Recent content by dblhelix

Woooooooooooo ... I'm going to be a Czech here and say ha ha...

How frustrating, Sam. Wishing you a speedier recovery.

Which parkway?

While I live in the DC metro, I keep my sailboat in Sparrows Point, which is to 'the right' of the bridge. Sparrows Point is the site of former Bethlehem Steel (furnace came down in 2012) and is now Tradepoint Atlantic, a major distribution center. Residents in the area transitioned from steel...

Kuhn made a $1.1 mill offer, but the other side wants to be paid $0.50/ticket in perpetuity. I don't have the numbers for the operating costs, taxes etc, but it stands to reason that Kuhn feels it's too big of a bite. The C&O is a completely different experience outside of DC-Potomac and HP. No...

LOL, shop queen indeed. The Load is even worse.

No, the dirt is relatively packed since the washout goes back to June 2018. This was a temporary detour maybe 8 miles before Williamsport. The C&O is only super crowded the first 20 miles or so, and then again around Harper's Ferry for a bit. That leaves 150-160 miles of relative solitude...

Salsa is a business which has read the same reports we all have: bicycle sales are abysmal while ebikes represent the only growth. This is their wheelhouse, so this is what they bolt the Bosch motor on. I was out on the C&O canal (flat, dirt) and hit a detour up a very steep hill. The ground...

I'm skeptical about feelers inquiring whether something can be a 'thing.' I've been cross-country 2X on an e-bike and have done my fair share of shorter bike-packing excursions. Not going to talk about packing 2 chargers, solar trailers etc as this has been discussed to death. The elephant in...

The bike licensing/registration is an interesting piece of history --thank you, but I this was pre-interstate America with relatively fewer cars on the road. What percentage of American households even owned a car? It made sense in 1935 to bike on the roads for transportation. Today's reality...

Here are the dimensions for the Jumbo sold at Amazon

2018 Charger Enviolo 2019 Nevo Rohloff 2022 Load60 All three with Suntour front forks. In the case of the Load, it is hard to find another fork for a 20" front wheel.

Hahahaha

Which front fork do you have? If it's a Suntour, that's your problem.

I can tell you that I suffered with the disappearing start gear with the original Nyon. It is not a new problem. I think it was responsive for R&M to send you a new shifter unit, but I wonder which issue they were targeting? It might be useful to take a poll on the start gear issue. I was...