This page is full of really old stuff.

Maybe someone finds it useful, so I keep it around. As an example I no longer own any of the bikes mentioned on here. Most of the productions mentioned are no longer available.

• Pages about my bicycles: (mostly links to photos)
  • Rivendell Quickbeam - With a Rohloff hub. A work in progress.
  • Kogswell Porteur/Rando - My commuting/loadcarrying/touring bike.
  • 1983 Trek 520 - Beater sport tourer. A super nice bike for a beater, doesn't get as much use as it should, but it gets enough to keep it around.
  • Bridgestone RB-T - A fat tired road bike. Currently disassembled and not in active use.
  • Bike Friday New World Tourist - A folding touring bike.
  • Burley Rock n' Roll - Tandem all-rounder. Coming soon (should be here mid-May 2006
• Bikes that I used to own, but have since sold:
  • RANS Screamer - Tandem recumbent.
  • Bridgestone XO-1 - My daily rider.
  • Trek Road Bike - My road bike.
  • RANS Rocket - Touring recumbent.
  • Trek 400 with Nexus Hub - A commuting bike with an internally geared hub.
  • Trek 920 - My mountain bike.
  • Swift Folder Fixed Gear - My fixed gear and travel bicycle.
  • Cannondale MT1000 - A "mountain" tandem converted for road and touring use.
  • Trek 520 - A modern touring bike.
  • Klein Performance - A very nice sport/touring bike.
  • Vision R40, USS, SWB - A short wheelbase, underseat steering recumbent with a fairing.
  • Green Gear Tandem Two'sday - A folding tandem for travel use.
  • Schwinn Traveler - My fixed gear bicycle.
• Component Reviews and Articles:
  • Truant Saddle Cover - Need to keep your Brooks saddle dry when the bike is parked outside? Read about my current favorite solution.
  • Bike Friday vs Swift Folder - Trying to decide between these two folding bikes? I've owned both and made a webpage discussing their good and bad qualities.
  • Quick Release Fenders - Want to make the full fenders on your bike quickly and easily removable? This page shows how I did it on my Swift Folder using commonly available hardware.
  • BOB COZ Trailer - A utility and touring trailer for bicycles
  • Using V-Brakes with Drop Bars - Information on the World Class V-dapter, QBP Travel Agent, and Diacompe 287-V brake levers.
  • Fenders and Mudflaps - Why you want a mudflap on your bicycle's fenders, and how to make one.
  • Jandd Extreme Front Rack - The best of both worlds...a combo high-rider, low-rider front rack.
  • Building a NiCad Smart Charger - Modifying a Radio Shack Camcorder NiCad charger to work with Vistalite and Niterider 6V NiCad batteries.
  • Shifter Bosses on the Klein Performance - Adding new shifter bosses to my Klein Performance so that I could install barend shifters.
  • Pashley Chaincase - A product to totally enclose the drivetrain on derailleur-less bicycles. This article covers the changes that I had to make to install this on my Trek 400.
  • Using two bike computers on the tandem - How I went about hooking up two Vetta bike computers to one pickup on our tandem.
  • Sachs 3x7 vs a front derailleur - Comparing gearing on a Sachs 3x7 vs using a front derailleur on bikes with 20" wheels. This message shows why the 3x7 will usually result in wider range gearing.
  • Ortlieb Bike-Packer Pannier Review - A review of these panniers that I wrote for the touring list.
  • TopoUSA 3.0 - Topographic mapping software which is ideal for planning bicycle routes.
• Other Bicycle-related stuff:
  • Fork Re-raking Summary - An article by Tom Matchak which discusses the issues when changing the rake (offset) of a bicycle fork.
  • gearchart.xls - A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with macros for figuring out and graphing bicycle gearing.
  • boxing-bike.txt - A very useful message sent by Jim Foreman to the touring list on boxing ones bike for airline travel.
• Links to other websites:
  • BikeList.Org - BikeList.org is my domain for hosting bicycle related mailing lists. I administrate the touring list, and there are lists run by others covering a range of topics. One of the most useful features on bikelist.org are the archives, which contain searchable archives for most of the bikelist.org lists as well as some others.
  • The Harris Cyclery pages by Sheldon Brown - This website contains everything from bicycle history information to detailed instructions on maintaining your bicycle. Highly recommended!
  • Larry Leveen's Velorution Bike Freeware Site - Has information on Cobbworks Bicycle Products, a copy of the Washington State Bicycle Commuter's Guide, and other great commuting and touring resources.
  • Josh Putman's Bicycle Pages - Josh builds his own touring frames and has details on how he has done this on his page. He also has trip reports from his bicycle tours and information on his other bicycle projects.
  • Dan Goldenberg's Bicycle page - Useful tricks on mounting fenders using zipties, making a headset press, and related projects.
  • Lance Rushing's Pannier Information website - Specifications and information on most of the panniers available in the US.
  • Shimano Model Guide - Lists most Shimano components made since 1990 and what group they were in. Very helpful for identifying used and old components.
  • The Roads We Have - An essay on why the existing roads are ideal for cyclists and why bike lanes and paths aren't the answer.