speed coaster-brake hub
Shimano Nexus 4-speed coaster-brake hub

Shimano 8-speed IG hub update

Sheldonbrown.com provides a forwarding page whenever we consolidate or move material. Not so Shimano, which broke all our links to its technical information. Sigh. We have just repaired our page on Shimano 8-speed internal-gear hubs.

Shimano Alfine 8-speed hub
Shimano Alfine 8-speed hub

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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.

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

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 replacement for a missing hinge key.

Sheldon Brown's 8-speed Raleigh Twenty bicycle
Sheldon Brown’s 8-speed Raleigh Twenty bicycle
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