Recent content by smorgasbord

I believe your premise is wrong: UART provides the easier access to settings. The BESST is locked down for us.

combined with: Suggests to me that the skipping problem was not cog wear but the cassette coming loose, which, as @stompandgo points out, shouldn't ever happen. I've not heard of cogs wearing out without chain stretch, too, but a loose cog could certainly wear itself out quickly. At any rate...

Well, for a tiny splurge more you can get the Park Tool PRS-30 for $765: https://nexgencycle.com/products/park-tool-prs-30-prs-30 Then use a cheap cordless drill, although the hand crank is quite easy to turn, even on a heavy bike. Use the 15% coupon for first time buyer. Free shipping and no...

They will be treated like motorcycles, as of July 2026:

There are all sorts of ways to hold a heavy bike up. Getting it up there is a different problem. I had been using my Feedback Sport bike rack for years - either asking someone else to help me lift it onto the jaws, or even putting it on a wood bench, clamping the rack to the frame, then sliding...

The mount on my old Egg Rider broke. I was going to buy a new one, and saw that there's now a two-piece color version. Anyone have it? Alternatively, there are protection mounts that look like I could put my broken EggRider into it and then use that to mount. Anyone try those? TIA

After many decades: also https://www.parktool.com/en-us/blog/news/calvin-jones-retiring-after-28-years-as-director-of-education-at-park-tool

Just to provide a personal update: • I bought two bikes from Luna (Apollos, in mid 2019 and early 2020), and they each came with Luna's charger • The mid-2019 charger died (wouldn't power on) in Sept 2020. Out of warranty, but Luna gave me a coupon for a new one at $50. • Grin had a 25% off...

I like to rotate the bike when flushing new brake fluid in, trying to get as vertical a line as possible to avoid air bubbles.

Nice. About $300 price difference, depending on deals (the Feedback was $1250, but prices seemed to have dropped a couple hundred since introduction). Using the Park now, I don't miss having a motor, and while I was planning on using one of my cordless drills, I'm probably not going to bother...

Sorry this took so long, but anyway, here's the stand in action: And from behind And a close-up of the standard attachment jaw: The arm attaches at one of two different points. I chose the lower point to be sure I didn't have to lift the bike to get the jaws on but I might have been able to...

The PRS-30 arrived today. So, Nex Gen Cycle not only didn't charge tax nor shipping, they shipped 2-day FedEx across the country. Unfortunately, I have guests arriving in a couple of hours, so it will probably have to wait until tomorrow for the unboxing. BTW, the box weighs about 50lbs.

FWIW, I ordered the Park Tools PRS-30 with the leg base from Nex Gen Cycle: https://nexgencycle.com/products/park-tool-prs-30-prs-30 They're running a 15% discount on just about everything and didn't charge sales tax nor shipping to California, so under $747 total. Seemed too good to be true...

As I posted above, we'll rent vacation homes for extended periods and bring our bikes along. Yeah, I've got a set of mini-handlebar stands like these for use on the road: https://www.handlebarjack.com/products/the-original-handlebar-jack-v3 I maybe used them once.