Myra VanInwegen's Bike Articles

Almost all the the articles below are written by me, and the ones that aren't are clearly marked. The articles with the icon have been added (or highly modified) in the last couple of months.

Articles on equipment

• Essential Accessories for the Beginning Cyclist
• Cold weather riding
• Check your cranks! (size matters)
• What to look for in a women's bike
• Buying a bike that fits a woman
• What kind of bike do you need? (includes a guide to women's bikes)
• Bike Saddles
• Foot and Knee Pain (arch supports)
• Clipless Pedals
• A beginner's guide to buying a mountain bike
• A minimal toolkit
• Bodge Your Bike to Fit (take the weight off your hands)
• An inexpensive touring/leisure bike
• Getting fixed (fixed gear bikes)
• Strong Durable Bike Wheels

Skills of all kinds

• Bicycle Safety (how to ride safely in traffic)
• How to go up hills faster (improve your spin)
• Optimum cadence
• Fear no Logs (MTB techniques)
• Saddle Height, Stopping, and Starting
• Preparing for your first century (includes general touring advice)
• Bike Food (what to eat and drink when you're riding)
• Bike mechanics 101

Tests and reviews

• Scott Tigua
• Vision Pocket Rocket
• Battaglin Bambino
• Cannondale R600 Compact Triple
• Roberts Compact Clubman
• Roberts Rough Stuff long term test
• Petite Bike Test (touring bikes for small women) by Chris Juden
• A review of The Bicycle Wheel
• A review of Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance

Articles on lights

• Dynotest by Chris Juden
• Dynamo (Generator) Lights: Fact vs Fiction
• Schmidt Hub Dynamo/Lumotec Lamp Review
• White LED lights
• LED Upgrades (VistaLite)
• LED Upgrades (CatEye) by Bill Paxton
• Lumicycle lights long term test by Myra and Russell
• Low-Power Lights (both front and rear)
• High-Powered Lighting Systems (very technical)
• Care and feeding of bike light batteries
• Build a super-bright LED tail light
• Make a 6V NiCad water bottle battery
• Build a lead-acid battery charger
• Build a NiCad battery charger
• NiMH Battery Chargers

Random other stuff

• Everything I need to know I learned from my bikes
• My Purple Problem
• Cycling in Britain
• MTBing in Llanwrtyd Wells
• Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling
• All by Myself
• Finding inner peace through wheelbuilding
• This wheel is made of memories
• Repetitive Strain Injury

Articles of interest to women
(Most of these are included in the listings above, but I thought it useful to put them all together here to make them easy to find.)

• Check your cranks! (size matters)
• What to look for in a women's bike
• Buying a bike that fits a woman
• What kind of bike do you need?
• Bike Saddles
• Petite Bike Test (touring bikes for small women) by Chris Juden
• Scott Tigua test
• Cannondale R600 Compact Triple test
• Vision Pocket Rocket test
• Battaglin Bambino test
• Roberts Compact Clubman test
• Roberts Rough Stuff long term test
• Mountain Biking for Women by Robin Stuart and Cathy Jensen
• Cycling in pregnancy
• Cycling with a baby
• A Small Bike Tour with a Small Baby