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Part of why certain laws -- like not being able to put louder 12v motorcycle horns on an e-bike -- are really dumb. It's as if the lawmakers are often against public safety. And yeah, no matter how pissed off you might get, plaster on the fake smile, be genial... and THEN bitch, moan, and curse...

I count myself lucky to have not had any collisions with anyone or anything yet given some of the behaviors -- and crashes -- I've witnessed or come across. In my area -- kind of like the guys with the oversized jacked up super shiny pickup trucks that you know have never carried anything in...

Yeah, I got on the habit on my Aventure of holding the brake lever when I'm ready to get on/off, and I got this message the other day just because I forgot to let go of the brake when I hit the power switch. The brake handles use a hall effect sensor that gets held in by a nut on the cable...

Usually if it's just a wear-in issue for the squealing a few really hard stops will get rid of it. If it does not the pads might be glazed or fouled. The fronts on my aventure -- once I got a working set -- sounded pretty scratchy when new, but that went away around the 80 mile mark. Sadly I...

With the brakes, I'd really suggest you get a kit and learn to bleed them yourself just because it's something you should be doing every 3 to 6 months. Especially with the cheaper "zoom" brand. You can get an ezMTB brand kit off Amazon for $15...

THIS. It's not like fuel in a gas tank. Was my first thought. My second thought is temperature. If you've got extremes of 30F or more between AM and afternoon, that could be another 5-10% of difference. Batteries can deliver more power longer when kept cool. I know here in New Hampshire on a...

My numbers run a bit different since I'm rocking 40tpi WD whitewalls instead of the stock 60tpi Kenda Juggernauts. It means my normal ride is 20psi which is the max the WD's are rated for. I drop to 15 if I know I'm taking a rougher unprepared path most of the way, and over the winter in the...

I'm still able to push mine up past 28, but that's because before when unlocked it was racing ahead of my pedaling, so I swapped out the chainring and cassette so I'm now rocking 53:11-36 I did notice a bit of power drop though, before with this setup I was able to push up to 38-ish, now 34...

Same problem I had with my Aventure, that arrived with completely non-functioning brakes. By the time they got around to answering me I'd already given up and grabbed replacements third party. Kind of like how I ended up eating a battery because of their shite support. They're great at selling...

I was going to comment similar, but say it looks like it was written by chatGPT or some other AI. It ticks all the boxes of glittering generalities and vague marketspeak double-talk. The type of BS copypasta that advertising executives try to use to pretend audiences are as gullible as they were...

The brake caliper thing? With the bolts loose so it can move, use a bungee cord (or even just a rubber band) to hold the front brake handle closed. Not like super tight, just firmly closed. Tighten the bolts, remove the bungee cord, done. It will be perfectly centered every single time. If the...

It takes energy to make noise, therefor the more noise your drivetrain makes, the less energy going to the wheels. Thus it's not unreasonable to think you're delivering more power to the ground.

I have an Aventure (original) and a very similar trailer, and the trailer hook side of things the hole is a fraction the size of the axle. The hole is only 0.41" (10.5mm) and your typical bike axle is 0.47" (12mm). You cannot attach a trailer like that to the AXLE. And even if it did fit, it...

A bit brute force. I usually just soften the rubber with the hot air gun from my soldering station. I would think a hair dryer might work too. You only need a little gap to then get a plastic pry tool in. But then letting bike parts heat up to room temp -- or higher -- is pretty common practice...

This is something 2nd amendment "advocates" never take into account. Emotion and adrenaline can cause anyone -- ANY OF US -- to lose our heads and escalate a situation. You have to have been there in that type of moment to understand that rational thought can get tossed out the window. And as...

Well that's a painfully anglocentric statement. How about medieval songs in dead languages using a mix of modern and period instruments?

My favorite Primus tune has to be Tommy the Cat.

Which is another thing some of the obtuse effete elitist jerks 'round the web seem to lose their huffing minds. I mean I start playing with the gear ratios to dial in the bike to be useful both motorized and not, and I get some people -- even those who liked your comment -- screaming "It's an...

I thought this thread was about rock, not the type of AM radio easy listening WPLM in Taxachusetts would play in the '80's. Diamond's limp, soft, "pop light" chazerei was one step removed from Tony Orlando or Tom Jones. WPLM -- great call letters. Stands for "We Play Lousy Music" FFS, Pat...

Oh and if we're gonna go James Gang... funk #49 is a must have.