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A reasonably priced part from Germany. I just can’t get my brain to process that one.

I still have some cold weather riding gloves from my motorcycling days. Anything that’ll keep you warm at 5C on an unfair end motorcycle doing 85kph will keep you more than toasty on the bicycle at a few degrees below zero. beyond that the car gets some use.

Having spent a career in the automotive industry I think the marketing guys love the idea of a sub brand, so these things get launched in hopes of attracting that ton of people looking for something special who might not otherwise darken their doorstep. It’s only later that someone from...

I worked in a shop that carried Giant. Momentum was pushed as the e-bike brand, not a cheaper brand. I’ve built a few and did not find anything cheap about them. I do remember that any we sold never came back with problems… ever. for what it’s worth I have a Trek Fetch 2 and am very happy with...

Yamaha built a robot to ride a basically stock sport bike. Attached is Motobot 2 running against Valentino Rossi.

It does sound a bit odd. I had a gay friend tell me I had a nice backside one time. He did it strictly to get my goat. My wife almost fell over laughing. I too have beat myself up a bit on bicycles. I find that when a bicycle chucks you down the road it doesn’t throw you down quite as hard or...

Having crashed a few motorcycles comfort is no longer an option. but this big thing helps more than most…

I’ve worked with a few qualifies engineers who I would have happily replaced with a robot. They don’t teach practical engineering any more, just theoretical stuff, so I had one just out of university spend half a day assembling an IKEA Billy bookcase for his office and screw it up. I’ve seen...

I don’t remember who was the bright little lizard behind that system, but it was nickname “the dragon” because of it’s prodigious appetite for really expensive drive motors and its ability to tick me off. we figured I could digitize a simple object, a coffee cup was our usual suggestion, and...

this has been going on for a long while I used to share an office with a robotic measuring system. it talked its way through its tasks as required and learned as you used it, writing its own software on the fly so it could do the work on its own next time around. It could measure down to a...

It covers the cable between the arms of cheaper rim brakes… just off the end of the noodle. and they never stay in place once disturbed.

Ask and yea shall receive… check out them rod operated drum brakes

I Thought that of fat bike tires as well but then took one for a ride, they roll surprisingly well. I’ve even toyed with the idea of picking one up.

I hope there is room here for more than one nut. I’ve always been a trouble maker. i keep a few of these around… they are fun to release in crowds.

But the ride is soooooo nice on these things… here’s my much love opafiets ( grampa bike ) For those days when the fast stuff just doesn’t cut it. and while we are on non “e” bikes ( is this even allowed?! ) here’s my old CCM. every time I ride it I’m comforted by the fact that the original...

“How long will it last“ was asked at a training session I attended at Bosch last year. The motors should last about 50,000km was the reply. Sounds reasonable to me. Per said training, there is no interchangeability of components between generations, so make sure your replacement display is of...

It’s a trap! This is how they get you. Sell you a bike you like. Take good care of you as a customer. Keep you happy so you buy another bike. That bike makes you happy. You tell people. They buy bikes and get happy… it’s a plot I tell ya! DON’T FALL FOR IT. ( sorry, Fritz works for Trek...

I have a cargo bike which happens to work very nicely as a regular bike with the motor off in spite of its 72+ pounds weight. I usually start any trip with the motor off and kick the drive in as needed for hills, sore knees ( old guy, many motorcycle crashes ) or loads of beer or groceries...

There’s a few in the garage, so we’ll start with these… Trek Fetch 2. I beat on it like a rented mule. It hauls groceries, beer, other bicycles and even scrap metal. I’d feel sorry for it if it wasn’t so much fun. and yes, that is a genuine Trek cow bell on the back. A perk of working for...

I would highly recommend going on Sheldon Brown’s site and reading his articles on wheel building. The guy can explain anything in terms mere mortals can understand. Have a good look around while you are there… because he explains almost everything else as well. “Sheldon brown wheel building”...