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When that day comes, yes. Then I'll have to figure out where to put the Abus folding lock, which might or might not be secure in its holder on the top tube on bumpy surfaces. Will eventually have to test that, but not hopeful. But for now, I'll keep the lock on the seat tube, ignore the top...

Thanks! For now, shooting for a rack-compatible down tube bottle solution. Seat tube bosses reserved for the lock shown and a future range extender. Keeping the SL as light as possible (no trunk bag), so nowhere else for these 2 items to go. Sorry, misunderstood your suggestion. Will try...

EDIT: Follow-up here. Trying to make it as easy as possible to transport the SL on my original-style Thule EasyFold XT rack. Problem is, the best place to clamp the lateral restraint arm is on the down tube right at the bottle bosses. Three alternatives: A1. Remove the bottle cage...

Gorgeous, too. Daughter's old Electra city bike is a blue and silver work of art. Photo doesn't do it justice. I've got first dibs if she ever decides to sell it.

Didn't realize conversions were that expensive. Maybe not a good business model after all. Different when a customer brings you a beloved bike to convert, as in @PedalUma 's case.

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Nice snag! You should come to my aging neighborhood with a fistful of dollars. Nearly every open garage I pass on neighborhood laps has old bikes gathering dust inside. Many are unmotorized, but some are ebikes you could scavenge. Seems like an opportunity waiting for an entrepreneur with your...

Big late-night coyote parties on the canyon wall just behind our back patio nearly every night now. I know what an animal being eaten by coyotes sounds like from our Colorado years, and I never hear that — just the coyotes yipping it up. So I guess they're just letting off steam. Or maybe it's...

Wow, that's 95% ethanol! Please read up on the dangers before drinking more. That burn's trying to tell you something. They ablate (destroy) small tumors by injecting them with ethanol. Think of the effect on your mouth, esophagus, and stomach. Then there's the acute liver toxicity. I could go on.

Very exciting Stage 2 finish in the TdF Femmes. Well worth watching if you can access replays on Peacock or elsewhere. Could well be highlights on YouTube. Mavi Garcia of Mallorca jumped out front at 10 km out. Never a big solo lead but also never caught, though not for lack of trying after 5...

Inland hill rides of ~20 mi at ~60 ft/mi are pretty common for me. For some reason, today's really wore me out. The only non-traffic stop came at the low point (~20 ft ASL) overlooking a large horse property on the sandy flood plain on the NE shore of Bataquitos lagoon. The ocean's about a...

Excellent! This list covers the quarter century from 1990 through 2015. Wonder how the 2010-2025 version would differ?

Understood. My mistake was in thinking that the cutouts forced them to use tubes. Apparently not.

Have no numbers, but certain that the efficiency of my commuter's 500W Bafang G020 hub motor is WAY lower at 6 mph than it is at 15 mph. So the x20's 76% at 6 mph sounds pretty impressive. The good news: On many a hill, the 70 lb commuter left me doing most of the work as it bogged down in...

Didn't at the time, but Peacock still has the replays up, so watching them now. Have only finished Stage 1 of 9 so far, but I'm seeing some very impressive riding and strategy — not that I understand strategy all that well.

Very impressive performance, and only 20 years old!. I like that announcer's style, too. Vast improvement over some of TNT's other callers.

So the jet runs on soy sauce, and you're worried that too many jet bikes will divert the world supply away from your table? Reasonable enough. I'm worried that if airliners start burning soy sauce, we'll have brown contrails instead of white. Who wants to look at skidmarks in the sky? ;^}

Well, there's the definitive answer. But have you seen cutouts as large as the trapezoids on the rim in question?

I'm getting those, too. Betting they're prepping the software or servers for another try at less disruptive ads.

Yes, cutouts are common in fat tire rims, but I've always assumed those rims were for tubes. And I see the trapezoids, but are they all the way through? Also much larger the individual openings I'm used to seeing in fattie rims. Seems like that would put a huge burden on both the rim tape and...