I'm partial to the idea that where cycling's concerned just about everything has been tried and, if it didn't work, discarded. Having said that, I'm starting...

Featured in Feb 2005 MBA - pabe 104. Haven't seen it in any of the LBS' yet. Stillborn? -- PeteCresswell

I just swapped my rear Avid mech out for a Shimano Deore XT V brake. Weighed the V plus cable against the Avid plus cable plus rotor, found a diff of 110g -...

Per !Jones: Is there another interpretation? Yes. Red goes to starboard and Green to port. -- PeteCresswell

I've got a Paul's Melvin on a bike that has no more than a few mm of chain length variation. Paul's instructions emphasize that the cage/pulleys should be...

Per another thread, I looked into //www.trailregistry.com which looks promising when combined with TopoFusion ...

3/4" seems to fit - but loosely. Anybody know if it's really 3/4" - in this day of metric-almost-everything? Doesn't take much pressure - but a wrench is...

Per Steve Sr.: So here I am sitting by the computer with my knee wrapped in an ice pack. Go easy. Back off. Your body will become less insult-tolerant...

I'm about *that* far from just sending the fushluggener thing in to Marzocchi and paying whatever they charge... But I'm not quite ready yet... I've tried...

What are the diffs between an MTB and a mountain cross bike? - SUS vs rigid fork - 26" vs 700c wheels - Flat vs Drop bars Anything else?

I like to carry a little ProLink with me to quiet the occasional creakfest that arises in my sus bearings. Been keeping it in a little 3/4-oz bottle used for...

Per Steve Sr.: Since doing this I have noticed that the chain occasionally skips when in the smallest 3 cogs. There doesn't seem to be any consistency...

I just threw a worn out WTB Mutano Raptor on the front wheel of my utility bike - which is an original StumpJumper. It's such a loose fit that the wheel hops...

According to the EasyRacers site, he has died, but they don't say when/how. Does anybody know? -- PeteCresswell

Seems like there's a gap in saddle widths. Brooks, for instance, makes saddles in these widths: --------- 152 160 170 172 174 177

Reading Shimano's spiel, it sounds like the roller brake is an add-on that can be retrofitted to any one of their internal-gear hubs. True? Tangentially, has...

When I lube a chain, I just dribble oil onto the rollers while turning the pedals - figuring that it'll find it's way to the outside plates by...

Trying to track down the recent creakfest that has manifested itself, I pulled the BB. (Shimano ES51) Where the bearing cartridge nests into the plastic cup...

Been riding with my son-in-law on-and-off for about a year now - so I'm pretty sure of his comfortable cruising speed on the FS bike with WTB Mutano...

Shimano OctaLink into a Maverick MonoLink. Went a year or more with no problems, then the drive side just tore out - no recognizable threads left. Maverick...