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Videos and articles about Paris-Brest-Paris
Harriet Fell, owner of this site, was one of the first Americans to finish the iconic 1200km Paris-Brest-Paris ride, and was one ammong several people to give talks about PBP at an event run by the Charles River Wheelers bicycle club in February, 2019.
Here is a video of her talk. You may click on the link to YouTube in the video to view it in HD resolution and with closed captions. (We are still looking for someone to clean up the Google translation into French…interested?)
Several other people also spoke at the February event. We have a new page linking to all the videos and to our articles about PBP.
Harriet Fell’s 1975 Paris-Brest-Paris ride
Harriet Fell tells the story of her 1975 Paris-Brest-Paris ride. She was one of the first Americans to complete PBP. The story is online at sheldonbrown.com, and her illustrated talk is on Youtube.
Ditch the Itch!
Heart monitor belt a bother? Ditch the itch and breathe free! ShelBroCo has a better way.
Sturmey-Archer indicator spindles
Major revision to our article about Sturmey-Archer indicator spindles — which ones fit which hubs. Also a new article on how to measure for an indicator spindle in case you can’t identify the hub. Many thanks to Bruce Dance for suggestions, corrections and new material!
Tubeless tires
We have a new page about tubeless tires for bicycles. We aren’t great tubeless-tire fans and we’ll tell you why!
Cyclecomputer and GPS database updated
Sheldonbrown.com has compiled links to more cyclecomputer and bicycle GPS manuals, old and new, than you will find anywhere else on the Internet. We have once again added information on new models and re-linked when a brand has discontinued support, left the cyclecomputer business (Blackburn, Cannondale, Pro, Topeak…), or gone out of business entirely (Avocet, Vetta…). And … if you have a manual which is not in our database, please feel free to scan it for us , or send it to us!
Drum brakes
New article about drum brakes — how they work, their advantages and disadvantages, installation, maintenance, safety considerations.
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 information on them. Main page with links to others.
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.
