On Sep 16, 4:29*am, "Edward Dolan" wrote: Beethoven was the greatest genius ever in the entire history of the human race on this planet....

RBTers interested in the history of the TdF might like to read about Dan Wood's medal celebrating Francois Faber, the first non-French rider to win the Tour de...

I bought a crankset described as a Stronglight Double and got lucky, receiving a relabelled Sugino Cospea crankset, by weight and the "Cold Forged" stamp on...

Taking apart a new crankset to fit a different chainring, I found that one nut unscrewed a little way and then stuck. No amount of effort would move it. I've...

Today I stopped at the petrol station to pump up my tyres. There was, unusually, a queue before the pump. A woman was being very slow with all five wheels....

According to the makers of a new folding bicycle helmet on sale in Central London: "The main reason why urban cyclists take the risk of not wearing a helmet...

Nicky Hayden in serious condition following bicycle...

Chain lubes are such a racket. -- Jay Beattie. You don't need to be a victim of the chain lube racketeers. Chain lubes -- and chain-lubing -- are...

That Steven Scharf is the biggest troll on RBT is proven by the fact that railroad-minds like Frank Krygowski think that Scharfie is merely stupid. Time and...

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson is an admirable politician: well read, cultured, even a quirky sense of humour. He gets around his city on a Pedersen bike,...

Without picking in particular on the Portland study Jay referenced, since the same thing is clearly wrong with several other studies, and without necessarily...

Which technology or component type that is no longer made would you want to try if it could be brought back?

I bought pair of Phillips of England pedals, made before the Raleigh takeover, new in box and intend to use them because they're wider than my present pedals...

Jobst Brandt says in another thread: "As I have often said, the bicycle industry cannot afford to hire competent engineers." I've always said that the...

We all know that some "universal truths" in bicycling are nothing of the sort. But which one, current or past, did the most harm? Andre Jute Answers on a...

Here's a simple exercise in logic for Colesy and everyone else except Michael Press, whom we'll hold in reserve to explain how many different kinds of math,...

Why do the Anti-Helmet Zealots (hereinafter AHZ or Krygo) insist so absolutely on speaking only about cycling *fatalities* in discussing the efficacy of...

Here is a really thorough and statistically ultra-respectable report about cycling casualties and serious injuries in New York. Download it from: ...

On Aug 15, 2:18*am, "Duane Hebert" wrote: *I will try to just ignore him . If that doesn't work, I can always plonk him. *It's just a...

On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 5:39:44 PM UTC, wrote: On Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 3:14:09 PM UTC-8, Andre Jute wrote: On...