Vintage Bicycle Repair and Riding: American and English Bicycles
Reference Guides:
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A Note on Vintage Bicycle Appraisals
Beginner's Guide: Basic Advice on Riding Old Bicycles
Beginner's Guide: Buying Your First British 3-Speed Bike
Beginner's Guide: Selecting a Vintage Sturmey Archer Hub
Beginner's Guide: Tools to Fix an Old Bike
Beginner's Guide: What I Wish I Knew When I Started Out...
Beginner's Guide: When Was My Three Speed Bike Made?
Bibliography: Useful Sources About Old Utility Bikes
Bike Philosophy: Considering Biking, Health, and Individualism
Brakes: Short Guide to Bicycle Rod Brakes
Brakes: Straightening a Bent Brake Caliper
Brooks Saddle Carriage Repair
Cleaning Ashtabula or One Piece Cranks
Cleaning Bicycle Fender/Mudguard Wells (Wheels On)...
Cleaning and Refurbishing Vintage Bikes: Products I Prefer
Devil's Creed for Bike Collectors - Bike-Related Humor
Devil's Dictionary of Online Old Bike Sales (Bike-Related Humor)
Devil's Guide to Bike Slanders (Bike-Related Humor)
Devil's Guide to Online Old Bike Purchasing (Bike-Related Humor)
A Short Field Guide to Vintage Schwinn 3-Speed Bicycles
Frames: Frame Sizing Common Three Speed Bikes
Freeing a Stuck Bicycle Seatpost in a Vintage, Steel Bicycle
Guide to Early Schwinn Brake Calipers
Guide to Roadster Bicycle Types
Guide to the Schwinn New World
Guide to Torrington Pedals (#8 and #10 Models)
Headsets: Birmingham / BSA Type
Headsets: Shimming a Loose Race or Cup
Headsets - British Bikes - Quick Reference Guide
Historical, Social, and Cultural Review and Opinions - Old Bikes
History: Early Modern Utility Bikes in the U.S.A.
History: Heyday of the Three Speed Bike in the U.S.A.
History: Schwinn's Notebook on Kickstands
History: Schwinn's Notebook on Post-War Hubs
History: Schwinn's Notebook on Post-War Rims
History: Utility Cycling in China (1979)
Hub Cones: Resurfacing Vintage Bicycle Hub Cones
Hub Cones - Surface and Smooth Schwinn Cones
Hybrid Hand and Foot Brake Systems
Matching Vintage Bicycle Paint For Restorations
MKS 3000S/3000R Pedal Overhaul
New Departure Model D Coaster Brake Overview
Oiling Vintage Sturmey Archer Hubs (AW, FW, etc).
Oil vs Grease in Sturmey Archer Hubs
Paint: Matching Vintage White
Paint: Raleigh Bronze Green Touch-Up
Paint: Schwinn Opalescent Green
Paint: Schwinn Superior Green ('40s-'50s)
Pedals: Alternative German Pedals - Infesto and Similar Brands
Polishing Chrome Bicycle Rims
Raleigh Brake Fiber Washers
Raleigh Sports Bottom Bracket Servicing
Removing Rust From Bicycle Fenders: Hybrid Method
Repairing Dented Bicycle Fenders
Riding Balloon Tire Bicycles
Riding Vintage Bicycles in the Winter
Rust Removal Methods Compared
Schwinn Brake Calipers: A Short Field Guide
Schwinn Continental Serial Number List (1946-59)
Schwinn New World Serial Number List (1938-51)
Schwinn Superior (Post-WWII) Serial Number List (1949-52)
Schwinn Three Speeds - Adapting a Rear Fender to Fit
Schwinn Three Speeds: Caring for your Schwinn 3 Speed Bike
Service Records: Bike Service Charts
Shaping Bicycle Fender Tips
Short Guide to Bicycle Cotter Pins
Short Guide to Brazing: Lugs and Fillets
Simulating Cad Plating
Sturmey Archer Hub Gear Ratio Notes
Sturmey Archer Hubs: Removing the Left Hand Ball Cup on Older Hubs
Sturmey Archer Shifters: Cleaning, the Easy Way
Sturmey Archer Shifters: Springs for Sturmey Quadrants
Sturmey Archer Threaded Drivers - Removing Cogs
Tires: 26 x 1 3/8 British (ISO 590mm)
Tires: 26 x 1 3/8 Schwinn "S5" "S6" (ISO 597MM)
Tires: 26 x 1.375 American "Lightweight" (ISO 599mm)
Truing a Vintage Bicycle Wheel
Wheelbuilding Notebook: Raleigh Three Speed Bikes and Similar
Wheelbuilding Notebook: Schwinn 3-Speed bikes
Wheelbuilding Notebook: Sun CR-18 Conversion for a Schwinn Three Speed
About Me: My History with Vintage Bikes
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Cleaning and Refurbishing Old Bikes - Products I Prefer as of 2024 - 2025
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I've been refurbishing and riding vintage bikes since the mid-1990s. In all that time, I have never been sponsored or paid for my wor...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
1970 Raleigh DL-1 - Late Season Rides
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We've certainly had some strange weather this fall. It has been very dry, to the point we now have wildfires in some locations. It ha...
Thursday, November 7, 2024
An Unexpected Extension of the Riding Season
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This week's pleasant surprise has been the weather: unseasonably warm and dry. Normally my ride season basically ends when the clocks c...
Monday, November 4, 2024
Sturmey Archer Three Speed Shifters - Another Variation of the "Upside Down" Shifter
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The evolution of Sturmey Archer post-war shifters is well-documented. If you have not already, take a look at Martin Hanczyc's well-writ...
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Winding Down the Riding Season
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We're into the last week or so of the core riding season. Typically for me, the season "ends" when the clocks change during t...
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