Chuck Glider's Bicycle Workshop

As you work on a Twenty, you start to get a feel of the engineering. I find it useful to categorise: some parts are really well thought out ...

There are two mechanical restrictions on the steerer assembly of the Raleigh Twenty, here, a BSA 20.  VERTICAL RESTRICTION As promised in an...

The headset arrangement on a Raleigh 20 is a little bonkers in my view. The bottom part is a conventional ball bearing race, and really quit...

New project a real TT bike. Here are the first photos: It's a 2009 frame, interesting because the central trapezium is alloy tubing, ...

I don't think so. I'm talking here of fully integrated headsets, where the bearings drop directly into the head tube with no pressed...

Before and after photos of the steerer on my Iceni TT bike. It was too long, but I wanted to leave some spacers above the stem, in case the ...

I'm about to sort out the Concept Excelsior hybrid bike, which let me gloat again, I bought for only £15 (see my previous post on that)...

Last year I tried cyclocross for the first time. I adapted my wife's hybrid for that, but she wants her bike back (iow, I want a real CX...

The infamous nylon headset bushing. (For a general description of the headset and a quick service, see this post ). Instead of a top race, t...