Category: Two Wheels Good

  • Bike Chains 8 – Learnings for Make Benefit

    An endless post These are lessons from playing with lubricants and bike chains. I have posted what I have written to date. This post will become an endlessly updated post. Satisficing At one time, the problem of what was good enough could be answered with a slogan such as “close enough for government work” or…

  • Bike Chains 5 – Cleaning

    Endless Post These are lessons. This post will be an endlessly updated post. Introduction Clean the Bike The solid surfaces of the bike frame and fork are protected with paint – like an automobile or motorcycle. The solid surfaces can be hosed off or gently scrubbed. Cleaning the bike exposes the joints and the open…

  • Bike Chains 6 – Durability

    Endless Post This post will become an endlessly updated post. It has been reviewed and edited March 20, 2024. Bikes Other Drive Systems The Sturmey-Archer 3-speed AW internal gear hub system was used on Raleigh bicycles for many years. There are articles and resources at Bicycle Technical Information (“BTI” – the Sheldon Brown site), such…

  • Bike Chains 3 – Lubrication

    Introduction Endless Post This post will become an endlessly updated post. I will note the date of the most recent update. This post was updated March 18. 2024. Scope This post addresses lubrication including the history of petroleum oil. It discusses the lubrication of steel roller chains. This post will discuss lubrication with little discussion…

  • Bike Chains 2 – Roller Chain

    Introduction Endless Post This post will be an endlessly updated post. I will try to note the approximate date of the latest update. This post was most recently updated March 20, 2024. Links to Web pages are in the text. Scope This post discusses the steel bicycle chain. Chain Drive Bicycle drive trains are chain…

  • Bike Chains 1 – Chain Wear

    Introduction Endless Post This post will become an endlessly updated post. I will try to note the most recent update. This post has been most recently updated March 24, 2024. Scope This post will explain when I became interested in bicycle drive chains, and: Finding Chain Wear I am not an engineer or mechanic. I…

  • Cycling in 2021

    Active outdoors through another year of the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020-21. I moved to Victoria West in November 2020. I had a few months transition before I vacated the house in James Bay. I was busy moving in the early months of 2021. I learned the most efficient routes to places to meet Mike or…

  • Bikes; Wider tires

    All Kinds The modern safety bicycle was first manufactured and sold at the end of the 19th century. Most sources recognize John Kemp Starley, the manufacturer of the Rover bicyles in the late 1880s, as the inventor. The Engineering Sport website provides a concise overview of the evolution of the bicycle. Earlier in the late…

  • Pedals

    Replacement My old pedals were worn and had been damaged by corrosion after an incident in storage last winter Platform or Clipless Bike pedals have been flat (platform) pedals since safety bicycles began to be made and sold. Many bikes are sold with flat pedals, which riders will replace. Bikeradar did a large survey or…

  • Tubeless Ready Tires

    A new feature and experience This started with my discovering the difficulties of dismounting tubeless ready tires from my gravel bike in the fall of 2019 and the spring of 2020. Changing a tire is not supposed to be a job requiring shop time. Tires, in principle, can be repaired and replaced by a user.…