This is a rider's perspective on the aspects of cycling I have experienced. Cycling can be both recreation and transportation, often at the very same time. That has seemed to be its greatest strength.
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Older STI road brifters have been responding well to forceful and generous sprays of PG2000 spray lube. The road mechanism is typically more closely shrouded than older MTB units. This has discouraged a lot of exploratory surgery. Fortunately, experimental...
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After one 32-millimeter wrench snapped while I was trying to extricate the Octalink Dura Ace bottom bracket corroded into this US Postal Team Replica Trek, I felt the need for some protection. Note color coordination between helmet and bike frame. Always...
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To pick up some extra hours and tidy up the work load, I stayed late to knock out a quick spoke replacement. The customer had come in for air and had trouble with his presta valves. I noticed the broken spoke. He left the bike. When I removed the cassette...
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Mounting inline brake levers as primaries today, I realized they could be mounted to work in either direction. I mounted them like miniature flat-bar levers, but I could easily put them on the forward-pointing portions of the time trial bar on this touring...
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The owner of the Fuji Cross Comp for whom I installed a complete custom drive train came in a couple of days ago just to say how great the bike was now. "I can go up all the hills like a jackrabbit," he said. Or he might have said rocket. Something...
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Sometimes when we advertise for shop help, no one responds. If two or three people respond, we think it's a big deal. So when we advertised this fall and at least half a dozen applicants gathered almost immediately, we knew something was up. And more...
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If James Lipton was going to ask me what my favorite curse word is, he would have to do it early in the program. The next 15 or 20 minutes would be one long bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. I'm doing a conversion to linear pull brakes on a customer's nice...
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Bar-top intermediate brake levers present a challenge when wrapping the bars. Depending on your level of fussiness, you may want to get a little fancy wrapping the bars up to the lever clamp. I like to do it this way. It keeps the bar wrap snug around...
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