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Ultralights are very, very interesting. I've had a closer look recently doing research for another science fiction story. I was seriously considering taking some lessons-- expensive, but not that insane. It does not take long to learn to fly them and you don't need to pass a medical. The...

For the top picture, absolutely not. The brake levers and bars are stock for 1973, the bars are shaped differently, the levers are mounted halfway down the bars, not as high as on the top picture, and I have stage III osteoarthritis in both hands... but I could never have gotten enough leverage...

Don't want to hijack the thread, but I'm wondering, do people ever use handlebar extenders on road bikes with drop bars for steering (as opposed to mounting phones or lights)? Do they ever put grips on the ends of them and just go to the drops for braking? The thing is, I have to go to the...

Fair enough-- I don't have a throttle, either, on either of my bikes, I was speaking figuratively! And I don't want to undermine the larger point that stepping into the street before looking both ways is, indeed, stupid. And yeah, I don't know how that got to be a thing, either, though I've...

Feel your pain. Having a similar issue (though different) with the Raleigh Competition acoustic bike in NYC. I use it about 10 or 20 times a year at most, and it's $180 to swap out the bars-- and the brakes, cables, etc. Those are full-on drop bars, which I can only stand for a 30-minute...

Mixed feelings on this. Looking carefully between 1 and 2 seconds, you can see the guy is starting to turn his head just as he steps off the curb. Also, they are close to the crosswalk even if they are not in it. Finally, if the rider had eased up on the throttle just slightly, or even tapped...

And of course that would be a non-alcoholic beer for yours truly. (I'm adding this so I don't have to go back and edit my post!) It might be coffee... and could include dessert!

Briefly flirted with the idea of ignoring Rome due to some political posts years ago, but ultimately found him way too amusing-- and occasionally quite helpful. And yes, he was encouraging to new members, I am sorry to see him go. Stefan annoys the hell out of me sometimes, particularly when...

Direct wiring the DC tool battery to the bike sounds like the best way to go-- I love saving weight, love it, love it! But to make it safe, I think I'd want to solder a the appropriate female cable adapter to the cables and rig some kind of harness for the tool battery and adapter. The move, I...

Interesting, thanks for this. I did understand most of the this, though I'm not sure it matters about the power going from AC to DC; the battery for the power bank is rated by how much charge it can hold. Once the battery is charged, how would the inefficiencies of charging it factor into the...

Translation: Basic Math for Elementary School - Strategically Erase Letters on Cover of Math Book = Bath Mat for the Mental Fool I have a 7Ah 48 volt battery (which I figure at 336 Wh) that is absolutely fine for most of my needs. I can probably get 30 miles out of it given moderate to severe...

I do own one of Pedaluma's bike's, Stefan. I was consulted on every aspect of the build, and let's be clear: you absolutely have no idea what you are talking about. My bike is a 42-pound aluminum hard tail, the motor is neither heavy nor overpowered nor unsafe. It cannot exceed 26 MPH on...

Just breezed through this thread, did not read every word of every post. At one point, you asked about builders. Pedaluma is a forum member who builds bikes based on the TSDZ2B platform (torque-sensing mid-drive), and he built a 42 lb hard-tail for me, shipped it to Los Angeles at a reasonable...

Well-played, sir. Reminds me of the one near-DUI I had in 1985 or so in CT. The cop said, "I never know what to do with guys like you. You walk and you talk and you're being very respectful to me right now, which is helping you out a lot. But I don't think you should be driving tonight, so...

Whoa! Of course, I have mixed feelings about this. I do not, particularly, want to run into an officer if I'm riding a bike whose legality might be... shall we say, ambiguous for the particular trail that I am on. I'm not saying that would happen, of course, just hypothetically. OTOH, if I...

I know we talked about this before, but aren't you supposed to let the bike sit for 15 to 30 minutes after a full charge? I seem to remember something about not riding immediately-- like, less than 5 minutes-- after a full charge. Could be apocryphal.

These are not compression gloves, but my hands are closer to a medium, I bought them in small, they are relatively stiff, and they provide a lot of support. They also have lasted longer than any other fingerless gloves I've owned, and their padding rivals any bike gloves I have tried. I've...

Copper rules, digital sucks. Audio quality is way degraded, dropouts, random misconnections, no ring, no dial tone. Also doesn't work after an earthquake. FCC should mandate preserving copper as an option. The irony is, in my neighborhood, the digital service we are forced to use has a...

Sorry about this, Taylor. I know you posted about the fall. I gotta find the post where you described it. Hope you feel safe enough to do some riding, and find a route or bike that's safer for you. I get it that the day comes when we have to stop, but even sports I've 'stopped' like body...

I own two eBikes, and I've posted endless pictures of them, so I will refrain from doing so again. One is a $2,500 ($2,000 stock) slightly modified 47 lb Motobecane e-Adventure FS eMTB with a Shimano Steps E5000 250W 40nm motor delivering about 42 miles of range and over 4,000 feet of elevation...