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Years ago on another e-bike forum I read about LPS-1 greaseless lubricant. The poster said it excelled at dissolving corrosion. It displaces moisture and leaves a film that doesn't pick up dust. Three suggested uses are circuit breakers, electrical connectors, and electric motors. I bought an...

We had a mast on the roof with 3 antennae aimed at 4 Boston, 3 Burlington, and 9 Plattsburgh, all very snowy. Three 300-ohm leads came down to a switch on the back of the TV. I never saw the Collins Kids. Their show was live at 10 PM Saturday night in Los Angeles and it wasn't taped, but some...

St. Johns had lots of brands, and they all tasted the same. Elsinore reminded me of the St. Johns brewery, up on a hill. The didn't talk like Bob and Doug. They sounded Scottish and Irish.

I believe the grooves in tires sold in the Great White North are to channel mice.

Remember the hot rods of the 1950s? A hot rod wasn't built from scratch or from a kit. Its purpose wasn't necessarily to win races or shows. A hot rod was a modified old vehicle, but many who drove them could have bought new vehicles. The new-car market was about fashion. A hot rodder wanted...

About 25 years ago I bought a Bell floor pump for maybe $15. I'd say it was made to function well and to last. The hassle was the lack of a gauge. I'd stand to pump, get down to check pressure, and stand back up to pump. I don't remember seeing a floor pump with a gauge what was likely to be...

They remind me of boots I got at REI in Seattle in 1975. Light and tough and durable and kept my feet dry.

Adidas may market your shoes as bike shoes, but Sheldon Brown doesn’t mention any kind of bike shoes except the ones mechanically fixed to the pedals. He says the beauty of plain pedals is that you don’t need bike shoes. He says open-cage plain pedals like yours should be used with stiff...

Confused? As I stated, I reported what Wikipedia said. All have stiff soles and cleats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_shoe I believe stiff soles are like low bars. Low bars are good for reducing air drag if you want to pedal yourself as fast as possible and for flipping a bike back and...

So the Adidas 5 10 is a climbing shoe, and Adidas markets one version as a cycle shoe. That made me curious. I turned to Wikipedia. It says even touring cyclists used to strap their shoes into toe cages, which was inconvenient and dangerous. (My brother did that to race.) It says modern cycle...

Latex house paint. You can avoid overspray by using a roller. The best way to paint tires is to pour house paint into a dish pan, lower the bike until the tire is just off the bottom, and turn the wheel. Turn it slowly to avoid spattering and to let the paint get into all the nooks and crannies...

Bicycle thieves wouldn't be so darned sneaky if they didn't dread embarrassment. The fear of embarrassment can be a powerful deterrent even when there's no chance of being caught. :)

Manufactured silicone rubber products use peroxide or platinum curing. Peroxide curing requires an oven. I think platinum curing does, too.

It's silicone rubber applied like grease. I started using RTV in 1973 to protect antenna connectors exposed to salt spray. I think it was decades before I knew it meant Room Temperature Vulcanizing. Some of it is a very strong adhesive, and some is easier to remove...

I haven't had battery corrosion, but I have had moisture problems in a Radrunner controller. It was the lowest thing on the frame, lower than the bottom bracket. Sometimes I'd hit the throttle at a stop sign and get nothing. I'd jump off and run it across the intersection because a single-speed...

With a simple Hall Effect meter, if you want 10 times more sensitivity, you just wrap the amp conductor 10 times through the donut.