Tag: Bicycles & Gear

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. Prices Motor Oil & Gear Oil Motor oil, the lubricating oil distilled and sold for use in 4 stroke internal combustion engines, was sold in quart…

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. Wax Not dripped Paraffin is a wax, a dry solid, which is melted down into a low viscosity (thin) liquid, and applied to a chain immersed…

Tires Pneumatic Modern tires allow cyclists to ride pavements, gravel, trails, dirt, mud, and other surfaces. Pneumatic tires, pneumatically inflated with compressed air, were invented and industrially produced before the end of the 19th century. Earlier, solid rubber was used to manufacture bicycle tires. It was better than other material. Getting a bouncy wheel that…

I wrote the 8 posts listed here in 2022 and have been making corrections and some changes after further thoughts. I have followed the progress in the testing work and the theories put forward by Adam Kerin of Zero Friction Cycling. I have decided to make my posts “endless”. I will add notes of new…

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…

Endless Post This post will become an endlessly updated post. 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 as “Servicing Sturmey-Archer 3-Speed Hubs“, and other manuals and…

Introduction 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. Sources I will be referring to sources that I mentioned in Bike Chains 1. Lubricants Science The bicycle is made of materials and components developed…

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. Chain Drive Bicycle drive trains are chain drives with roller chains. Roller chain drives were used in industrial machines for decades before they were adopted by…

Introduction Endless Post This post will become an endlessly updated post. Finding Chain Wear I am not an engineer or mechanic. I have done basic home maintenance on my bikes. Until 2021, I had not read about chain wear online or published in any cycling magazines or books. In April 2021, I thought I had…

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…