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Yes, some deep breaths are needed it seems. Okay now, what exactly do you mean, you snipped the housing in the wire? Cut the insulation? Post some pics will be helpful and maybe it's an easy fix. Serenity now.

Quite normal. Your stopping power is always going to be from the front brakes, the rear brakes, even working optimally will be lacking in comparison.

I too, am frequently right in between in sizes, you name it, bike frames, shoes, helmets, etc and I always size up in such cases. Nothing worse than a tight helmet or shoes or being cramped on a bike.

I think most of where I ride motorcycles and bicycles is also BLM land. In 40 plus years of riding, I've never been stopped or questioned by anyone. It must be okay to ride there, just miles of open land. I'm just careful and try to be courteous to anyone I encounter and stay off private land...

Yes, late to the party too, but for others, always look and see that any spray cleaner says clearly that it is plastic safe, if it will come in contact with any plastic. Most contact cleaners these days are plastic safe, such as the CRC mention in other posts. Also contact cleaners are usually...

So today my stem riser came and I got it installed with no drama except needing 3 hands. It brought my bars up about 70 mm and that's a big difference for comfort. No issue with cables and wires length, they left me a nice service loop to work with. I love these inexpensive generic bikes. Parts...

Drivers around here either don't understand hand signals or ignore them. Being a veteran rider of SoCal roads and highways for more than 40 years on motorbikes, I learned a long time ago that my safety is mostly on me. I ride motorbikes, or pedal bikes as if all cagers are out to get me. I...

Have you tried to charge it?

When I was shopping for my first "budget" ebike I was almost set on Rad, but I had a few questions for customer service first. They took weeks to respond and usually didn't answer my question. Because of that I crossed them off my list. While researching e bikes in general, I found that a...

Are you checking the voltage at the battery after the charger says it fully charged? If not, maybe the charger or battery is faulty and the display is showing correct. Don't assume the display is incorrect without verifying the state of charge of the battery first.

I was just thinking that too. In highly regulated California, I've never been bothered by anyone for riding anywhere I choose. And it doesn't hurt that it's been in the low 80's F all week. I've gotten in a couple of good rides so far this week. I rode past the local petrol station and was...

Knee and elbow protection, and a helmet on a bicycle, and full riding gear (jacket, pants, boots, and gloves along with a full coverage helmet) on a motorcycle for me.

Spoon on a M/C tire and a bicycle tire, and the reason will be immediately obvious. I did my e-bike tire with just my hands, no spoons needed.

This guy could have used a full face helmet of some kind. Smashed his face good on the bulls head.

And these, in Buster Brown shoes. They emitted high level, poorly shielded x-rays to view your feet while wearing your new shoes to assure a good fit. That was a nice toy to keep the kids occupied while mom paid for the new shoes.

Here's my last ride of 2021 most likely. It was a good one. After some welcome SoCal rain, the sky cleared and I made a dash to the bike and took off.

Where I ride a lot, we have black bears and fortunately they seem terrified of humans and usually are gone as soon as they become aware of my presence, but the one predator I keep a wary eye out for is the mountain lions that are more plentiful than most realize. Beautiful animals, and although...

That what it sounds like to me.

I use these. They're from a heavy duty spring clamp, soft cover for the jaws. They always slipped off the clamps and were useless for that purpose. I threw them in a coffee can and came across them last summer, and were surprised that they were a perfect fit.