Recent content by stompandgo

I have been watching the Tour of Luxemborg, mainly to keep an eye on the Modern Adventure team. They did not make the top 10. MVDP soloed to victory after 3 hours away (just typing that makes me hurt) while TVL's David Piganzoli won the GC. For the Worlds, I'll be stuck keeping an eye on live...

Yes and no. The advanced features that I talked about, like multiple lane detection, multiple threat identification, etc. require that the RearVue be paired to the head unit via Secure Bluetooth, which requires multiple firmware updates on both the RearVue and the head unit before it will work...

There are two reports that I'm familiar with that can be produced from the Bosch Diagnostic Tool, the "eBike Report" and the "Dealer Report". I always provide the eBike Report for a customer if they request it. It contains all of the information that an owner would want for resale, i.e. battery...

I also shift constantly when riding on the rail trails, mainly due to the never ending road crossings. I have zero issues with hand discomfort using the XT shifter. The long throw enables the multishift, which I use constantly as well. I don't miss the pull shifting at all. I am sorry that it is...

What a great adventure. Keep it coming. I watched a season of "Alone" that was based on the South Island. The place looked absolutely brutal. Non stop humidity, rain, cold, and bugs. Looks like you found the nice part.

You ride mostly off-road, where a device like this would not add a lot of value. Those of us that ride on roads with motor vehicles around us, and on trails that have been invaded by Sur-Rons, get great value out of knowing what is approaching behind you and how quickly. I also don't ride...

The Garmin RearVue 820 not only detects bicycles, it displays bicycles, cars, and large motor vehicles differently on your head unit. It also shows two lanes of traffic to your left when riding on the road. What it does not do well is control alerting when riding in a group. Peloton mode only...

Do you buy your breakfast cereal from Aliexpress?

In MA, it is illegal to ride a bicycle on a sidewalk, which I think is what you call a "public footpath". Walking it isn't in the law as far as I know. However, on the Cape, we have sidewalks marked as "bike trails", and we are encouraged to use them. Makes no sense. We also have public "walking...

Yesterday, I decided to take a shorter ride on the Pinarello and explore some of the roads and beaches on the Outer Cape that I haven't seen. 54 miles, 1155 feet, 3:30, main battery only. I rode mostly in Off, and some in Eco, as I had 75% battery left at the end. I used the predictor...

It definitely worth a test ride. I've never ridden anything like it. Even at 30-or-so pounds and 40mm tires, I can hammer through 25mph turns right next to the 14 pound road bike guys and it never flinches. It rides like a flat bar race bike. It is also very efficient on battery, as long as you...

I have been very happy with the Panaracer Gravel King X1 Plus tires on my Pinarello. The 40mm version on my 25mm GRX rims measure 42mm at the cross section. I am riding them with Tupolito CX Gravel TPU tubes. I ride on smooth and broken pavement, dirt, gravel, chipseal, and packed sand. They...

Maybe they adapted that line for the machines being used? I don't know.

"in my own experience" I worked for a company that made CNC machines and we installed them all over the world. Every customer of ours used CAD with dimensions in thousandths (or ten thousandths) to program their CNC, for our machines and others in the same production line as our machines...

Thousandths of an inch is a hybrid between metric and imperial, and, in my own experience, are effectively the standard for machining tolerance (along with tenths and hundredths of a thousandth) worldwide. Why can't we all just get along?