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People that run bike shops seem to be of the opinion that sitting down is some sort of chemical addiction. They sell mostly blades. I learned to ride in the days of the upright cruiser with a coaster brake, and prefer to sit up to avoid the risk of breaking a neck disk as my Mother did at...

I bought a generic geared hub motor and generic battery. Any load any road, I can use it. My battery connector was a XT90, now cut off and replaced with generic Dorman insulated .250 flag terminals. Just match the frame dropout and wheel size, or lace your own wheel. Match Hall effect...

I have to say a 20" tire bike like the R&M tinker tour would rattle my teeth even on pavement. Your requirements match up to a cargo bike, except for the suspension front fork. I would buy a Blix Packa, https://blixbike.com/products/packa-electric-cargo-bike after I checked with the factory...

I only air condition to 80 deg, to maintain my ability to enjoy the outdoors in summer. Some A/C keeps the mold off my piano and walls. Sorry about the fall and KO, but a bigger heavier helmet may help. I ride a Fox Rampage https://www.modernbike.com/fox-racing-rampage-dh-helmet-mako-yellow...

Original poster left the website 6/10/23. Please wave pointer over username for last post date before giving advice to nobody.

Every automobile emits 5 lb carbon per 20 miles, whether the emissions are at the tailpipe or at the giant regional power plant. See the Nova program Polar Extremes. Electric cars likeTeslas are particularly heavy. The suffering grandchildren will not look kindly on the insane US car culture...

Ha HA HA HA!. Teslas are luxury items. Since I gave up cars as earth-toasters, my ebike is a necessity. I rode into a 35 mph wind yesterday to a concert. WIthout electricity my bicycle pace would have been 2 mph. Since my knees were destroyed by the US Army, I could have walked the 6 miles...

Not the stainless steel 1/2"x6' cable I use. https://www.mcmaster.com/8942T15 $87+freight. Nobody has even tried to cut it in 6 years. Weighs <1/2 of the chain grenseal uses. I've had a tire stabbed twice with a knife or pick by frustrated thieves. I carry 3 tubes, a spare tire, all the required...

Useless pieces of garbage. One battery rechargeable in freezing weather is the Lead Acid. I park my lithiumIon battery indoors under a heating pad late October to late April, but still shop & meet off the bike.

The best weight to lose on the bike is that around your middle. Since giving up cars 2008 I have lost 50 lb there. No carbon fiber for me; too many horror stories. Aluminum seems to be robust enough for my riding style. This is my first aluminum frame bike. With electric drive on the bike, I...

My space science (weather class) asst professor had a base pass to Canaveral for the Apollo 14 launch. I drove over to Florida, met him at his motel, and rode on base in the back of his station wagon. Very loud event, and I saw the Saturn V rocket go up into the sky.

250 w is .25 kw or 91775 kgm/hr. So if the bike+rider weighed 100 kg a 250w motor could lift the bike+rider+accessories 918 m in an hour, barring wind resistance. So on a 10.7% grade a 250 w motor could travel 8.58 km in an hour eliminating wind resistance and input from the rider. A 200 kg...

That kind of idiocy is the same as the storefront preacher. Lander module on moon was visible on telescopes from earth. Equipment in JSC building 5 processed data from the rockets and lander for display on video consoles viewed by NASA employees. These were visible on national television...

4/8/24 I drove from my Marysville property to Vernon, IN where I parked at Muscatatuck Jennings County Park. The wife decided not to go with me to the twice in a lifetime event; she took a cruise to the Caribbean and left me the car. I had always been working before, except 2017 it was 100...

Bring on the iron-air battery.

Pity. My knobby Kendas & Giants outlast street tread tires about 3 to 1. About a fifth as many flats too, as long as I keep the knobs taller than 3/32". Cost about half or 3/8 of what those Schwalbe wonder tires cost. I too have a front hub motor, but only peak at 25 mph down steep hills. If...

I knew a preacher whose day job was as a furniture mover. He asserted that NASA shot the moon videos in that huge building 5 on the Johnston Space Center. It is a movie studio, he said. I had to work as a mover after I graduated into the 1973 post-VietNam recession. That or live with my parents...

Black lightning comes in large & extra large frame. Only. OP needed a small frame. Geared hub motor is probably safe for maximum rise of 900' in an hour.

Post & run. Use some other forum. Yes. I do. 1000 w. Use torque arms.

My summer camp is 15 miles from 30 seconds of totality at Scottsburg, IN. I am going on the bike. 30 miles north of that you get to 3 minutes of totality on latitude of Seymour IN, I won't be taking the freeway on the bike so more like lovett or hayden IN. There is a 30% chance of clouds...