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I, unfortunately, use feel on bicycles, though I would certainly use a torque wrench for a cylinder head on an engine. I have been turning wrenches professionally for all of my working life, so there is a fair bit of hubris there. I might be convinced to use a torque wrench on certain electrical...

A motorcycle's front brake is on the right because the clutch lever is on the left because the twist throttle is on the right. It has to be that way, or the opposite. I assume that on a bicycle the front brake is on the left because that's the British way of doing things. How you modulate front...

A good saddle is priceless. Though, I have put so much time on them over the years that most of them don't hurt too bad. Some do, and they just want to cause pain. So, I guess I'm lucky in that I can do twenty-plus miles on one of my free saddles on one of my free bikes and butt pain ain't a...

I usually pedal my ebike in the lowest assist level. I enjoy the bicycle riding experience, but I find the throttle is an invaluable tool to have at your fingertips.

Welcome to EBR. It was knee pain that got me on an ebike also. After the initial rush of the power and speed of my ebike I now only use enough assist to limit the pain.

....or you could buy an "illegal" on-line bike and "comply" with the local law. A twist throttle offers some stealth. If you don't exceed the ebike speed limit, and pedal -- you won't get pulled over! That is, unless you're breaking some other traffic law. If mandatory inspection sweeps become...

I wouldn't mind if I could get a Metacycle or two at liquidation pricing.

You have a 500 watt motor -- if you have a 500 watt motor controller. My 500 watt motor gets fed up to 1500 watts from my 30 amp 52 volt (nominal) controller. The watts your motor consumes depends on the power fed to it by your motor controller.

I do agree with that sentiment, but sometimes I feel like a wildebeest on the savanna. There are all these large predators trying to kill me! I live and ride in a small city with decent bicycle infrastructure, and, with that, sometimes I feel like prey. Thankfully, I can flick the throttle and...

Nice trike for your dad, though you can't undo the circles around the sun. Hopefully he can enjoy the new ride.

You know, I could really use a smaller ev van with moderate range. Nothing like that is on the market here at the moment. VW will soon market the I.D. Buzz microbus, but that thing is just an overpriced showboat. If only there were ev's that worked on a functional level, as opposed to some sort...

The right hand brake lever is usually the rear brake for a bicycle in the US.

I believe I'm at five ebikes. Three of those are hub motor ebikes, and the other two are mid-drives. I use a different bike for a different use.

You'll need some lower gears in a hub drive for the steeper hills. My hub motor bike has 24 gears, my 750w mid-drive has 8. Their riding performance is similar. The 500w hub motor I have pulls up to 1400w, so that power sure helps on steep hills.

Yeah, something hard went through those rollers. It's probably been chewing on the pieces of metal from the cage for awhile.

I build my own ebikes, so I have a lot of choice in the capabilities of my bikes. With my first build I was so drunk on the power and speed I rode at maximum power with a lot of throttle. Burnt through battery capacity very quickly, but after about a year I now ride at the lowest assist level...

A throttle sure is handy. I went out on a ride with a friend. She was riding her brand new Trek, and she got stuck a few times and had to dismount and walk. Now, it wasn't the bike's fault, it's just that she didn't downshift before she needed her low gears. A throttle could have given her a...

I looked into getting a used NEV with FLA batteries for cheap, those things go for well over $1k, and me thinks to convert it to Li-ion battery is about $1k plus. So enjoy your ride. I want to get a GEM for next to nothing. Waiting for someone getting rid of a dead one at a fire sale price...

I did like driving those old beetles, though the early ones were severely underpowered. Which was good because the brakes were so bad. And the 6 volt electrical system made push starting them a regular occurrence. My parents had a '64 camper bus, and it was remarkable that we all didn't die in...

If the motor has enough power then it can substitute for lower gearing. My bbs02 goes up steep, admittedly short slopes on throttle only, geared 42/32, if I so desired, drawing 1200w +. You don't need a whole bunch of gears on a mid-drive. If it can output enough power, and you can pedal it at...