Hi Folks, This is a question for those of you who have sucessfully converted to compact cranksets. Did you have to lower the front derailleur? If so, by how...

The bottom bracket of my Trek Liquid 20 is making a cracking noise. My first guess, and the Barnett Guide's advice is that it's most likely a loose crank....

My fall project for my Lemond MJ is a real set of wheels for it. I want something stiff, strong and above all, bling. I'm 190lbs, as such weight shouldnt be...

I have been looking around for small radios that a couple of bikers can use to keep in contact while biking. Not pro bikers just having fun i guess distance...

I've recently been building up a commuter bike from an old Gary Fisher mountain bike frame (1990 or earlier, I'm guessing). When it came time to put the rear...

I bought a can of alcohol! speaking of faulkner and (begankillingarmadillawithashotgunborrowedfromernest)started wiping the brake system with CHO not isopropyl...

has anyone ever ridden in clermont florida? im trying to find out th gradient of suarloaf mountai -- lupson

yesterday i posted a query about my chain and it's slipping off when under a lot of torque. several suggested replacing the chain. i stopped by the bike shop...

I have an older (80's?) Guerciotti which originally had a Shimano 26 X 24 T bottom bracket and a really strange crankset, I think it was a Dura Ace. The pedal...

Okay, bikers, hook a girl up. I am buying a new bike. I already have a bike shop I plan to support with my purchase, so they will of course fit me to the...

Has anyone seen or used something like the Calderazzo feedback brake system? It has the rear brake on a spring mounting that actuates the front brake while...

(My Google search of the archives failed to provide info more recent than '02, so please forgive if this has been beaten to death lately.) By whom and where...

Reynolds R501 is decent. The following is a link to Bobby Sapovits's website where he has a full listing of Reynolds...

Seems everybody building bikes, frames or components is convinced that we want to watch big, long, slow loading flash animation screens before we see the...

There's a hill nearby whose gradient or whatever I'd like to guess. How should I go about it? I don't have any surveying equipment, and my GPS is long gone. ...

Does anyone know why you are supposed to sway the bicycle from side to side when pedaling standing up? I do it because I've been told to do it, but I don't...

Hi All, I got a new bike a couple of months ago and I'm enjoying it. The pedals I got for it are Look CX6's which allow you to adjust the distance between...

I bought a book by Sally Edwards and Sally Reed on using a heart rate monitor when cycling. They contend that the higher your heart rate, the lower the amount...

For two years now, I've been successfully running a triple crank with 50-40-28 Specialites TA chainrings. I recently purchased a new 38 tooth TA ring for the...

Hi guys, I'm beginning to wonder if I have the correct part on my secondhand avid disc brakes. I bought them off a friend of a friend and was wondering if my...