Last March, my rear wheel went out of true. Being a mostly clueless rider, I took said wheel to my LBS, and they told me that the blue anodized Mavic rim...

I understand that Mavic calls for mineral oil in their Ksyrium freehubs. The question is, just exactly what is mineral oil? Are regular sewing machine oil...

A couple of months ago when it was coldest my central heating stopped igniting. My impression from the sounds it was making was that the thermocouple was bad...

There are some pretty cool and lightweight collapsible bicycles on the market, like this one at 18 lbs.: http://www.dahon.com/heliossl.htm And of course there...

My friend just gave me an old (@1974) Ideale leather saddle. According to my friend, it was kept in storage for the last 20+ years, which he said meant...

Analysis of Bicycle Headlight Glare Joe Riel, Aug 2013 Abstract -------- Computes the maximum illuminance generated by a bicycle headlight in the eyes of...

Today I see the drive-side crank here is loose on the spindle. The non-drive side moves a much smaller bit, that appears to be the bearing play (it could...

is there any way to measure tire pressure without using the valve stem? say, just hold the gauge to the tire itself somehow? if you were to build something...

After trying out my new walker, my spouse said something like "Hey, these fins they put on the handlebars help a lot! They should put them on bicycles." I'm...

I bought a set of brand new Ritchey Zero Comp road wheels, and the rear developed cracks around the spoke holes within a few months. I did maybe about 50% of...

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I'm building a bike for XC races and I'd like it to be reasonably light. I thought of using butted spokes (my frand told me taht u can save as much as 100grams...

I'm in the process of mounting my first set of tubulars. For the most part everything I've read indicates that I should be able to do a wheelset with a single...

jobst was referring to the whole 'right foot forward' position as goofy- footed a few weeks ago (in reference to octalink failure). the left crank on my...

Assuming no acceleration, flat road, no wind, does it require more effort to sustain higher speed ? If yes, what would be the incremental force needed...

Hi All, I am building up a fun bike and I plan to use cottered cranks. I have an English "Utility" brand crankset, and new unknown cotters. The BB is one of...

Just had a Kenda thorn-resistant tube fail. It lost pressure suddenly and overnight without being ridden the day before. It started to split along a factory...

See http://www2.trekbikes.com/Bikes/2007/mountain/69er.html. Is the bigger front wheel to better roll over obstacles, or is it just a demented fashion...

rear hub 3 crank/BB 2 pedals 2 front wheel 2 fork + 2 ------ 11 rear hub: 3 big, 1 small

Friend of a friend bought a ~$2000 Specialized bike at a bike shop. He walks out to his car (the Audi in the pictures) turns around to see a car jump the curb...