I'm about to upgrade my road bike derailleurs. I have 7 gears on the back and will have three on the front. A bike shop guy was telling me that chains made...

My buddy finally wore out his 8 speed Racing Triple setup. The levers are getting rebuilt, but he needs a new der as well. Will a 9 or 10 speed work as well?...

What is the recommended spindle length and taper for the old school Suntour Superbe Pro crank? Thanks, J.P.

Hi all I got a bit carried away in the Geoffrey Butler January 20% off everything sale. I "saved" over £500 :)I am in the process of building up my lovely new...

I just put new housing and cable on my bike for brakes/derailleurs. After hooking up the rear derailleur, and tensioning the cable, I noticed that the...

Greetings! I have enjoyed a VDO Aero cyclcomputer for several years. Has worked just dandy. The battery has finally run dead. So, the programming is lost. ...

Does anyone know of a site with pictures of hub cones? I would like to be able to compare campy, shimano, joytech, suzue, sansin and maillard rear...

Would appreciate recommendations for computers with wireless speed sensors. Looking for one with a sensor unit a bit smaller than the Cateye Cordless' sensor...

Esteemed gentlepeople of the newsgroup: Pete Biggs' link on the cone-pictures question got me thinking. One year ago, I felt my Bianchi Volpe's front...

Have old shimano 21 speed with 46, 36, 26 tooth crank set. Wish to increase top crank to maybe 52?? teeth. How many teeth and still shift okay?? BD

I have a question I've been meaning to ask for years. When "manganese" is listed as the saddle rail material, what does that mean? Except for Bike saddles,...

Anyone have any impressions of a Lee World e-bay store?

My wife rides a 48cm frame, 700c, w/ a 72 degree head tube angle. She currently has a fork w/ a 43mm rake and I was wondering if installing a fork w/ a 40mm...

wrote: (clip) I immediately noted the difference in a smoother ride. (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I think in a true blindfold test. you would...

OK, here's a longshot: I use a discontinued Campy Athena cartridge BB, the kind with two flangeless cups that allows moderate adjustments to the...

I just had the saddle rails on a Koobi PRS saddle fail. The saddle is just shy of 2 years old. Mileage is probably in the 8,000 range. I divide my mileage...

I want to upgrade my 7 speed system to 9 or 10 speed Shimano. Will my 7 speed crank/chainrings work with a Shimano 9 or 10 speed chain, or are the chainrings...

Giant compact road frames as used currently by T-Mobile & in the past by ONCE have no facility for barrel adjusters on the frame. Here in Australia, they are...

Do the little pair of noodles (the ones without the adjusters) go between the lever body and the cable? Are they necessary? Dia-Compe don't supply any...

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