Recent content by speedub.nate

Adding on to that, I would just point out that you'll notice with lighted aerial antennas, they'll often have strobing white lights during daylight hours that switch to reduced intensity steady-burning reds at night (depending on height -- others will pulse, or more accurately "throb," but not...

Nearly impossible with my Shimano bikes, nor with one of my Bosch bikes with the older, monochromatic Purion display. They show me 1-5 bars, that's it, no percent. And as mentioned in my prior post, the Shimano gave me one flipping mile on flat ground on the last bar before calling it quits...

Whoa, that downward projection is a pretty neat party trick -- nice halo around the ass-end of the bike. I want to see that in person! I added a Lezyne StVZO w/ brake function fender mount to my commute bike. It was inexplicably half the price of the Magicshine at my local shop, but it is also...

This is the one I'm referring to: not the "baked in" housekeeping battery reserve that prevents the cells from being underrun or overcharged, but a user-selectable buffer that leaves a little for tasks other than driving the motor. This is a screenshot from Shimano documentation; I need to...

Another variable to consider: "protected reserve" to run the lights. Well, that's my name for it. Last night I rode home in "Trail" mode which, to the uninitiated, is Shimano's stock middle level of pedal assist (although its power output is much closer to the top than to the middle). I also...

I think that's a mistake on this forum. I don't own any throttle-controlled bikes but I've come to the conclusion that we "pedal assist purist" types are in the minority. The Original Poster who posed this question could very easily be in the throttle camp! And actually, that could give some...

I was thinking about this on my ride in to work just now... My commute is a hair over 11 miles and mostly flat, just 200' of gain on the home leg, and yet in Eco mode I'm pushing my luck to complete two round trips (45 miles). But if I take this same bike out and casually ride the...

I could throw my numbers at you, but as you've already suggested, there are many variables – many more than you have already listed. At least with electric cars of different makes, there is a common reference point of "miles per kWh" or kWh/100 km, but in that case nobody is pedaling to...

Are you asking whether the chainring is oval? No, round. It's not a ton of movement, but everything here is new – so more movement than I expected to see. They're basic jockey wheels, so that's not it. It's a generic tensioner off Amazon, but I doubt it's somehow responsible for the wiggle...

I haven't yet seen @Nesdon 's returned gray Tomberlin show up in Upway's inventory, but today a new one in a nice looking shade of blue made an appearance. https://upway.co/products/tomberlin-signature-carbon-rk3qg6 $3,400 opening price is a bit steep compared to the ~$2,300 the previous...

A pair of fat zip ties is what I used on the former cargo bike. I thought it would be temporary but they went the distance – about 8 years. The difference here is that on the Xtracycle, the torque arm was primarily being driven into the frame – in the low gears, the force pushes the torque arm...

Following up on my past couple of posts in this thread (January and March -- I'm working slowly), I've finally gotten around to assembling a crack squad of componentry to bring this 3x3 Nine cargo bike to life. I'll save all that noise for its own thread, once my build is complete, though...

Right! 100% human powered, but electrification would certainly be interesting. And you know, with a front wheel motor, it could be somewhat trivial to switch between analog and assisted outings. 🤔

Showing some Sweetskinz tires some love! Nice, are those the reflective ones?