Category:Beginners
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Original article: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/beginners.html on sheldonbrown.com
- Reproduced with the permission of John Allen and Harriet Fell — all rights reserved. The version on sheldonbrown.com is authoritative.
- Mirrored: 2026-09-28 · Last update of the original: see original
This category collects the articles of the section "Articles For Beginning Cyclists" of sheldonbrown.com. The list below follows the overview page; entries that link to sheldonbrown.com have not been mirrored yet. All articles in this category are listed automatically at the bottom of the page.
- Gear Shifting — For beginner or intermediate cyclists.
- Everything You Wanted To Know About Shifting Your Bicycle's Gears, But Were Afraid To Ask. This is an introduction to gear shifting, and the basics of how a derailer works. How, why and when to shift gears.
- Bicycling and Pain — Where does it hurt?
- Riding a bike isn't supposed to be a painful experience. Click on the body part that hurts for advice on easing the pain!
- Adjusting Handlebar Height — Higher or Lower?
- If your handlebars are at the wrong height for your riding style, you'll be uncomfortable or slow.
- Starting and Stopping — Do you really know how to ride a bike?
- Proper technique for safe starting and stopping.
- A Comfortable Saddle — Something everybody wants.
- What you should know about saddles and seatposts.
- Shoes and pedals — For all cyclists
- Choosing shoes and pedals to suit your style of riding -- and clothing.
- Braking and Turning — For all cyclists
- Braking and turning technique.
- Standing to Pedal — When should you stand to pedal?
- Most cyclists spend too much time out of the saddle...do you?
- Tricycles — not just for kids
- Can't balance a bicycle? Does a tricycle make sense? What kind?
- Freewheel or Cassette? — Which type of gear cluster do you have?
- Much time and money is wasted as a result of confusion between these two incompatible systems.
- Why Reflectors Don't Work — by John Schubert
- Don't trust your life to reflectors, you need lights to ride at night!
- Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Glossary — For all cyclists.
- An encyclopedic listing of bicycle lore, technical data and opinions.
- Cycling For Fun (U.K.) — http://cyclingforfun.co.uk
- Lots of information for beginning cyclists.
- Bicycling Street Smarts — For all cyclists
- John Allen's tutorial on bicycle handling and traffic skills
Pages in category "Beginners"
The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
