The Portland Gear Hub reached a milestone when it secured permanent ownership of its store and workshop at 155 Washington Ave. The acquisition positions the nonprofit to expand its programs, deepen ...

Like the simple, direct feel of a fixed gear hub, but miss the ability to shift down for a hill? Old-school hub-gear maker Sturmey Archer has just the thing: the new S3X Fixed Gear Hub. The S3X is an ...

Sturmey Archer's new S2C hub manages to pack in a gear-shift and a coaster brake, all without any cables. Unsurprisingly, its first retail outing is on a clean-lined track-style bike. The hefty hub ...

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Being able to coast on a bicycle is a feature that is often taken for granted. The use of a freewheel was an improvement made early in the bicycle’s history, for obvious reasons. This also unlocked ...

Card readers and USB hubs are two common mobile tools many of us on the go can't do without, but saving space is important, too. GEAR HEAD offers an inexpensive USB 2.0 card reader that double as a ...

All bikes with the exception of penny-farthings are geared between the crankset and the rear wheel. Most bikes will include a range of gears, so that you can choose one appropriate to where you’re ...

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