How successful is fitting a new valve to a tube likely to be? The tube itself is good -- it is just the valve that has been abused. Andre Jute When the...

Yep, not Google, but Goggles. I was thinking about all the wind that whips around my glasses while riding, the tearing the dry eyes, etc. Besides I was also...

I have a compact double with shimano 105 shifters and ultegra FD. I am out riding today doing sprints with the wind and all of a sudden the FD will not work....

Hello there, I've bought a topeak RoadMorph that everyone was raving about here. Works great indeed on my "fitness" bike presta valves. Now I've bought a...

Romanium? Huh? I was browsing the CTC Gazette account of the 1898 UK National bike show when this sentence caught my eye: "The reduction of weight by the use...

Never mind how I stumbled over this entertaining map site. This example may appeal to Californian...

On 03/12/2010 10:23 PM, Jay Beattie wrote: On Mar 12, 6:11 pm, Frank wrote: On Mar 12, 12:29 pm,...

"http://www.pcworld.com/article/191152/bike_directions_added_to_google_maps.html" I tried it for a route I normally use, and it didn't work properly, not...

Are any Ultegra or Dura Ace 10-speed STI compatible with Shimano 9- speed drive train? Cheers, Rick in Tennessee

Anyone know of the dimensions of these beasties? http://www.parker-international.co.uk/12948/Miche-Primato-Road-Hubs.html Flange diameter, width etc?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7394609/Astro-squirrels-use-coconut-shells-as-helmets.html Cheers, Carl Fogel

When were bike lanes first painted on roads in various cities? I recall nothing about bike lanes in pre-automobile 1890s bike-boom books and...

THE DECLINE OF THE WEST, MIRRORED IN BICYCLES a very short essay by Andre Jute Jean says: "I suppose if I win the lottery I might pop for a custom, but I...

On Mar 12, 10:23*pm, Jay Beattie wrote: I like bike lanes a lot -- at least the simple striped lanes adjacent to the road...

On Mar 12, 6:11*pm, Frank Krygowski wrote: On Mar 12, 12:29*pm, " wrote: I think,...

Let me put down my own recollections of Jobst Brandt. It's been quite a few years since I ran across the story of some 'Bicycle Ttrip 19XX', when I instantly...

I used to do 30 sec. intervals on rollers at 200 rpm with a gear in the upper 80-inch range and 165 mm cranks, about 52 mph. Those were hard work,but 200 rpm...

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I'm looking at a schwinn tessa hard tail mountain bike . The front suspension is sun tour.the derailleur is also suntour. the wheels are smft arriv. its made...

I notice a big hole in my tire and I have had two flats in that area. I used a new tube and checked for burrs the first time i got a flat. How would i repair...