Recent content by bombadero

Technically the right answer would be Supermoto-X, but I have run those tires as well and didn't care for their cornering ability. It was meh on asphalt, not great, and virtually non-existent on gravel or anything more off-road than that (which, to be fair, they are not designed for). The...

Holy cow, I just swapped the down-market version of the Maxxis Forekaster and a tube off of the back wheel of my XC bike with a Schwalbe Nobby Nic running tubeless, and wowie what a difference. It's like a new bike. Whereas the Forekaster made that sort of low growl many knobby tires make on...

Wow, this is a long lived thread. I've had great experiences with this tire for about 3 years, and recently I've noticed it has become very popular on SUV bikes and the new all-rounder/ATB SUV bikes like the Tern Orox, but I haven't heard much about it in the mtb cycling press. I found this...

Sigh, here we go again. The Quietkat Jeep is no longer produced (I bought one of the last ones for %50 off), but this thread raises a number of issues that plague countless other threads regarding the fact that people fundamentally don't understand the differences between various modes of...

I re-read the original few posts thinking I had missed something given the strong indication of dislike for using a hydraulic stand, and the vibe that somehow this would not have fulfilled the OP's requirements. After doing so, I don't think I really missed anything, and I think this would work...

Okay, my bad then, but I'm not sure what stone it was I cast. Just a case of misinterpreted tone over text. Moving on then, it really isn't difficult to work on. The whole platform is only 27" wide, perhaps it looks wider on camera. I'm also 6'2" tall and have long arms, so I don't really...

Here's a pic of the bike stable back in place. This is exactly how I had these e-bikes arranged before, the R&M is just sitting 7 inches higher.

Yeah, I'm not going to do that with a 100 lb. AWD e-bike with left and right scooter mirrors mounted on the handlebars.

Sounds like you have your own work flow figured out. I like to have my bikes off the ground so I can use a rolling chair or stand to work on them; I used to sit on the dirty garage floor and I'm kind of tired of that. For my DIY bike, I also did all of my own wiring and sometimes need to solder...

I took delivery of the Black Widow today and performed the small amount of light assembly necessary to set it up. It was a delivered in a wooden crate and the shipping weight including the crate was 311 lbs.; the weight of the lift is 272 lbs. It was delivered by a local LTL freight company...

Unfortunately, the Feedback stand hasn't worked well for me, for a number of reasons. Two of my e-bikes, which weigh about 65 and 100 pounds, respectively, have air compression suspension seatposts, so I don't think it would be a great idea to hang that much weight from the nose of the saddle...

Looks like the brand of the lift above is "Kendon". I am recently very interested in this as well since I'm looking for a better solution to my current Feedback Sports stand, which can barely handle my R&M, and cannot handle my DIY tractor e-bike that weighs 100 lbs. For the latter I currently...

The fork is actually stock, it was a factory upgrade when we originally bought it, and it's a great fork. We don't ride it hard enough, or often enough, to need to service it yet, even after 5 years of use; the bike has about 3,700 miles on it. Thanks for the shifting tips; I don't know if...

Okay, last update on this bike mod. Yesterday I took the dog in her trailer to do some reactivity training and visit the dog park in GGP without the SO. On solo rides, I tend to ride more aggressively, and I found the hard limit of the Hurricanes. As I mentioned before, GGP has a lot of off-road...

So I switched to a 20T in the front and the results are interesting. I was wrong about it unlocking even faster speeds by allowing me to access the higher gears on the flats. Well, it allows me to do that more easily now, but she tops out around 31 or 32 MPH now depending on the cadence, which...