Still working on the $12,000 beater bike, I finally achieved smooth front shifting after four derailleurs and four bottom bracket configurations on top of the new chain rings and several shift cables. I started to think the bike was possessed. The funniest part is the derailleur. What works? Not the...

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 1988 Rockhopper. He's finally getting rid of...