Recent content by mrgold35

Exactly! Bum left knee now from B-ball and football after decades of playing after H.S. I start to get increasing lower leg and knee stiffness/mild pain when I skip riding my ebikes for weeks. Walking and hiking irritates my plantar fasciitis and I have mild lower joint pain with stiffness a...

Is there a ebike rental in town you can try a mid-drives and hub drives? It will give you a general feel of how the power is delivered, handling, braking, and comfort. The wife test rode Radcity rear hub step-thru at a rental shop when it came out back in 2018 and we purchased online...

I've noticed my city has started posting 20 mph speed limit signs on the shared bike, run, and walk paths. It was an unwritten rule for years of keeping your speed at/under 20 mph and the reason for Class I&II ebikes being A-OK on the same paths (Class III not allowed; but, keep your speed...

I just have to whip out the spare chain in rack bag and add a quick link. I would have the added step of needing a chain tool and keeping some spare replacement pins as back-up (Murphey's Law). The chain on bike that broke is usually ready for cleaning anyways.

I broke my chain on my mid-drive M620 1000w/160Nm Himiway Cobra Pro. I was +12 miles from home and very lucky my wife was with me and I rode her Radrover step-thru home to get my vehicle. We were at the ABQ Balloon Fiesta so she was busy taking pics of the mass ascension when I went home. I...

Was is similar to a pinch flat? The same thing happened to my 4" fat tire with tubes. I narrowed it down to too much overlap of the Mr. Tuffy liner. Trimming the liner with minimum overlap and I didn't get the same puncture issue again in +8 years. Swapped over to Tannus Armor a few years ago.

I added the quick link tool with extra replacement pins to my rack bag along with the quick link. The quick links would not have fixed the problem without removing the link that broke in middle in-between the joint. So far so good swapping to KMC e10 EPT chain after breaking the original (had...

I haven't touch my rear hub Radrovers in +2 1/2 years since purchasing the Cobra Pro. I save my two Radrovers as a back up if we do a family ride with others. Having 2X the hp/tq with the mid-drive is amazing. Pretty much second nature now down/up shifting with any change in speed. Having 10...

I went from "fall off a log easy" 750w 7 speed hub drive Radrover to a 1000w 10 speed mid-drive Himiway Cobra Pro. It is similar to going from an automatic transmission to manual gear car. I really have to think about my mid-drive gear changes and downshift when slowing down so I don't put too...

Planning for the trip is just as fun as the actual trip for me. I try to live by "not having a plan is planning to fail".

The only thing that worked for me was using Bar Mitts. Temps might get down to the low teens at most and usually below freezing during winter ebike commuting starting at 5am. I still had ice cold finger tips with bulky winter gloves rated for those temp. I don't know the exact wind chill...

I can understand using blinking rear red lights or blinking headlights for daytime use. My brain associates a blinking light to emergency vehicles, begin to up your awareness and take caution like in a construction zone, and be aware of possible danger ahead. We see solid red and white light a...

We have the advantage of having extra wide streets and bike friendly approach with infrastructure:. - Any new roads have bike lane markings (bikers are "encourage" to ride with traffic) - bikes are allowed on sidewalks traveling in any direction - street lighting everywhere - a lot of...

I was being 100% serious. If slowing down ebikes would have saved that soul. Why wouldn't slowing down other public/private modes of motorized transportation should also yield the same results of saving lives?

Makes sense! They should also half the power and top speed of motorcycles, trains, planes, and vehicles because of one collision.