I noticed today while cleaning my chain, sprockets, etc.... that my spokes are rubbing on this plastic guard when the wheel is rotating in the forward...

Greetings from beautiful Beckley, West Virginia! We're here on a little business trip. I don't have a bike, but i took the Xootr on the plane with me. Lots...

Sunday, I took my 3-speed Metro into the 3rd world LBS (as opposed to the yuppie LBS) for the complete $15 tune-up. I didn't realize how many little things,...

just over a week ago it was hot and sunny... now it's been raining nearly every day since and at least three more days of this crap! I was hoping to get in...

Two ads caught my attention, one of which actually involves a bike: It's a dark night on winding mountain road. A cyclist in full spandex gear is plying the...

In going over some old hydraulics notes for a current class, I stumbled across a problem I worked calculating the drag force and power output required for a...

Recently, I replaced my seat with a wider, gel-filled model. Since installing this new seat, I have noticed that I "feel the burn" above and to the outside of...

OCTA publishes a free bike map. You can only get one at OCTA headquarters as far as I know- which is certainly not easy to find , as they don' publish the...

Mark Hickey wrote: Jeff Starr wrote: Yet you somehow believe Bush is snatching the God .... errr, god- ... errrr, Clinton-given...

When I was a young lad in the 1960s and 1970s, America was considering a policy of detente with the Soviet Union.Then as now, because the Senate is responsible...

Something is wrong with my main website's host right now. I can't ftp in to upload the picture. However, someone I know from the teflchinalife community...

Kryptonites websites been down for a while now. Trying to find out the procedure or phone number for returning an old U lock for replacement. Thanks. Rob

Hello, how do I tell which type of pedal is compatible with which type of shoes, I will probably buy off Ebay ,nothing where I live,but most of the times the...

I've mentioned it on here a few times before. My third bike in China, a second(third?)hand Emelle that I bought for 75 rmb. After buying it I put it in a cab...

Hello! The "best" old bicycle sightings of the week we A) A Schwinn electro-forged "Speedster" (English Tourer handlebars, 3spd internal hub) lashed to the...

Hey all, Im finishing production on my little movie about riding across Canada this summer, and I would love to do phone interviews with others who have done...

Now that the rainy season has started (In Vancouver, British Columbia) I wonder if I should continue to load my bicycle on the front carrier of the transit...

A few weeks back I upgraded my lighting system with a Shimano hub generator, a Busch & Müller halogen headlight, and a Cateye TL-LD1000 taillight, the one with...

Does anyone have any good workouts using a swiss/exercise ball?

....from Nashbar today. I'm hoping it's going to be worth the $. Hard for me to tell, since I haven't ridden it. Honestly, I'm getting a little buyer's...