Tandem Updates

Pages about tandems and tandeming Sheldon Brown and family on home-built tandems[/caption] have been updated. We have more about disc brakes, brake levers, Gates synchronizing belts, and details about upgrading a cheap beach-resort tandem to ride with a child.

Sheldon Brown and family on home-built tandems
Sheldon Brown and family on home-built tandems

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
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