Truewheelers

Truing is the final step of building a bicycle wheel -- adjusting the spokes until the rim is centered between the brake shoes and does not wobble as it turns.

The Truewheelers Web site serves a similar purpose in centering discussion of issues relating to bicycling in general.

This site is currently under construction. A few items are ready:

Research studies

>The 1978 AAA report

Analysis

> MIT's Vassar Streetscape project

>Snow Canyon Trail, St. George, Utah

>Review of the Chicago Bike Lane Design Guide

>Review of the Cambridge, Massachusetts bike lane study

League of American Wheelmen 1897 pamphlet on rights of cyclists

Mechanical tips:

>How to compact a (non-folding) bicycle tire for storage