Archive-name: bicycles-faq/part3

[Note:  The complete FAQ is available via anonymous ftp from
draco.acs.uci.edu (128.200.34.12), in pub/rec.bicycles.]

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Section Contents

• News Headers
• 8b.3 Snakebite flats
• 8b.4 Blowouts and Sudden Flats
• 8b.5 Blown Tubes
• 8b.6 Tube Failure in Clinchers
• 8b.7 More Flats on Rear Tires
• 8b.8 Tube and Tire Casing Repair
• 8b.9 Presta Valve Nuts
• 8b.10 Rim Tape Summary
• 8b.11 Talcum Powder for Tubes and Tires
• 8b.12 ETRTO numbers for tire sizes
• 8b.13 Tires with smooth tread
• 8b.14 Rolling resistance of Tires
• 8b.15 Wiping Tires
• 8b.17 Clinchers vs. Tubulars
• 8b.18 Tubular Fables
• 8b.19 Tubular Tire Repair
• 8b.20 Gluing Sew-up Tires
• 8b.21 Another way to glue sewup tires
• 8b.22 Folding a Tubular Tire
• 8b.23 Coiling a Wire Bead Clincher
• 8b.24 Measuring the circumference of a wheel
• 8b.25 What holds the rim off the ground?
• 8b.26 Making a tubular tire
• 8b.27 Things to check after a flat
• 8b.28 Mounting Tubular Tires
• 8b.29 Presta vs Schrader valves
• 8c Tech Wheels
• 8c.1 Stress Relieving Spokes
• 8c.2 Anodized vs. Non-anodized Rims
• 8c.3 Reusing Spokes
• 8c.4 Ideal Tire Sizes
• 8c.5 Tied and Soldered Wheels
• 8c.6 Machined rims
• 8c.7 Wheel Bearing adjustment
• 8d Tech Chains
• 8d.1 Lubricating Chains
• 8d.2 Chain care, wear and skipping
• 8d.3 Adjusting Chain Length
• 8d.4 Hyperglide chains
• 8d.5 SACHS Power-links
• 8e Tech Frames
• 8e.1 Bike pulls to one side
• 8e.2 Frame Stiffness
• 8e.3 Frame repair
• 8e.4 Frame Fatigue
• 8e.5 Frames "going soft"
• 8e.6 Inspecting your bike for potential failures
• 8e.7 Frame materials
• 8e.8 Bottom Bracket Drop
• 8e.9 Bent Frames
• 8e.10 Aligning a Fork
• 8e.11 Stuck Handlebar Stem
• 8f Tech Moving Parts
• 8f.1 SIS Adjustment Procedure
• 8f.2 SIS Cable Info
• 8f.3 STI/Ergo Summary
• 8f.4 Cassette or Freewheel Hubs
• 8f.5 Cassette or Freewheel Hubs take 2

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