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You've summed up pretty well my financial situation and made me realize the unlikelyhood of getting a FS bike....lol. I've full on decided to stick with the yard tail and invest in some good components to make the bike more enjoyable... Speaking of "yard tail", depending on your storage, parking, a...

So walk a Mile in my shoes before you just give a snide comment. It wasn't meant to be snide. Sorry if it came across that way. My points were, 1) the only thing really wrong with Bionx systems is that they were intentionally designed to be proprietary and resistant to modification, and 2) it's pro...

Why can't that company sell replacement BMS boards for the dead ones? IMO they are loosing out. The boards they sell as after market don't need to have BionX printed on them and the board itself can't be copyrighted or trademarked. If there's patented technology or a non-compete agreement in force,...

So back on topic... Let me ask this question. Is a cheap full suspension bike going to ride much better than a hardtail and front suspension fork? Well... maybe? If you're keeping your butt firmly planted regardless what you're riding over, you need to be looking at good suspension, not cheap suspe...

Voltron wrote: ↑

Aug 15, 2018 1:43 am

Just as in 1868 when bikes didn't fit into the existing statutory framework?

Your motorcycle (moped, etc) does fit into an existing category. You just don't like that it's a category with more responsibilities attached than a bicycle has.

It's ironic that you just described what's going on fast ebikes. Stupid speed and access restrictions amid overhyped fears of public safety and human jackasses claiming they're a huge problem. The problem is that they already fit a pre-existing statutory definition that some riders choose to ignore...

And exactly what kind of struggle for bicycle rights was going on in 1868? Early cyclists had to struggle to assert their rights to the roads among dangerous, barely controllable animal-drawn carts and the human jackasses who accused bikes of spooking their animals and endangering peds (which was a...

There are electric motorcycles, you know. They are legal, and designed to go as fast as they go safely and comfortably. That's a greener and more economical alternative to the loud stinkers I drove for years. And it isn't trying to pass itself off as a bicycle. But if you're going to ride a bicycle,...

For a dozen years, I rode 850-1100cc 4-cylinder motorcycles for my main transportation. They were awesome. It was a mild nuisance to keep up my license, registration, insurance, and inspection. But it was more of a nuisance and expense to just keep the things roadworthy and in good safe condition. I...

1) I wish I had more umph... My controller is shunted for around 29amps which gets me about 1500w to the wheel...im wishing for 2k+ because most of my commute is constant stop and go via stop signs and traffic lights...I'd like to accelerate faster than cars... 2) I wish I had a full suspension bik...

Can you convert it PressFit to BSA with an adapter? If you can, go for it. http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/us/en/fsa-pf30-threaded-adapter-b3167-/rp-prod129936?gs=1&sku=sku466166&pgrid=54137515364&ptaid=pla-433440603058&utm_source=google&utm_term=&utm_campaign=PLA+All+Products&utm_medium=base&ut...

The main problem with motorcycle tires is that most of them only fit motorcycle rims. So you wind up eating like a 5X total wheel weight penalty when you only needed a little more tire to address the problem. 16 inch moped tires on 20 inch bicycle rims are an exception. But they are pretty seriously...

about five times heavier than titanium and only one-third the weight

Um. Now they're talking like right wingers.

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Did my first DIY recumbent etrike install, have 750 miles so far, love it but have some questions. I bought a 26” Voilamart 48V 750/1000W rear brushless gearless hub motor. At 1000W it does 33 mph on flat ground, at 750W option it does 17.8 mph max on flat ground, despite the sellers claimn of 24 m...

I live in goathead central and slime and stans no tubes have both let me down, in addition to tire liners and every 'flat proof' tire imagineable. The only thing that survives on these roads is motorcycle tires. Thick rubber is the only answer. The thickest bike tire i have ever seen had 7mm tall r...

I built wheels for many years without using a spoke tensiometer. But I was very aware of the relative and to some degree the absolute tensions of the spokes in the wheels I built. It was by feel/sound, not measurement, but the end result was the same. Using a tensiometer is easier. I own a DT Tensio...

I don't understand what you are trying to accomplish by plating copper with nickel. [...]Alternatively, he his possibly trying to increase the metal strip SURFACE resistance to enhable heat/SPOT WELDING, while retaining optimal CORE CONDUCTION PRODUCTIVITY. Thought about that for a while now, but I...

Probably to be able to spot weld it easier, and possibly to add long term corrosion resistance so the copper doesn't oxidize? I reckoned it was something like that-- but the vanishingly thin layers you get with electrochemical plating don't seem like they'd help the welding process. And the oxidati...

Voltron wrote: ↑

Aug 11, 2018 5:43 pm

That doesn't really sounds like a Slime problem as much as a crazy customer problem...

It wouldn't have mattered so much how crazy he was, without the Slime.

I'm remembering a sad episode when one of my insane customers-- an annoying proselytizing Christian homeless dude with a chronically overloaded cargo bike-- brought me one of his 16 inch trailer wheels for a tire swap. He had his tubes something like half filled with Slime. His nylon mag wheels were...

Let's see... Bike shop employees warning you against a proven solution to making more trips to the bike shop...hmmmmm. It's because we know what it does to valves. And pumps. And the entire shop when a tire pops off the rim. I recommend that folks do their own flat repair. I am glad to show them ho...

I don't understand what you are trying to accomplish by plating copper with nickel.

The bike's specs don't include bottom bracket width, but the crank it uses only comes in 68mm and 73mm versions.

mago_gi wrote: ↑

Aug 11, 2018 11:43 am

http://s.aliexpress.com/aaeA3EF7

Annoy bike friction kit.

Annoybike. I love it.

It's this for annoying your bike, or making a bike to annoy others/yourself? Either way, brilliant.