Chuck Glider's Bicycle Workshop

UPDATE Feb 2012:  I've given this vintage   Raleigh Stowaway   folding bike (Raleigh Twenty style) away to a relative for use as a comm...

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...

An unassuming bike, locked up in a shed. She's taking shape now. The only major piece left is to replace the rear steel rim with an allo...

I decided to break the old chain at the half link. Although I'd cleaned and oiled it and it was ok in practice, it was stretched/worn be...

Well, she's not as small as a Dahon and nowhere near the compactness of a Brompton. Here, I haven't dropped the handlebars, or seatp...

I was intending to service the bottom bracket and change the chain today, but was stumped by the fact that the old chain had 93 links. That...