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[fooferdoggie]

Very spiffy. And I love that you can store the bits in the handle.

this guy is even better. but I was afraid it would nto fit where I needed it to without always having to reach for an extension. Plus I dont use sockets that much.

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[stompandgo]

I have both of those impact wrenches, but I don't need them at the shop.

 

[PCeBiker]

I just found a cool tool,..

I just found this on AliExpress:
C$2.90 | 2/3/4/5/Core Heat Shrink Wrap Tube with Glue Insulation Sleeve for Separate Branch Cable Splitter Waterproof Seal Wire Protector

https://a.aliexpress.com/_msXvW41

I never knew that there was such a thing.

It was @PedalUma that first informed me of heat shrink tube with glue, and the 4:1 shrink ratio vs the normal 2:1 with no glue.

They should make four finger, one thumb heat shrink gloves that would form fit to your hand!!??

They'd last for months because they would be glued on.

 

[Gionnirocket]

Did you know that there's even Cold Shrink Tubing?!?!

Whoops, we couldn't find that.

 

[PCeBiker]

Did you know that there's even Cold Shrink Tubing?!?!

Whoops, we couldn't find that.

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And it only six hundred bucks for 10 six inch pieces !!@?
That's a steal of a deal !!!

 

[Gionnirocket]

And it only six hundred bucks for 10 six inch pieces !!@?
That's a steal of a deal !!!

I had to use it one time when an underground feeder got damaged and ended up too short to reach the meter pan. I had to crimp on extensions that needed to fit in a 2 inch pipe and the jobsite had no power.
They're water tight with no glue and really only for professional applications

 

[PCeBiker]

After reading this wind noise thread,..

Thread 'Sound in the Ears' https://forums.electricbikereview.com/threads/sound-in-the-ears.58143/

,.. I was thinking of spending the fiddy bucks for cat ears, but they wouldn't fit my helmet straps.

So, after smoking a Vado, I held my old goggles up to the side of my head, And They Fit !@!

So then I decided to cut the old goggles in half at the reinforced nose bridge to make "ear muffs" to cover my ears, ..

I aimed the cut opening facing rearwards so I can hear what's coming up behind me,..

I don’t need to hear what's in front of me, I can see all that.
I wanna hear what's behind me.

There are slots in the leading edge now that should help with ventilation and maybe let some forward sound to enter.
I'll seal them if it's noisy.

I stuck a piece of Velcro on the goggles so they stick to my fuzzy helmet straps.
I can place them where I need them, and they won't fall out.

I haven't tried them yet, but I'm so confident that they will work, that I'm posting this.

I used my rotary tool with a fiberglass cut-off wheel to "cut", "melt" through the polycarbonate lens, and the "rubbery" plastic frame.

 

[PedalUma]

Speaking of face protection Sunday a week ago I was riding through a park and a highspeed black hornet hit my front tooth and went under my left lower lip and stung it. I looked like a botched Hollywood collagen job. Hopefully it didn't lay its parasitic eggs there like in some caterpillar.

 

[gromike]

I had that happen while riding a motorcycle on a winding road. The bug landed between my lips, turned and stung my lower lip. My vision went black for a moment, and I gently braked to the side of the road. Had a first date with someone that night, and they didn't care too much about my big old swollen lip.

 

[PedalUma]

Maybe I need one of these.

 

[PedalUma]

It would go with my Arbortech Breathflex Winter rain jacket.

 

[kevinmccune]

After reading this wind noise thread,..

Thread 'Sound in the Ears' https://forums.electricbikereview.com/threads/sound-in-the-ears.58143/

,.. I was thinking of spending the fiddy bucks for cat ears, but they wouldn't fit my helmet straps.

So, after smoking a Vado, I held my old goggles up to the side of my head, And They Fit !@!

So then I decided to cut the old goggles in half at the reinforced nose bridge to make "ear muffs" to cover my ears, ..


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I aimed the cut opening facing rearwards so I can hear what's coming up behind me,..

I don’t need to hear what's in front of me, I can see all that.
I wanna hear what's behind me.

There are slots in the leading edge now that should help with ventilation and maybe let some forward sound to enter.
I'll seal them if it's noisy.

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I stuck a piece of Velcro on the goggles so they stick to my fuzzy helmet straps.
I can place them where I need them, and they won't fall out.

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I haven't tried them yet, but I'm so confident that they will work, that I'm posting this.

I used my rotary tool with a fiberglass cut-off wheel to "cut", "melt" through the polycarbonate lens, and the "rubbery" plastic frame.

see vados can be a positive force.

 

[PedalUma]

see vados can be a positive force.

A couple of days ago I assembled a fat folder ghost pedal bike. It was $850 with a free second battery. It was less money than renting a Vado for a week. My friend wanted to rent the Vado for his visiting daughter but to own a bike for less money than renting for a week was too good to pass up. You can pedal at a cadence of 5 in low gear and go 28. The lag is half a crank revolution and then the whiplash surge hits with the front end lifting. And when you stop pedaling it over-runs for 4 seconds. What is funny is that it will smoke a Vado and it is a POS with a throttle.

 

[kevinmccune]

A couple of days ago I assembled a fat folder ghost pedal bike. It was $850 with a free second battery. It was less money than renting a Vado for a week. My friend wanted to rent the Vado for his visiting daughter but to own a bike for less money than renting for a week was too good to pass up. You can pedal at a cadence of 5 in low gear and go 28. The lag is half a crank revolution and then the whiplash surge hits with the front end lifting. And when you stop pedaling it over-runs for 4 seconds. What is funny is that it will smoke a Vado and it is a POS with a throttle.

the chickens are coming to roost,many of these were overpriced to begin with and a few upgrades on the cheap bikes can really help them besides if you usage is slight you don't really need a very pricey bike,I have sat upon a specialized and by golly they are nice,however for a 1/4 of the price some others will serve less demanding apps just fine,if I were going to build again I would look at a Jamis or one of wallyworlds MTBs.

 

[PCeBiker]

I haven't tried them yet, but I'm so confident that they will work, that I'm posting this.

I tried the "ear muffs", and they kinda worked, but they didn't make much difference.
Then I stuffed a shop towel inside each one and that made a big difference, but it wasn't much different than wearing ear plugs.
I think the plastic lens was transmitting the sound? I need to muffle it with something.
If I still had a cat, I could use her hairballs and dust bunnies.

They were really comfortable though, and they didn't look completely stupid, so I'm going to keep experimenting with them.
I'm going to put some kind of foam or stuffing inside and see if I can keep them open towards the rear so I can still hear what's behind me.

I noticed that when I turn my head to either side, I can hear way better, and the wind noise almost stops, so there should be something that I can do?

 

[PCeBiker]

,.. The lag is half a crank revolution and then the whiplash surge hits with the front end lifting. And when you stop pedaling it over-runs for 4 seconds.

My first ebike was the same way.
I could have just gotten used to it, but it was so annoying and stupid that I put a KT controller on it after three months.

My new ebike is also a cadence sensing fat bike, but the programming is WAY Better, and it doesn't have the Launch Whiplash protocols.

 

[PedalUma]

the chickens are coming to roost,many of these were overpriced to begin with and a few upgrades on the cheap bikes can really help them besides if you usage is slight you don't really need a very pricey bike,I have sat upon a specialized and by golly they are nice,however for a 1/4 of the price some others will serve less demanding apps just fine,if I were going to build again I would look at a Jamis or one of wallyworlds MTBs.

For this guy it was a good choice. His daughter will be able to take it on the train to the ferry and go across the bay to SF and ride all around with her dad eat lunch and return. That is the important thing for him. Not that is pricy. In that way he thinks it has paid for itself the first week.

 

[PedalUma]

I tried the "ear muffs", and they kinda worked, but they didn't make much difference.
Then I stuffed a shop towel inside each one and that made a big difference, but it wasn't much different than wearing ear plugs.
I think the plastic lens was transmitting the sound? I need to muffle it with something.
If I still had a cat, I could use her hairballs and dust bunnies.

They were really comfortable though, and they didn't look completely stupid, so I'm going to keep experimenting with them.
I'm going to put some kind of foam or stuffing inside and see if I can keep them open towards the rear so I can still hear what's behind me.

I noticed that when I turn my head to either side, I can hear way better, and the wind noise almost stops, so there should be something that I can do?

There has got to be some kind of skiing thing.

 

[Art Deco]

I had that happen while riding a motorcycle on a winding road. The bug landed between my lips, turned and stung my lower lip. My vision went black for a moment, and I gently braked to the side of the road. Had a first date with someone that night, and they didn't care too much about my big old swollen lip.

A motorcycle riding friend claimed to have been hit in the chest by a chicken that took off right beside the road. He said he didn't quite fall off or even drop the bike, but it left a beauty of a bruse, I guess.

 

[PCeBiker]

There has got to be some kind of skiing thing.

I just bought a headband for cycling for 5½ bucks,..

The only problem with it is that it would be hot as Hell in the summer.
(Fall is here now though.)

And I found knock-off cat ears for 5½ bucks too !!
I'll give it a try for five bucks.
They don't use real cats to make them like the OEM Cat Ears version.

I'll tape them, glue them, staple them, or stitch them in place somehow.