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    • 1 Introduction

    • 2 Index

    • 3 Administrivia
      • 3.1 Abbreviations
      • 3.2 Gopher and World Wide Web access
      • 3.3 Archives
      • 3.4 Posting Guidelines
      • 3.5 Electronic Mailing lists
      • 3.6 Posting Guidelines for rec.bicycles.marketplace

    • 4 Rides
      • 4.1 Maps
      • 4.2 Touring supplies
      • 4.3 Taking a bike on Amtrak
      • 4.4 Travel with bicycles - Air/Rail/Other
      • 4.5 Warm Showers List
      • 4.6 Touring Europe Guide
      • 4.7 More information on Amtrak and Bicycles
      • 4.8 Getting Weather Information
      • 4.9 Jobst Brandt's Tour of the Alps Collection

    • 5 Racing
      • 5.1 Tour de France Jerseys
      • 5.2 Major Tour Winners 1947-1990
      • 5.3 Rating the Tour de France Climbs
      • 5.4 How to follow the Tour de France
      • 5.5 Tour de France Time Limits
      • 5.6 Tour de France Points Jersey Competition
      • 5.7 Bicycle Racing Movies
      • 5.8 Guide to Spectating at the Tour de France

    • 6 Social
      • 6.1 Bicycling in America
      • 6.2 League of American Bicyclists
      • 6.3 Rules for trail riding
      • 6.4 Commuting - Is it possible for me to commute by bike?
      • 6.5 Commuting - How do I choose a route?
      • 6.6 Commuting - Do I really need to look that goofy?
      • 6.7 Commuting - Do cyclists breathe more pollution than motorists?

    • 7 Marketplace
      • 7.1 Marketplace hints/guidelines
      • 7.2 Bike Trailers
      • 7.3 One Less Car T-Shirts
      • 7.4 Panniers and Racks
      • 7.5 Clothing materials
      • 7.6 Seats
      • 7.7 Women's Saddles
      • 7.8 Women's Bikes
      • 7.9 Bike Rentals
      • 7.10 Bike Lockers
      • 7.11 Bike computer features
      • 7.12 Recumbent Bike Info
      • 7.13 Buying a Bike
      • 7.14 Kid's Bike Clothes
      • 7.15 Repair stands
      • 7.16 Updated Bike Locker listing
      • 7.17 Electric Bikes
      • 7.18 Cycling loaded: bags, panniers, and trailers

    • 8a Tech General
      • 8a.1 Technical Support Numbers
      • 8a.2 Using a Quick Release
      • 8a.3 Workstands
      • 8a.4 Workstands 2
      • 8a.5 Working on a Bicycle Upside-down
      • 8a.6 Where to buy tools
      • 8a.7 Common Torque Values
      • 8a.8 WD-40
      • 8a.9 Sheldon Brown's web pages

    • 8b Tech Tires
      • 8b.1 Patching Tubes
      • 8b.2 Mounting Tires
      • 8b.3 Snakebite flats
      • 8b.4 Blowouts and Sudden Flats
      • 8b.5 Blown Tubes
      • 8b.6 Tube Failure in Clinchers
      • 8b.7 More Flats on Rear Tires
      • 8b.8 Tube and Tire Casing Repair
      • 8b.9 Presta Valve Nuts
      • 8b.10 Rim Tape Summary
      • 8b.11 Talcum Powder for Tubes and Tires
      • 8b.12 ETRTO numbers for tire sizes
      • 8b.13 Tires with smooth tread
      • 8b.14 Rolling resistance of Tires
      • 8b.15 Wiping Tires
      • 8b.17 Clinchers vs. Tubulars
      • 8b.18 Tubular Fables
      • 8b.19 Tubular Tire Repair
      • 8b.20 Gluing Sew-up Tires
      • 8b.21 Another way to glue sewup tires
      • 8b.22 Folding a Tubular Tire
      • 8b.23 Coiling a Wire Bead Clincher
      • 8b.24 Measuring the circumference of a wheel
      • 8b.25 What holds the rim off the ground?
      • 8b.26 Making a tubular tire
      • 8b.27 Things to check after a flat
      • 8b.28 Mounting Tubular Tires
      • 8b.29 Presta vs Schrader valves
      • 8b.30 Valve stem separation flats
      • 8b.31 Rolling Resistance of Tubular Tires

    • 8c Tech Wheels
      • 8c.1 Stress Relieving Spokes
      • 8c.2 Anodized vs. Non-anodized Rims
      • 8c.3 Reusing Spokes
      • 8c.4 Ideal Wheel Sizes
      • 8c.5 Tied and Soldered Wheels
      • 8c.6 Machined rims
      • 8c.7 Wheel Bearing adjustment
      • 8c.8 Wheels for Heavy Riders
      • 8c.9 SA Dynohubs

    • 8d Tech Chains
      • 8d.1 Lubricating Chains
      • 8d.2 Chain cleaning and lubrication; wear and skipping
      • 8d.3 Adjusting Chain Length
      • 8d.4 Hyperglide chains
      • 8d.5 SACHS Power-links
      • 8d.6 Chain cleaning

    • 8e Tech Frames
      • 8e.1 Bike pulls to one side
      • 8e.2 Frame Stiffness
      • 8e.3 Frame repair
      • 8e.4 Frame Fatigue
      • 8e.5 Frames "going soft"
      • 8e.6 Inspecting your bike for potential failures
      • 8e.7 Frame materials
      • 8e.8 Bottom Bracket Drop
      • 8e.9 Bent Frames
      • 8e.10 Aligning a Fork
      • 8e.11 Stuck Handlebar Stem
      • 8e.12 Threadless headset

    • 8f Tech Moving Parts
      • 8f.1 SIS Adjustment Procedure
      • 8f.2 SIS Cable Info
      • 8f.3 STI/Ergo Summary
      • 8f.4 Cassette or Freewheel Hubs
      • 8f.5 Cassette or Freewheel Hubs take 2
      • 8f.6 "Sealed" Bearings
      • 8f.7 Ball Bearing Grades
      • 8f.8 Bottom Bracket Bearing adjustment
      • 8f.9 Crank noises
      • 8f.10 Cracking/Breaking Cranks
      • 8f.11 Installing Cranks
      • 8f.12 Biopace chainrings
      • 8f.13 Indexed Steering
      • 8f.14 Roller Head Bearings
      • 8f.15 Brakes from Skid Pads to V-brakes
      • 8f.16 Brake Squeal
      • 8f.17 Electronic Shifting
      • 8f.18 Bearing Seals
      • 8f.18 Sturmey-Archer 3-Speed Hubs
      • 8f.20 Loosening Splined Shimano Cranks
      • 8f.21 Brakes from Skid Pads to V-brakes

    • 8g Tech Accessories
      • 8g.1 Milk Jug Mud Flaps
      • 8g.2 Storing NiCad Batteries

    • 8h Tech Ergonomics
      • 8h.1 Seat adjustments
      • 8h.2 Cleat adjustments
      • 8h.3 Adjusting SPD Cleats
      • 8h.4 SPD cleat compatability
      • 8h.5 Shimmy or Speed Wobble
      • 8h.6 Soft Bicycle Saddles
      • 8h.7 Black vs White Helmet - Thermal Test
      • 8h.8 Ankling, a pedaling style

    • 8i Tech Misc
      • 8i.1 Weight = Speed?
      • 8i.2 Traffic detector loops
      • 8i.3 The Continuously Variable Transmission
      • 8i.4 Alenax Bicycle
      • 8i.5 Stuck Pedal Removal
      • 8i.6 Removing Pedals
      • 8i.7 Bikecurrent FAQ
      • 8i.8 Fretting damage in Bicycle Mechanics
      • 8i.9 Left hand threads
      • 8i.10 Polaroid Glasses

    • 9 Misc
      • 9.1 Books and Magazines
      • 9.2 Mail Order Addresses
      • 9.3 Road Gradient Units
      • 9.4 Helmet FAQ now on-line
      • 9.5 Terminology
      • 9.6 Avoiding Dogs
      • 9.7 Shaving Your Legs
      • 9.8 Contact Lenses and Cycling
      • 9.9 How to deal with your clothes
      • 9.10 Pete's Winter Cycling Tips
      • 9.11 Nancy's Cold/Wet Cycling Tips
      • 9.12 Studded Tires
      • 9.13 Cycling Myths
      • 9.14 Descending I
      • 9.15 Descending II
      • 9.16 Trackstands
      • 9.17 Front Brake Usage
      • 9.18 Slope Wind, the Invisible Enemy
      • 9.19 Reflective Tape
      • 9.20 Nutrition
      • 9.21 Nuclear Free Energy Bar Recipe
      • 9.22 Powerbars Recipe
      • 9.23 Calories burned by cycling
      • 9.24 Road Rash Cures
      • 9.25 Knee problems
      • 9.26 Cycling Psychology
      • 9.27 Mirrors
      • 9.28 ==> Powerbars NO more ---> homemade -- YES!!!
      • 9.29 Lower back pain
      • 9.30 Saddle Sores
      • 9.31 Group Riding Tips
      • 9.32 Riding in echelon
      • 9.33 Mirrors II
      • 9.34 Thorns aka Puncture Vine
      • 9.35 Gyroscopic Forces
      • 9.36 Going over the bars
      • 9.37 Yet another powerbar recipe
      • 9.38 Custom Jerseys
      • 9.39 Iliotibial Band Syndrome and Patelar Tendonitis
      • 9.40 Staying up in a crash
      • 9.41 Applying Merlin Decals
      • 9.42 Flats from beer and cigarettes
      • 9.43 Riding on Ice
      • 9.44 Riding with no hands

    • 10 Off-Road
      • 10.1 Suspension Stems
      • 10.2 MTB FAQ available
      • 10.3 Installing new rear derailleur spring
      • 10.4 A Brief History of the Mountain Bike
      • 10.5 The Mike Vandeman FAQ
      • 10.6 Ode to a Usenet Kook
      Mike Iglesias <iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu>
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