Recent content by gromike

Machine abuse pure and simple, just as making your teenage kid push the mower.

I fell off a bike when I was five and had the when knocked out of me for the first time. Thought I was dying. My older brother talked me through it. Falling hard, just from a standing height, can hurt real bad. Remember when we were young and indestructible? Ain't so anymore.

Yeah, three cervical vertebrae fused here, but there are solutions:

How many wires go from the battery to the controller? If it's just the positive and negative, then the controller probably isn't proprietary and the world is your oyster. Then you can buy a controller kit from many sources, making sure it fits and is voltage and power compatible with your bike...

Ah, it didn't register to me that you purchased an etrike.

Have you looked into road worthy etrikes? Issues with balance can be deadly on two wheels.

If you want fast build on a quality truck.

If you want to get technical, throw away the torque wrench and measure bolt stretch instead. There is a lot of if, ands, and buts in the proper use of a torque wrench.

It looks like he has a speed sensor on the rear wheel, as would be expected. So, changing the cluster shouldn't affect his displayed speed.

Last night I felt this momentary pang, and as that sharp emotion evaporated into the darkness all that I had was one word -- depression. Kinda scary, but just a right brain flash I suppose.

I wouldn't mind a Cybertruck if I could get one super cheap. With some adept surgery it might make a decent camper. I'd travel the country from one Tesla charging station to the next.;)

Now back to those tariffs. Who's that going to bust?

Small sprocket is the higher gear. First gear would be the easiest to pedal.

The Marathon Plus has been my number one choice of bicycle tires tires for the last 2 years.

One must try to count their blessings, and I have one. That would be getting into fixing and building ebikes. That started the summer of 2022 when I purchased a Huffy Oslo on ebay. As an ebike it was seriously lacking and my search for a cure led me here to this very forum. And it was the posts...