Monthly Archives: November 2009

Jtek Engineering Update and Pictures

By Kevin | Published: November 25, 2009
Jay Guthrie from Jtek Engineering has posted an update on the Jtek website with some pictures of his shop. All of us here at Harris Cyclery wish you the best, Jay and Ryan.
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Hipsters discussing Cyclocross, by steevo.

By Kevin | Published: November 24, 2009
Text to speech videos, bike racing, laughter, by steevo. “The last time I had butter I was climbing like a cat 3 track sprinter.”
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A rear fender for bikes with low clearance.

By Kevin | Published: November 18, 2009
Most road bikes sold today have no way to mount a full set of fenders.  There are a few commercial options that are easy to install and work ok, like SKS Raceblade, which are short fenders attached with rubber straps. Being not very into commercial options that are easy to install, I decided to [...]
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New Sturmey Archer Three Speed Trigger

By Kevin | Published: November 12, 2009
The Sturmey Archer three speed trigger shifter has gone through a lot of revisions since it was first released in 1938.  Until recently, the only new shifter available was designed in 1976, and didn’t really look appropriate on an older bike.  The older shifters had a nicer design, even when they switched from printing the [...]
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Customizing Shimano 7 Speed Freewheels

By Kevin | Published: November 10, 2009
This morning I read a post on Bike Forums about a custom Shimano freewheel made by sciencemonster in a close ratio plus bailout style. Inspired, I decided to see what sort of gearing you could get out of just two different freewheels we had here in the store, the HG37 13-28 7s Freewheel, and [...]
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