Category:Miscellaneous topics

This category collects mirrored articles that do not fit any of the topic sections of sheldonbrown.com: reference lists, photo galleries and short pieces on the physics and customs of cycling. Unlike the other topic categories it has no counterpart on sheldonbrown.com; the selection and the short descriptions were written for en.wikipedalia.com. The articles are grouped by author. All articles in this category are listed automatically at the bottom of the page.

Sheldon Brown

Pieces by Sheldon Brown that belong to no topic section; more about him on his start page.

Bicycle dictionaries

Le Vélo-Dictionnaire: Français and Anglais

French bicycle terms for parts, tools and repairs with their American and British English equivalents.

English and French Bicycle Dictionary

The same dictionary the other way round, from English to French.

Spanish and English Bicycle Dictionary

Spanish bicycle terms with their English equivalents, compiled with the help of Adrian Hands and other readers.

English and Spanish Bicycle Dictionary

The English to Spanish counterpart.

Reports and reviews

Interbike Las Vegas 2002

Sheldon's diary of his trip to the 2002 Interbike trade show, with photos of the products he found there.

Recumbent Bicycles in Four Flavors

Long- and short-wheelbase recumbents compared: handling, weight distribution, chain routing and storage.

Scott AT-3 Handlebars

Mountain-bike bars with built-in forward-sweeping ends, a cheap way to give a hybrid more hand positions for touring.

Adventure Cyclist

Adventure Cycling Articles

John Allen's table of contents for the column "Mechanical Advantage" that Sheldon wrote for Adventure Cyclist from 1999 to 2007.

Bruce Ingle

A guest article compiled from an e-mail discussion.

Bicycles

Customizing a Fatbike

How Bruce Ingle chose a fatbike for Boston winters and fitted it with fenders, wide-range gearing and racks.

Damon Rinard

From Damon Rinard's Bicycle Tech Site, which Rinard maintained until 2001 and which sheldonbrown.com has hosted since.

Reference lists

Component Weights

Rinard's own scale readings for road and track parts, from accessories, aero bars and cranks to frames, forks, hubs, rims and spokes.

Recommended Reading

Short reviews of the books Rinard found most useful, on composites, wheels, bicycle science, materials and training.

Bicycles and Aerodynamics

Sources on aerodynamic drag, mainly wind-tunnel data for wheels, around Rainer Pivit's articles on the subject.

Links from Damon Rinard

Rinard's collection of bicycle links up to 2001, checked in 2015 and pointed to the Wayback Machine where sites have vanished.

Race photos

Fiesta Island Time Trial Photos

Photos from six time trials on Fiesta Island in San Diego in 1999 and 2000, one page per race day.

American Velodrome Challenge 2001

Photos and short video clips of the Madison, the final race of the 2001 meet at the San Diego velodrome.

Jobst Brandt

Usenet answers collected on Brandt's FAQ page, Jobst Brandt: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Bicycles and Bicycling.

Wind and balance

Headwinds, Crosswinds and Tailwinds

A worked analysis of aerodynamic drag: how wind from each direction changes the power a rider needs.

Slope Wind, the Invisible Enemy

Why cool morning air sliding down a valley slows a rider who feels no wind at all.

Gyroscopic Forces

What keeps a bicycle upright: steering to keep balance, not the gyroscopic effect of the wheels.

Myths and customs

Cycling Myths

Hot helmets, tires exploding on airplanes and locks broken with liquid nitrogen, checked against the facts.

Shaving Your Legs

Why racers shave their legs, and which of the usual reasons hold up.