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Archive for July 16th, 2008

Bike Sharing Program in Paris

Posted by Henry Scott on July 16, 2008

After seeing Adam Bee’s post about the NY bike sharing program, Elizabeth Press from Streetfilms.org wrote to bikemichiana@gmail.com to tell us about the bike sharing program in Paris. Wow — what an amazing program!

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BicycleTutor.com

Posted by Adam Bee on July 16, 2008

http://bicycletutor.com/

Have you seen this?  It’s a mechanic who has a few dozen videos of most of the common bike adjustments that you would want to do at home.  I’ve used it twice, and found it a BIG help.  Even for stuff that I know how to do, it’s helpful to see someone else do it first.

Right now there are 34 videos, but there is also a section where folks can request new videos and vote on ones that have already been requested.  This is already a fairly useful site, and soon it could be up to Sheldon Brown status!

Has Sheldon found his rightful heir to web repair helpfulness?

Has Sheldon found his rightful heir to web repair helpfulness?

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