After years of trying to adjust my Performer highracer FWD so that the power idler did not touch my leg I decided to convert it to a moving bottom bracket/traction direct system.
I already had a modified Cruzbike front end that bolted straight on after I cut off the boom.
The result is a surprisingly easy to ride bike that does not flex like my previous attempts at bike building.
When I started randonneuring I quickly realised that there had to be a better experience than suffering saddle sores and neck pain, not to mention nerve damage resulting in lingering finger numbness.
Compared to the earliest bikes, today’s road bikes represent a quantum leap in both design and engineering. How much room is there for improvement? CTech editor Matt Wikstrom investigates.
Microshift’s prototype 11-speed electric eXCD drivetrain was on display at the Taipei 2016 Cycle Show. Said to be available sometime in 2017, it looks promising. 2020 Update More than three years later and still waiting for delivery. Meanwhile . . . There is a competing product from Archer Components available now that seems to deliver…
A fascinating look at the development of recumbents.Did you know geared recumbents first appeared in the 1890s, soon after the safety bicycle appeared? A book by Tony Hadland and Hans-Erhard Lessing provides more details than I have seen before. https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-complete-illustrated-history-of-the-recumbent-bicycle/
My first recumbent:2002 FlyingFurniture PBP Special When I started randonneuring in 2002 I was riding a very second-hand upright bike built up from a frame acquired from a pawn shop fitted out with parts from what I had available under my house. It had served me well, having been used as my daily commuter and…
This earliest model of Velocar recumbent ran for only one year. It was so low-slung that it was hard to ride and the riding position was therefore altered in 1933 for subsequent models. This 1932 prototype model was named in the Mochet catalogue as a Velo Velocar (V.V), but for the first year it was…