Nervagon's Directionless, and Ghosted Build

[nervagon]

 

[neptronix]

Big thumbs up to adding weight training to the routine, it increases your resting metabolic rate for a very long time.. you'll be burning more fat while you're sleeping than before for sure.

Have you seen a total 180, digestion wise?

 

[nervagon]

 

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[neptronix]

This is a real problem.

AI is not capable of accurately performing any task as well as a human. The real innovation that made AI work in the last couple years was throwing insane computer power and human-cultivated training sets at it, to bolster it's weakness, it's inability to reason.

Thankfully, It looks like the NHTSA is finally looking into this instead of continuing to let the public experiments with this technology run.

I think it is a good idea to have high tail lights not just because you may have killer automobile robots on the road, but because people keep buying taller/larger vehicles over time. I think for this reason the minimum height for a rear light should be at the absolute top of the seat post, and no lower.

 

[harrisonpatm]

I think it is a good idea to have high tail lights not just because you may have killer automobile robots on the road, but because people keep buying taller/larger vehicles over time.

More Fortnine video in support of that point specifically:

If you don't feel like watching the video, the message is that while bigger and bigger cars lead to more deaths, one of the main reasons is because the grill/hood/front of these huge trucks and SUVs is so damn big. You can't see over it. And there's almost no reason for having such a large front end in some of these models: at the end of the video, Ryan demonstrates that a fully grown person can literally stand INSIDE the engine bay of a new truck, while the engine is still in it. If there's that much empty space available, then it probably doesn't need to be so big.

After hearing about the latest tesla autopilot incident

Thank you for sharing, I wasn't aware of this new one.

 

[nervagon]

 

[2old]

It's possible to build lighter. My FS off road Trek with BBS02 is <40 pounds (less battery), so 43 or so when I use a 52V, 4 ah for a 10 - 15 mile ride. The errand bike (a bit blingy) is about the same even with an 18 pound rear wheel).

 

[Zambam]

It's possible to build lighter. My FS off road Trek with BBS02 is <40 pounds (less battery), so 43 or so when I use a 52V, 4 ah for a 10 - 15 mile ride. The errand bike (a bit blingy) is about the same even with an 18 pound rear wheel).

What year/ model is the FS Trek?

 

[nervagon]

 

[A-DamW]

It's weird but now that I've ridden my short wheelbase 29" x 2.25, and long wheelbase 24" x 2.6 offroad, I prefer long wheelbase 24" x 2.6. The longtail just climbs like a mountain goat, and plows through wherever you point it like a freight train.

I have an Xtracycle Free Radical kit on an old Trek MTB, it is by far my preferred whip for the 17% grade dirt trail on my work commute.(ascending AND descending, have you ever tried to endo a longtail? mash down on that front brake!).
Once the rear axle is behind your center of gravity far enough, limiting power to the rear wheel(human or electric) to keep from lifting the front wheel, becomes a non-issue.

 

[nervagon]

 

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[2old]

What year/ model is the FS Trek?

2006 EX (8 or 9 AIR; it was the last year they were made in the US so I grabbed in 2006 or 7). The major changes were fork and wheelset, but probably some cockpit ones over the years too.

 

[2old]

Are those both small-framed 26" bikes?

With the Kona Safariland, it is a large 29er with a coil fork and an integrated rear rack rated at 200lbs payload. Their are a couple things I could do to reduce the weight, like a premium fork, and a smaller battery, but it is still a tank designed to carry the weight of 2 large (cops) adults in a pinch. It weighs about 40 pounds before ebike conversion.

It's weird but now that I've ridden my short wheelbase 29" x 2.25, and long wheelbase 24" x 2.6 offroad, I prefer long wheelbase 24" x 2.6. The longtail just climbs like a mountain goat, and plows through wherever you point it like a freight train.

The Trek is L/XL, but you're right, the Specialized is S and both are 26". I don't fit great on the blue bike, but it's not a big deal since the pedaling platform isn't bad.

 

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