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I had 19" x 19" x 8" panniers from yubabike until last month. They were stolen with the bike four weeks ago. (Man door to garage, the Abus hasp was cut off with a grinder). Yuba panniers had a plastic bar on the back, that I tied to the yuba rack with baling twine. Nobody ever figured out...

DTswiss and Sapim make spokes of real steel, not melted auto scrap with lead, tin, copper in it. I have 12000 miles on the IGH wheel I built with DTswiss spokes. The donor rim came from a $120 mountain bike I scrapped. DTswiss does not sell fat spokes for ebike hub motor wheels. Even tension...

I am an amateur musician whose major hobby is listening to media. I also perform weekly as a church pianist and vocal soloist. Due to earplug use, my hearing at age 76 is still good to 14000 hz. A loud motor between my legs could destroy my hi. freq. hearing in a week. Those 15" tire gas...

The Yuba bodaboda with the 350 w front hub motor & 17.5 AH was stolen 2 weeks ago. Perp smashed the wood door with a hammer, then when they found the angle iron frame bolted down the back, they cut the hasp off the door with a grinder. Abus hasp, not a toy. Police have the serial # and a color...

There is a used PakYak in Brooklynn with 17 miles. I'd like to buy it, if it is suitable for my 30 mile commute. I have seen that the Yamaha motor on Yamaha bikes was one that you did not spin the motor with your feet when riding unpowered. Does the modified Yamaha motor on the Momentum...

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...