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We're screwed on that front.

Hit a pothole at 50 km/h and you won't say that. Or head-on into a standard 20cm curb at 10 km/h. Or ride down stairs, although that one is voluntary and I have done that on 26x2.0 mtb tires too. Still, the fatties held the advantage. Also lets add wilderness/overland, where there is no...

Yeah but when you turn a trike, at speed, if it doesn't have tilting suspension it still tilts :-)

Once again, the world's problems turn out to have easy solutions that for some reason have been totally overlooked. All you have to do is go to a forum on the internet... and learn the secrets of the universe.

The Fumpas seem to live longer. Probably a cell quality issue. But the (pretty nice) Chinesium ones I bought started giving out after about 18 months. Not exactly a big surprise as li-NMC cells are what they are and we all know they don't like being left to sit all charged up. My little...

I upped this bike from 26x2.0 to 26x2.8 and the difference in ride comfort was amazing. Its just as comfy as a fat tire. The problem is there are so few tires available in this size you have very few options. WTB used to have a 26x2.8 knobby but they are gone. I think the next step is a...

Oh and also the fat tires will provide a varying degree of cush. You can see my orange bike above is a hardtail with a suspension seatpost. Decrease the tire pressure to about 12 psi and its like floating on pillows. At 20 psi its rolling on rocks, but its rolling fast. Don't forget your...

Fat tires are fine on the road :) You just choose the right tread. A smooth roller with evenly spaced small knobs will be stable on pretty much everything. Best example of this is the Chaoyang Big Daddy, which is also sold under a half-dozen other names, some of which are much less chinese-y...

Or maybe its the difference between being a talker and a do'er. I suspect other people can use logic too, and then do something with the result when the time comes. Its easy to just bitch on the internet.

Jobs that take longer to do than I thought: How about "all of them". The fast quickies are the rarity. Not the other way around. I can't count the number of times where I have three things to do on a Saturday and by the time I have perfected #1 I decide its time for a sandwich and a nap.

Something we talked about as part of me getting my degree in Economics was the fallacy of hating on foreign aid. The layman sees $1B in foreign aid to Durkadurkastan and thinks Uncle Sam airlifted pallets of cash to the country and left it on the runway at the airport. What really happens is...

I have a beam style torque wrench in 3/8" and that was my problem as well. The scale on this little thing seems to be no issue for me. Works fine. Plus I can use it as a simple bit driver.

The last round of China tariffs created a whole lot of Vietnamese bike parts manufacturing capacity. You'll see more of that I expect. You have to understand just how expensive and high end USA made bike parts are - the few that exist. American bike parts are craftsman-level manufacture. My...

I am amazed a Wiha toolset is only $29. Thats some pretty high end stuff, usually. Prestacycle is a USA company that I am sure outsources manufacture to China. I just bought a small torque wrench from them recently that is now my bit ratchet in my tool kit. An ingenious little device...

Exact same thing goes for pedal washers. That reference that was linked a few posts back is spot on. Pedal threads btw are 9/16" almost always, except for some rare-ish cruiser bikes that are I think 1/2". 9/16" sizing persists on bikes that have been metric all over for like what? 100...

You should be fine. @Jeremy McCreary makes smart note of the fact that you could be shortchanging yourself if you have hills to climb, since a hub motor is singlespeed since it powers thru the axle, and its life as a fixie sucks just like yours would grunting up a hill. Your hill climbing...

Depends on the motor ecosystem. If you did the conversion yourself, no absolutely not. However, for all mid drives, they like to spin fast. Electrical energy that does not convert to motion (motor rpms) instead converts to heat. One of the classic mistakes to make on a mid drive motor is to...

Things have changed still further since I wrote that post in August. I had not yet installed the 11s Microshift pie plate. Since then it has become a staple. Its a head-and-shoulders upgrade over the Sunrace. Much wider range, costs less and every cog is steel (except the big 46T which is...

As a cyclist, I specifically attacked that issue and I think I solved it via the link above. Jon Sully is also a cyclist and he chose entirely different motor behavior. The Bafang programming is flat out awful. Its impossible for it to not run away from you. But if you take a stick and beat...

Also, the problems being discussed here on the ToSeven motor programming are all long since sussed out on the BBSxx platform. I prefer my take which results in a pretty refined cyclist-centric ride https://talesontwowheels.com/2023/08/09/bbshd-settings-for-a-pedaling-cyclist-2023-edition/ But...