Recent content by PedalUma

Welcome @Mr.Lightning. Correct. It is not just the volts, it is also the amps the controller allows. 48V X 15 Amps = 720 Watts. 12.5 Amps X 48V = 600 Watts. When people hack to over amp their controllers very bad/expensive things happen. Because it was hacked, the Mfg. is then off the hook. Even...

Go to a locksmith shop. Some keys are also available online, but you need to know what the blank is and the code to order one.

This is an older video but you get the idea.

A: Since you are a polite, and generous old man, I will answer your question: Yes. It was made by people who speak the same dialect of Mandarin as the people who made your bike, and eat the same cuisine, and have the same beliefs for example, regarding their ancestors. This one is called a...

@Raz Cnioc, I have converted three Pashley Prosperos from the UK. Like the Soma's they are steel and have plenty of bosses for racks. They come with all Shimano Cues for gravel. On one I upped the 160 rotor to 203 for mountain bike packing and gave it those Schwalbe Hurricanes that are fast in...

Soma is South of Market St. in San Francisco. Pescadero is little coastal town on the way south to Santa Cruz. Those steel bikes are so very nice. Compliant. They have bosses everywhere and are ideal for gravel and bike packing/touring. I also agree about rim brakes. I like Jagwire MTB pro pads...

Do you have 9/16ths threads with bearings attached on the insides of your shoes? Otherwise, I do not see how the Quint bike can go without any pedals! For those who don't know 'Quint' is like Jaws, but the real deal. He is about 600 pounds, ten-feet long, and likes to hang out inside the Cape...

Multi-surface bikes were used by the Japanese to take the Malay Peninsula. Allied forces were stuck mostly to main roads and heavy armor, the bikes out flanked them. When the bikes lost their tires they made such a racket that it sounded like a bunch of light tanks approaching and everyone ran...

@jabberwocky is right on the mark. They are good general bikes. Some can even do bike packing that road and mountain bikes never could. Another thought on sport Vs. competition. It takes something that is a pure joy, needs no words, and turns it into something people then use war metaphors to...

I enjoyed @stompandgo distinction between sport and competition. I like the intrinsic aspects of sports like sailing a small boat, cross country skiing in nature, fishing in a stream, or riding a bike. I am not at all into the extrinsic aspects of competitions. That is not any fun. Judges...

It is interesting history. At least to me. The idea was that maybe bikes could be better than horses. For example they are quiet, don't eat, and don't scare. That first ride was 1,900 miles of off-road. I wonder if any of those bikes still exist. I did hear that some re-enactors used similar...

In 1897 the Buffalo Solders road from MT to St. Luis before anything was paved.

Trek it is then.