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You do a great job of hiding wires and I like the look. Like many here, I have the bike collecting sickness and enjoy looking at all kinds of bikes. With a hub motor with hall sensors and a temperature sensor, there are going to be thick wires from the motor. For most DIY builds exposed wiring...

Stack would certainly be more useful for modern frames. I had to get a short, high rise, stem for my Raleigh when I rebuilt it because the reach was way too far to be comfortable as a I get older. I thought they measured modern frames by estimating where the top tube would intersect the...

Yeah, this was from a time when bicycles all had a top tube parallel to the the ground. It doesn't work as well for modern bicycle frames.

Adult frames had 27" wheels (for 10 speeds). When I was in junior high school, I had a Schwinn Junior Varsity (Varsity Junior?) that had 24" wheels. But the frames came in different sizes and the rule of thumb was to have a 1" gap between your crotch and the top tube when you straddled the...

You must be a tall dude. Or maybe you meant 27" wheels. I think that my Raleigh is a 21" frame and there is no gap when I straddle the top tube. I would ideally be on a 50-51cm frame (about 20"). I am 5'8" with only a 29" inseam. It was around 1981, but the frame is from the mid 70's. My...

We get so many power outages in the mountains of Southern California, that I have given up setting the clocks on the microwave and stove. I put UPS's (battery backup) on all the electronics I care about and the backup generator kicks on in less than a minute.

The frame has always been a little big on me, but my dad first built me a bike with it when I went away to college more than forty years ago.

I am pretty sure I had them on my Jamis, but I don't have the bike anymore and can't find any pictures of it. I hated the brakes on that bike. Every time I took a wheel off, I would have to recenter the brakes to get rid of the squeaking. This is the installation of cross levers on my Raleigh...

Cross levers will work as long as they are cable actuated. I have cross levers on all my drop bar bikes and love them. They aren't e-bikes though, so I don't know if they would get in the way of your electronic controls.

Lol! My wife claims I can't dance on beat anyway...

I misunderstood then. Happens on the Internet all the time.

I think the correct term from back in the day is weight weenie. Maybe people still use it.

Even old people need a hobby. That said, there are plenty of things I pay other people to do that I used to do myself just because I don't like doing them. Like crawling under a sink to change a faucet. But OP is a low income retiree, so their situation is different.

No, your motor should shutdown before it gets so hot that it could damage the motor (or the grease).

Your semi-local dealer may be willing to work on the bike. Especially since you already have a relationship with them. You could ask them. The Vorsa looks like you could easily do most of the maintenance yourself. The Ride1Up website allows you to order parts for the bike without going...

I think low temperature refers to the temperature range that the grease is designed to have the appropriate viscosity at. It probably breaks down and is not effective at higher temperatures. There is also dielectric grease that is designed to be non-conductive around electrical components.

I have a smart garage door opener. I often forget to close the garage door, but the app for the opener allows me to double check the door is closed after I leave. It's too bad they don't have a smart bike lock with a feature like that, but simple is probably better and I wouldn't want to have to...

There are more than a few out there. The argument usually made is by commuters that think car drivers will be less likely to try to kill them if they can keep up with traffic and their commute will take ten minutes less time. I think car drivers are still going to resent that a bicycle is in...

I don't use the watch for navigation. My watch allows me to download my music to it and listen to it with bluetooth headphones. I found out that, with this watch, I can't have both my music and maps stored on it. There isn't enough storage. Music is more important to me as I don't carry a...

I wear a Garmin (Fenix E) watch 24/7, so I always have a GPS on my wrist and that's how I record my hikes, runs, and rides. If I get lost on a ride, I just take my phone out of my pocket to see where I am and where I need to go.