Binary-coded decimal (BCD) is a way to represent decimal digits in binary. Get to know the various flavors of BCD. BCD encoding has advantages in some applications and was used quite extensively in ...

Not all chainrings fit all cranksets. Most chainrings mount via a four- or five-arm ‘spider’ (the arms/spokes on the crankset). The spacing between these arms differs based on the intended gear range ...

In the first column of this series, I introduced the concepts underlying BCD (binary-coded-decimal) representations. In my second column I discussed how we go about adding and subtracting unsigned BCD ...