Recent content by gromike

I have worn a baseball hat under my helmet many times, but once some guy said doing that negates the MIPS function.

More motorcycle than bicycle, and technically not an ebike. A looming crackdown on illegal ebikes is coming to America. How and where it comes down is the question. Pay your money and take your chances.

Nobody remembers the downsides of nuclear power electrical generation. Too bad for those species with complicated genomes and long lives. Me, I only got ten plus years left, so I don't care so much what the monkeys are doing. I'm sure Utopia is in your future.🤣

Scooter Rider and Cyclist Are Killed in Head-On Crash on N.Y.C. Bridge https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/nyregion/queensboro-bridge-nyc-bike-scooter-crash-deaths.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mFA.gVE_.5LGQThCT0Xhh&smid=url-share

We Americans sure screwed up the transition. Outside of my tractor and hedge trimmer I have given up on ICE, though I await a suitable electric vehicle to be sold in the USA. That suitable electric vehicle for me would be a capable pickup at a reasonable price. The electric pickup trucks...

The standard width All-Axle motor provides more than enough power for me. It will push me up the steepest hills I encounter with no pedaling, though I usually do some pedal work. What I do have a problem with is battery capacity. The bidirectional throttle is just way too much fun, and with it...

I do believe a case can be made on a road bike for a torque sensing direct-drive hubmotor with regen braking. I put an Grin All-Axle on this bike: The bi-directional throttle is amazing. One hand go and stop.

Foofer, you also might state "alcohol sucks can't believe anyone is drinking it at this moment while reading my post.:p

Outside of the regulatory, sufficient power for an ebike depends on multiple factors: fitness of the rider, terrain, road safety, cargo load, and sometimes, damnit, I just want to get to and from work. Personally, I like a 750w motor that can run 1200+ watts. I recently put a rear Grin All-Axle...

Yeah to that too, but who knows.

Not a ebike, so you'll get some shade here. Best to ask your questions on the endless sphere forum.

I must of been prescient when I bought this old ebike last summer: It's a Giant Twist Freedom DX W, 2010 I believe. It is such a slow, gutless thing, and was destined for my personal ebike museum to highlight how far we have come in ebike development. Now, I have found that the past is the...

Me thinks m@Robertson no longer posts here, but to answer your question--build your own.

When I was young and strong I wasted those cotters repeatedly. So, my tears are not of joy.

I take in strays, bikes that is. I no longer bother severely corroded bikes. It seems to be the life cycle of an inexpensive bicycle. It's ridden and loved for awhile, then migrates to under a tarp in the back yard, then the tarp rots away. Eventually the bike is freed from the bushes and ends...