Tag Archives: brake

Fixie or track bicycle?

Posted on May 24, 2014 by jsallen

From Bicycling Magazine, June 2014, page 28: “A fixie (or fixed gear) is a singlespeed without brakes and without the mechanism that allows the bike to coast when you’re not pedaling.” That is a description of a track racing bicycle, … Continue reading →

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Why this crash?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by jsallen

The fancy, expensive bicycles and racing clothing are not matched by these cyclists’ bike handling skills. If you play the video through to the end, you will see that the wheel touch broke 4 of the 8 spokes on the … Continue reading →

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Repair of Shimano STI brake/shift levers

Posted on April 26, 2009 by jsallen

The performance of one of my Shimano RSX 7-speed drop-bar brake/shift levers slowly deteriorated, requiring multiple clicks for each downshift. Someone at a bike shop once told me “they never work”. I just lived with the problem until the lever … Continue reading →

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