Recent content by Reid

I have given my crash-survivor Juiced bike to a new American emigre, an AC repairman here in Miami who helped us with an AC replacement. Roland is a super nice good guy so I gave him my bike for free. But the battery has been flat for too long and will not charge. He has got the bike working...

I found success only by getting an air compressor and tire inflator and remove the valve core and if that big blast does not seat the tire, I would temporarily stuff it with crumpled paper to help spring the beads to the rim so the first inflation can occur. Let it sit for a bit and then...

I've only ridden 500 miles so far this year but the tubeless conversion continues to work fine. I enjoy the tires I choose and the sealant has to be redosed about every six months. But, no flats. About a thousand miles all told since the conversion. The crushed chainstays ruin the bike for...

Here is the original, fairly high-definition crash video put to YouTube a day or two before the news outlets picked up the story to save lives. It was made with one of those inexpensive Go-Pro type cameras. I was going 23 mph and cars do not consider the existence of bicycles to their right...

Am very happy with the CCS I got some 15 months ago. Have not made any additional mods to the bike for many months now. It is fully perfected for my needs. Added only a motion sensitive alarm a couple of months ago, in adjunct to a ring lock. For my area, the ring lock and motion alarm are...

I don't have an odometer, just the CCS stock display. I reset the trip odo regularly, so I do not know my total milage. Have made no more modifications to the bike since before the car/bike crash of late, last Feb. The bike is perfect for my needs and my likes. The ten-speed conversion...

Only 19K views since its long ago 2014 inception when Jerry sill rigged everything, In his early days,Mr. Nelson has yet to hit his stride. His hands look a lot younger and are still innocent of thousands of hours of scrapes and hard knocks he will live since then! The eggspearienced Zack of...

Off topic. Anything to distract from anyone being unhappy. 1930, Any televisions? "Will you give me a dollar to put in my bank?" The setting is, of course, you know it, Florida. :) ...kicked to death by two infuriated canary birds... ...someone had been feeding them meat. A popular...

I don't know why those plastic discs age so poorly, but they do get brittle in a relatively short time. As already noted, just adjust your derailleur L limit stop; the "dork disc" is then made truly worthless.

If you allow this surgery I will save your life. If you elect me president I will make America great again. If you take my every word to be the truth I will make you my chump. *well meaning surgeons in turns killed both my parents. *your vote counts. *Our resident president.

In my state there is no helmet law for adults. All I wish to stand for is our individual freedom to make good or bad choices for ourselves, when the choices are not against the law. In this case, in my state, an adult need not wear a helmet. Several million people besides myself agree...

That seems like a draconian reply. I hope I misunderstand you. In the video below, in the background, there goes a bike rider without a helmet. If a car cuts him off and he hits his head, do you maintain that he should be denied insurance restitution because he legally refused to wear a...

Wear a helmet or get a ticket = artificial law. On the other hand, the inverse square law is natural law, and as such cannot be argued against; ie: the impact force at 20mph is four times that of 10mph. Accepting that natural laws cannot be argued against, each of us makes a personal...

Hi, public hero RN! My late brother was an RN. Have never thought of injecting fresh sealant via a puncturing hypo before. Thank you for the tip. I should get over needlephobia and follow Schwalbe's advice and yours.

How variable we all are! This is why the helmet question must only be answered by each of us alone and not by force of artificial law. I wear my helmet on some rides. I do not wear my helmet on other rides. I wish I had worn my helmet for this ride, but despite that I did not, I escaped a...