Cycling Forum / General / Technical / February 2010

I want to order some, but can't figure out the nomenclature.
They measure just a hair under 5 mm, but take a 4mm Allen key.
So I guess they're either "m4" or "m5"... but which?

How bad were early roads on the West Coast?
"The first man to ride [stretching a point] a bicycle from Tacoma to
Seattle, as far as known, is L. A. Clarke, a Tacoma book-keeper [and
president of the Tacoma Cycling Club], who left the Tacoma post office

Here is a link to bicycle makers from before bicycling became big
business with $ponsored riders.  In the old days, these were poor
laborers who recognized their big lungs and a good heart from their
commute to work.  They were loved by the common folk, the "tifosi":

The original setup was with Centaur triple crank (setup) -  I am
switching over to a compact crank setup.  The original frame had braze
on and work fine.  But now my setup with compact crank and double
(dura ace FD) frt derailleur does not work.  Issue:  the derailleur

Full-suspension small-rear-wheel quadruple-diamond time-trial:
http://andrewritchie.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/strange-bicycle-1.jpg
The bell by his left hand was required in the UK.
Cheers,

Somewhere I thought I read about a website where you could lend/borrow
bicycles for people on vacation.  Anyone heard of that?  I have a
friend from England coming to the Phoenix area in March and I'm
looking for a road bike he can borrow for a short triathlon. My 60cm

I love my Planet Bike Cascadia Fenders, the extra long mud flap keeps
my shoes nice and clean (along with my chain).  But I'm worried I'll
go over the bars while off-roading due to errant sticks/cans/etc.  The
SKS fenders have a safety clip that allows the fender to break away in

Are electric or gas powed bike allowed off road in national parks and
forests?

I've got a used S60 rear wheel (just got it)...there's something weird
with the freehub and possibly the dishing. The
whole wheel (both rim and freehub body) seem to be shifted over
several mm to the left (non-drive side). I downloaded the service

The 1894 "Points for Cyclists with Training" by World Champion
Zimmermann and Frank Bowden (Raleigh bicycles):
http://www.archive.org/details/pointsforcyclist00zimm
Portraits of dozens of famous racers:

I am not an engineer but I gather lighter bikes help climbing but what
about on the flats. In other words I ride around the flatlands here no
real hills a few ups over the bridges, does weight become almost non
issue within reason.

As y'all know, in addition to steady dynamo lights (BUMM Cyo and
D'Toplight) on day and night, I also run white forward and red rear
flashing lights on day and night as attention attractors, as bike
identifiers.

rückkaufswert berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung,
berufsunfähigkeitsversicherungen vergleiche, test
berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung, reine berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung,
günstige pflegeversicherung, bu versicherungen im vergleich,

This subject arises now and then when someone buys an expensive
bicycle believing that it is the best technology can offer.  This is
often incorrect in the age of marketing in which inordinate sums are
spent to create a suitable image for a product.  Toyota cars come to