Recent content by spokewrench

When you're sitting on the bike, much of your weight is suspended on the spokes from the top of the rear rim down the the hub. If a spoke is loose or broken, things can move and make noise. If you feel every spoke, you may find a broken one. I like to turn the wheel one rotation, hitting each...

I can't speak from experience, but I believe a controller can start a hub motor in a no-sensor mode. When it gets going, the absence of feedback from one of the hall sensors can make the motor noisy. If the controller shuts off the motor because you stop pedaling, and the wheel continues to...

I got a RadMission, like a 1-speed RadCity, in 2022. I'd often have to dry the controller because it seemed to absorb enough humidity to cause missed shifts. A KT controller fixed it. The KT controller let me have throttle without PAS. The other day I recharged my battery because it was down to...

If it gives you pleasure to believe the woman was a vigilante, TV news has you hooked by your confirmation bias. A vigilante seeks to enforce laws without legal authority. To enforce is to compel compliance. Nobody has accused her of seeking to compel compliance. An anonymous caller accused...

According to a 2024 Gallup poll, there are only 3 of 17 institutions in which a majority of Americans have “quite a lot” of confidence: small business, the military, and police. Only 12% trust TV news. Revenue comes from advertising, which depends on audience size, and confirmatory bias is the...

Enforce the law? The chief complains that there are no laws to enforce. In America in the 1950s, the per-mile death rate for adult bicyclists was lower than it was later, in the age of helmets. Town boys also fared well, but the death toll for rural boys was horrendous. A rural boy might not...

Mine were sold under different brands but had the same KT LCD8H display, so maybe both controllers came from the same factory as the display. The 35-amp was advertised for the Radrunner. I don't recall if the 25-amp mentioned the Radmission, or I just saw that it had the same connectors.

I don't know, but I guess they're the same. I got one for my Radrunner, which came with much less output power and torque than advertised. The 35 amp controller doubled both. I sometimes had trouble with moisture, due to the exposed position on the Radrunner, behind the front wheel and not far...

It seemed like the rear pads in my Radrunner wore out very fast. Actually, it was 15 months of daily riding. Because I was in the habit of applying both levers together, maybe they had been worn out for weeks without I noticed. I learned from that to apply each brake independently at least once...

Today I bought 2 dozen @2.72 a dozen. I have a relative who produces organic eggs for farmers' markets. Customers would pay high prices for "better" eggs. If only they knew... By selling a little food, he could dodge standard property tax rates by calling his estate a farm. I'd run it while he...

The boy claimed the woman chasing him was 6 feet behind him. Then how did a motorist cut her off without a collision? Video shows him cutting across the walk path, then she comes along and turns so they can talk, driver's window to driver's window. The boy was anonymous until he showed his mama...

Mine are BV brand. I don't know who made them, but they passed the Zedler Institute's tests for e-bike pedals. That sold me because I imagine it would be dangerous if a spindle snapped! https://www.zedler.de/en/ BV is in Illinois. They started as a dog-care products store. They claim they got...

I'd love to try your recumbent on a street around the corner where there's usually a bad headwind. I've had good luck with chains. I did spend maybe $10 on a breaker to remove a chain so I could soak it in gasoline to see if the dry lube had really kept it as clean as it looked. I spent about...

I believe there's an app for that. With the app, your smartphone can tell the bike your fingerprint or just turn the bike on. There's an app for my Abound. I downloaded it to my phone but didn't mess with it.

Barefoot! A year ago I spent $30 on a pair of Whitun Barefoot shoes. No heel cushioning.... who needs it? I'll switch to industrial shoes if I might step on a nail sticking out of a board or drop a cement block on my toe, but the thin, tough rubber soles and leather-like canvas uppers are...