Recent content by BlackHand

Is sealant significantly lighter than water? Or do people just put in a fraction of what sealant companies recommend? I'm not sure the claims of weight savings hold water, or air, unless you assume everybody with tubes buys the cheapest, heaviest tube available. My lighter bike has Pirelli...

The AI's are probably overloading the forum because they've taken sides and are now debating throttle vs no throttle in a private conversation...

Logging out, closing the page, then reopening and logging back in seems to help.

I'm surprised Pogacar is skipping the Vuelta - isn't it about the only major race he hasn't won in the last 2 years? On a separate note - have you all seen Matthew Brennan this year? He's going to be a force in couple years if he stays on this trajectory. He won stage 5 in Poland on Friday...

I don't have any experience converting a bike to foot operated brakes so I can't offer any advice...

I think by highways you mean limited access interstates and freeways? A highway can technically be pretty much any public road.... In any case, in much of the West bicycles are allowed on freeways to varying degrees. In WA we are allowed pretty much everywhere except the freeways around the...

Cafes with outdoor seating or Starbucks are good candidates. Look for people with laptops plugged in. Be a customer and they are very unlikely to hassle you.

The 3 bikes you mention have fairly distinct strengths/focuses. What is important to you and what kind of riding do you do? Offroad capability: Skitch > Vado SL > Tesoro Urban riding: Tesoro>=Vado SL>Skitch Range: Vado SL > Tesoro=? Skitch Adjustability/customization: Skitch>Vado SL>Tesoro...

Hmm, I must have already activated my account, I'm not seeing that one :) The ads are annoying. I get that they need to keep the lights on, but this is just going drive eyeballs away, and then they'll have to put in even more ads to up the $/eyeball. I don't mind static header/footer ads but...

They could fit it with a yamaha drive unit 😀

Great quote! 40% was probably taken (rounded down) from this Scottish study. Personally, I'll live with doubling my chances of being hospitalized for a traffic accident. This is the first study to provide direct evidence of the association between active and non-active commuting and health...

CYA-teye They probably use magnet sensors, and don't want to deal with the support headache when someone with an ebike that alao uses a magnet sensor for speed or cadence puts the CatEye sensor on the same wheel. I can't imagine it's a problem as long as you are aware of potential problems and...

I believe every battery Bosch offers for BES3 is now compatible with DualBattery as of one of the firmware updates in the last year or so. Prior to that it was only a couple of the newer powertubes/powerpacks. Certainly the larger battery sizes and the availability of the PowerMore RE reduce...

Totally agree with @Rás Cnoic 's take on Simmons. Saw a longer interview clip than they showed on the stream - he also mentioned Campenaerts for wanting to wait for Van Aert, the rest of the break for not committing, his race radio for having him work for Milan early on, and the moto's for...

I guess? This is a new 11sp chain hanging in front of an old stretched chain. The old chain was left on too long and is past the .75 wear. If you take it as a given that you have to break the chain at an inside link so you are able join it with a quick link there is really no question about...