Endless Sphere

I can already see the inner leg muscles get physically larger after a week of really pushing them :shock: Cooooooollll... like medium-term hulk type stuff! :lol: That must be incredible to see your body adapt on such a time scale! Yeah. Known as 'noob gains' in the body building world. I'm just stu...

At 270lbs, there is no way you would have got me on one of those rickety looking folding bike frames. At 190lbs, i got confident and tried about a dozen of them. Still rickety. Bought one i thought would be solid.... didn't feel like something i'd want to ride at over 20mph. The steering, due to the...

Wow what a cool project, and what a cool surgery (I just mean technologically speaking, not cool that your lot in life required you to go thru it)! I hope your mending is still going well, I read thru the highlights of this thread and it sounds like your ahead of the curve, so well done. Thanks. I'...

Is it a motorcycle / moped rim? Or a bicycle rim? Looks like a bicycle rim. It's a 'power circle' brand. Aka China's relabeled factory seconds :lol: If the latter, then even with the eyelets the tension needed for that size spoke may damage the nipple holes (may be concealed by the eyelets, tiny cr...

What guage wire are the Phase Wires ? Too small! 16 gauge, according to my wire strippers. The second i get a a replacement soldering tip in, i'm hacking those wires off, an inch from the axle, and replacing with 12 gauge. What does it weigh before the freewheel / brake disc rotor ? Just about 16lb...

^-- 100% on the mark.

I've been buying ebike parts lately and noticed they are all trans-shipped from hong kong. The shipping has increased in price, but i'm not seeing an increase of the prices of the product.

I wonder how effective these tariffs are.

When I had my beach front apartment, I used to get on the bike path early in the morning and ride my road bike at least 150 miles per week. Sometimes more, like 85 in a day. In that position your neck really takes a beating not to mention your prostate and tail bone. I have a road bike currently ( ...

Most people remark that semi/full recumbents are the answer for the back. Of course, your mileage may vary. My back loves it, but since strengthening my core, i can do upright, forward, recumbent, whatever.. but recumbent feels the best. Since we are not quadrupeds, it is less natural to be in this ...

DDs will always have drag. if you want a light, occasional assist motor, and not having regen is okay.. you will want a geared motor. Geared motors are also much lighter when you're in the <1000W range anyway. If you see negative torque, i really wonder what your settings are on the simulator ( did ...

+1 to tailbox, especially above 25MPH. Although it seems illogical, a simple front fairing won't give you much if any speed gains. I wasn't aware that the rear was that important! Anyway, the leaf motor is in. I've never seen a Chinese company do this good of a packing job, so hats off for that. Ho...

Get a semi recumbent bike. Problem solved.
and/or what madrhino said about bicycle fitment. Also super important.

I'd probably fix it and sell it. Too slow.. would rather install a new set of components on a type of bike that handles better on the street ( IE not fat! )

How's the drive going?

I'd use a recumbent as a DD with a trailer added for touring.
Hell yes.

Why a 29er? older bikes with 26" wheels tend to have short travels like you desire. They also more typically have the right sized/shaped dropouts for using a hub motor with.

There's an interesting trend of a lot of popular youtube vegans going full carnivore. And there is a huge backlash going on amongst the 'true scotsman' vegans versus the 'fake ones'. Interesting development.

I would never ever touch a Tesla because i know how hard the company makes it to repair your own car or even obtain parts. They're excellent cars in a lot of ways, but from a financial perspective, you're up there with luxury cars in terms of rapid depreciation and repair costs. There's a reason why...

Sounds like assembly of your project is quickly approaching the final countdown! Is it feasible in your planning to do some top speed tests with and without the aerodynamic improvements? I’m interested in getting an idea of what kind of real world efficiency can be gained. I had planned on doing ex...

If you don't specify a speed, they'll give you a 4T motor by default.
The shipping did go up, but god damn if that isn't a lot of motor for the dollar.

Y'all down for some shitty keto memes?

Brussel sprouts are the shit, especially if they are cooked with bacon fat, sprinkled with bacon and cheese.. One of the most keto meals you could ever devise. Here's what i had today. Wild salmon on a bed of cauliflower rice, with eggs, tamari sauce, and crushed seaweed on top. A dish i call 'poor ...

Hey, it's at least as tall as the brake rotors we use on our bikes..

Motor and battery are now both ordered and on the way. Finally. As for my leg, well.. i'm doing a decent amount of walking on it each day. By the time the parts arrive, i will have enough bone fused to be 100% cane free at this rate, so i'm not going to bother making a cane holder for the bike :bigt...

Kinda like Simon Williams' creation? an upright trike?
( notice the two hub motors out back )

I can say i've only had two flats from road metal, versus well, i think i've picked at least 50,000 goatheads out of my tires.
Sounds like you live in a real hellscape for bikes.

Would the the continental KKS10 you're running just so happen to be the 22 inch size ( AKA 26" in bicycle land )?