Recent content by indianajo

Wow!. I missed this thread and product. I need one. I bought a Sturmey Archer S-80 IGH May 2017. With no underspeeds it was useless without a 42 tooth rear sprocket which was not for sale. Only 18 tooth. When I did not own a car that got > 5mph; carrying 60 lb groceries up 15% grades...

2 problems with disconnecting from the electrical grid. 1. I live in a county where it rains 220 days a year. Solar does not pay off. 2. Theft. I live 7 months in a flood risk city with full services. I live 5 months in a rural zone 20 miles from ozone, which makes me cough. There is no food...

I use this 1/2"x6' stainless steel sling https://www.mcmaster.com/8942T831/ through the frame wrapped around a mains power pole, a live electrical conduit, or a live pipe to a gas meter. $83 plus freight from cleveland. Stainless steel is a PITB to cut with a grinder, it won't turn orange and...

I saw 2 Rivian pickups this week, on US 40 ALT between Frostburg & Cumberland MD. They looked like a roller skate with the foot out. 4 people doors, a 4' bed. Totally NOT the pickup I need for home projects and no grandchildren. I have 8' bed and single seat F150. Excess possessions ride in...

I had to buy my 8' bed single seat F150 from a dealer in a rural county. Driven to my local dealer. I wanted a super cab 8' bed, but only Dodge is making those this year. Dodge Chevy & GMC fail my brother's fleet test. He has 4 4WD crew cab diesel pickups for his business inspecting bridges...

Those things maybe, but I carry a 24' stepladder or 10' conduit or pipe sometimes, which is not possible with a 6 1/2' bed. As shown in the pictures. Roof racks, besides damaging the gas mileage, cost triple to cross the toll bridges to the suppliers & entertainment in the next state. F150...

Only below 20 F, I wear a welder's helmet liner. It covers my ears. My Fox Rampage helmet has plenty of ventilation. I wrap the mouth hole in plastic below 20 F. With all the vents, sweat does not drip from my hair in good weather. Below 96 F.

I handle mobs of lycra at a 4 way stop by stopping, letting one cross, then proceeding as the law allows. The rest of the mob can crash into my bike at will. It weighs 94 lb with battery, motor, panniers, tools, repair parts, rain gear, and water. The tool box is 12 lb and the 11" chanllock...

I could wire up private solar electricity without an electrician (I have been a factory mechanic and wired a room of a house age 11). but it rains 270 days a year here. I've looked at wind power. My country trailer is at the top of a hill, but every supplier is obsessed with putting expensive...

That Rivian is UGLY. I am definite I have never seen one. I find 20 mpg on a 8' bed F-150 to be amazing myself. 23 mpg freeway on trips. My 1976 F-150 got 11 mpg. The best I got was a 1970 International 1 ton crew cab p/u which got 13 mpg. The 1966 F-100 my father loaned me got 16 mpg, but...

I have never seen a Rivian p/u. I have never seen an ad for a Rivian on TV. I have never seen a news story about a Rivian. When I was driven off the bicycle by my heart, which went from 250 w to 50 w in one surgery, I looked for a Ford Lightning. Not available in stock. Bought a 20 mpg F150...

I tried to buy an electric F150 for ~$47000 in 2025. Something that would carry a 24" extension ladder, or a 4x8 sheet of plywood that would not blow away. Like an Amazon delivery truck maybe. Not available. 6.5' bed only electric F150. Zero in stock. Tesla's truck is a fashion statement, not...

Parmesan Spinach Artichoke dip on zero carb tortilla (cut up into chips) followed by Pine Nut flavor Hummus dip on same chips. Lettuce onion mushroom or tomato salad with zero sugar ceasar dressing. 2 oz turkey or chicken or ham & cheese on 1 slice 1 gram sugar Butter Bread. 1 tblsp Zero sugar...

When I was in 2nd & 3rd grade, the teachers made us announce the answers to sums & differences on flash cards. It made us very fast, and allowed me to see the answers to addition and subtraction instead of running the answer through my cortex. I am still more accurate at long sums, like income...

Indiana must be paradise. My city AC power (Duke Energy) hasn't gone off more than 10 seconds except when a semi truck trailer knocked down an electric pole across from the shopping center 2 blocks away, 12 years ago. 10 hours to replace that pole. I keep a 12 VDC light in the kitchen that...