Cycling Forum / General / Technical / February 2010

http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2010/02/grand-cru-crank.html
I don't need them, and certainly don't have a bike appropriate to use
them, but dayam, they're purdy.
nate

I have 2 or 3 sets of LX/XT 8-speed shifters kicking around my parts
box, and recently my stx-rc 8 speeds on my classic Rockhopper beater
bike started to mis-shift.  By mis-shift, I mean the rear shifter
would not engage when up-shifting.

When the weather gets better - soon, I hope - I'm interested in
attempted some night rides by candlelight.
I found these candle lanterns [http://www.candles4less.com/
candleholders/Candle-Lantern] that I could probably rig up to work on

I have the inexpensive (okay, cheap) Performance Technique rollers,
which have been gathering dust for about 15 years.  Now a friend would
like to use them.
The belt is in one piece, and seems to work, but I cannot imagine it

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ncjack/332890413/sizes/o/in/set-72157594437751547/
Cheers,
Carl Fogel

Hello. During the winter when I am wearing booties I hate the way the
booties scuff up my cranks. I have put clear plastic tape over the arms
to help prevent/reduce this. But the tape gets crapped-up quickly. So I
am wondering about adding one or more pedal washers for the winter ...

http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/Image:Im188802Eng-Fig21.jpg
Cheers,
Carl Fogel

Front tire had 6000 miles on it, casing developed a small tear, right at the
rim... it was hell to find, but not unexpected, no big deal.
New front tire, only 1500 miles...  descending a steep hill, blew
unexpectedly--yowzaa, hell to stay upright!!  Looked like a snake bite, in

To get a picture of how hard opening the Gavia in spring, here are a
couple of scenes:
http://www.webcam.valtline.it/gaviag.htm 
Spring plow:

I have a '70s MDI floor pump that I use to keep the tires on the
family cars topped up, and to do our kid bikes with pressures into the
60 psi range. The head has failed after a mere 35 years.
I can get a Planet Bike head shipped for $6 shipped, or a Topeak

I had grinding crank bearings and the local bike shop mech I was
talking to sold me on replacing them with a low cost option; $35 if I
recall correctly.
As it is Spring time (well, the trees think so where I live) I was

I didn't know that bicycling once boasted an organized anti-rear-light
movement in the UK:
"Although some companies offered a lamp for mounting on the rear of a
bicycle, it was not until the Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) was