Recent content by rob feature

I'm not working with a hub motor. It's a regular MTB wheel fed off a Bosch mid-drive. Yeah, I may not buy the Park stand. Still shopping around. There are much cheaper options available for occasional use. And I do have some more wheel work on my list. Wanna swap the hoops on my Yeti...

Yeah, I thought it was a bit lofty as well. They wanted $150 for the wheel build - so apparently about $400 in parts somewhere? I didn't ask for a fancy rim or anything. Or a tire or tape or valves. Not sure exactly which parts you're talking about above, but holler at me on the side -...

740mm on my Allant. 800mm on MTBs. One rule I've heard through the years is do some pushups. Wherever you put your hands gives you a good idea of where you'd want a bar. I have a One-up carbon bar on one of my hardtail MTBs and I swear it takes out enough small vibrations to combat fatigue.

That has to be Lennard Zinn (of Zinn & the art of Bicycle Maintenance fame)? He lived in Louisville when I lived there. Shop address is Louisville. Yeah, good call! I live on the other side of the metro now, but would totally drive up there to use his crew for this.

So I'm having a helluva time finding another wheel at any price. Web searches have been mostly fruitless with maybe one exception close to $450. I just got back from LBS, who quoted me something north of $500 to build my hub up again :oops:. And that wouldn't be 'till August at best when he...

Naah, I took a 6,000 mile (mostly offroad) trip one summer. Took me a month riding pretty much all day every day. Would have taken me 6 months on an electric. The engine is also the soul of a motorcycle. You listen to it for subtle cues in sketchy situations & it keeps you company on long...

The vast majority of a bike's braking ability is on the front wheel - just sayin. Did you loosen a fitting or sommat to lose the fluid? Squeaking usually means a contaminated rotor / pads. Rotors can be cleaned with alcohol. Pads can to a degree, but if they got hydraulic fluid or mineral...

e-bike racing is a thing? I guess of course it is. If it moves, people will race it. Can't say I've heard of this though.

I've talked with their customer service before. They were pretty rude & told me to go to the shop. A trip to my shop was the reason I contacted them. Considering that this outside the warranty period, and my previous experience with them, I'm not going to chase it any further. I'll buy a...

Ha! That's Jackie - a 1st gen Salsa Timberjack. I don't want to know what the bike park would be like on the Allant. I'd want an ambulance on standby.

Yeah, I bet suspension takes a lot of the hit off the wheels.

I've never cracked a rim in my life. Then again, this is the only ebike I've ever owned. Gonna try to find something that's made for the power & extra weight. Like the OEM chain, I suspect this rim was not designed with e-bike use in mind.

Eeh, just talked to the bike shop & components are on the 2 year warranty plan. Looks like I'm on my own. Hate this, but I think it may be what will push me to just buy a truing stand and replace the rim. After I dig into the bearings to see if it's even worth rescuing this setup.

So I took my Allant 7 down for maintenance today - new chainring, chain and cassette. Cleaned up the rear wheel to put the new cassette on and found a cracked rim. While it gets good care and feeding, I don't spit shine it unless I'm replacing or inspecting something & this almost got out of...

You have to watch the movie Mallrats to get mine :) Been using it since the early PC gaming days when I discovered I needed a gamer tag