Recent content by fritz katzenjammer

I don’t understand why you would need the inner axel length but… The end caps are pressed on, not hard to get off but easily damaged without the correct tool. the free hub likely unscrews once the cap is out. ( some just slip off with the cap) if you have a depth gauge the inner axel length...

No, because in means that if you buy a used motor for your bike it can’t be changed to match your wheel size. My bike has 20” wheels, if I fit a used motor from a bike with 700c wheels the motor assist will cut out at 23kph instead of 32kph because of the wheels smaller circumference. That wheel...

I looked into this when I got my Bosch powered bike. As I work at the dealer I have access to the full service interface so I thought a bit of monkey business might be possible. Nope… when Bosch sells motors to manufacturers they lock the performance specifications, including wheel size, into...

That’s great if the battery is the issue, but if the problem is voltage control due to controller or charger defect it’s still a problem.

Yeah, I saw that. If Trek builds less than 1% of its bikes in the US because of the cost of labour what makes these guys think they can do it? it’s all about labour cost in the end, even the Chinese are off shoring production to reduce costs now. Hence the large number of bikes that now say...

We get the occational bike through the shop that has been overloaded, it’s pretty much always the rear wheel that goes. Shocking I know. I suggest they contact a tandem specialist, those things are really hard on their wheels. Co-motion in the US and Van Raam in Holland both offer e-tandems.

I ride on trails and sidewalks most of the time as the road has become just too dangerous in the area in which I live. While there are the occasional knuckleheads blasting around at dopey speeds on crowded walkways and trails on e-scooters and e-bikes I find that guys on road bikes are a real...

There’s a likeable British food? Outside of pub grub I always thought of British food as some sort of punishment. sorta like German food.

A common problem everywhere. I work part time at a Trek factory shop, if you want to meet self entitled people just check out some of our roadbike customers. I’m a little bummed out that this isn’t an at least partly Polish club. I do love cabbage rolls.

Oooooo…. So I’m a member of a private, exclusive and possibly Polish club? COOL!

Do you really need it though? It just seems like a good way to beat an expensive battery to death quickly and you are still looking for an electrical outlet part way through your day.

Park Tool PZT-2 pizza cutter. I’m not a fan of Park, buying Unior whenever they offer an equivalent, but you’ve gotta love a company with a sense of humour. and it even comes with a wee bike rack!

A trueing caliper for setting up a balance wheel for a watch. old as the hills, plus some.

I bought a Trek long tail cargo bike last June, since then it’s done most of our grocery runs, hauled scrap metal, been used as a cooler at a BBQ and even hauled another bicycle. Fantastic things, more people should have them. I’m sure that the more you use it, the more you’ll love it.

I used to ride some pretty crazy sports motorcycles, the kind with seats seemingly designed to hurt you. There are gel, foam and air filled cushions that fit over the stock seat and greatly improve things. I’ve had a few and don’t remember any of them being very expensive. Airhawk seats are...