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Motorcycle shops will not touch them. They don't know about bicycle derailleurs. And clearly everything about them is junk compared to a real motorcycle. One had plasi-chrome cylinders at the tops of coils that did not do anything except 'look cool' to a 14-year-old in an online only photo...

A guy came in yesterday wanting a new fork for a Happy Run. Those are illegal motorcycles with pedals as a cover. Last June his kid was watching his friend do a wheelie instead of looking where he was going and slammed into the back of a truck, badly breaking his right leg. The kid has not fully...

Cajun is short for Canadian. The French took to the rivers and went all the way down stream. Bleu Breaux.

Nope, I just happen to live in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is like if you lived in Cajun country, you would pick up some old timey Canadian French culture. Also, I used AI and took Anthro. We had the Ellis Island of the West called Angel Island. It is the immigration station where...

My town is the meeting place and starting place for group rides to western Marin and the Sonoma coast. What really pisses people off is when roadies, Dentists on $15,000 carbon bikes, ride five abreast and no one can pass.

My street address is 921. In Chinese, the number 921 is 九百二十一 (jiǔ bǎi èr shí yī) for the actual number, but in internet slang (Chinese internet slang/number codes), 921 (jiǔ èr yī) sounds like "I only love you" (只爱你 - zhǐ ài nǐ) or "I love you".

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It is a coincidence that every REI bike I have encountered has had overly tight zip ties on the cables. In time they create lag in the cable motion, as with shifting. It everything else looks right but there is lag, that is the likely culprit. They are meant to secure the cable to the frame, not...

It is very funny that my work address sounds to my suppliers like 'I love you, transportation, good fortune, peaceful road'. But California sounds like silly gibberish because of the R and L.

@PCeBiker, If you are on a Caribbean vacation, toes in the sand, a little steel drum or reggae in the background with the warm sun and light sea breeze, passing bikinis, the occasional sound of a distant blender, why is a Colada such a PINA?

I got the display wire in. See how it has some extra protection where it enters the frame. I also smoothed that hole with a chainsaw file on a drill. And the motor is in and mounted solidly. Oh, I used to remove all connectors. I left the small one at the steer tube just incase the display needs...

As long as you are on the bike. It would be fun to try it both ways.

I have been working on other bikes all day. I am finally spending a half-hour on the Felt. I removed the grip tape, drilled the down tube for the display wire, and am removing a protrusion so I can mount the motor higher and more forward against a bushing I made.

I have worked today on a bike where the owner has not cleaned the chain in seven years but has religiously applied WD-40 every week. What a mess. Then this thing came in. It is brand new and never ridden. The brakes do not work and are knock-off cable actuated junk. Everything is loose. It does...

I was going to miss rent due to the fraud. He was going down. How hard was up to him. So, yes, I took additional bikes to not press charges. When closing the shop he didn't have storage for all the bikes anyway. That was the settlement. I was then bike rich and cash flow poor in that slow rainy...

All you need is a piece of chalk, a yardstick, and a sidewalk. Put the valve down. Mark that spot with chalk on the sidewalk. then roll forward until the valve is straight down again. Mark that spot. Measure between the marks. That is the circumference. This week I am taking a 700c rim and...

I googled aboriginal weather magic and read the AI book report. Looks like we need to burn ginger and focus on interconnectedness.

Most of the bikes were basic $650-$750. Two were $1800-$2100 retail. His writing a bad check gave me the upperhand, I could then write a police report and he would have to talk to cops, pay lawyers, attend court, and have prison time with a permanent criminal record. Here is another Felt gravel...

A bike shop owner took a bunch of people for thousands then closed the shop. He wrote me a bad check for one-thousand. Before he closed the shop I went there with four other large guys and a truck with a trailer. I got my consignment bikes and seven new bikes. This was one of them. The new owner...

I think it would be fun to lock bikes to one like a bike rack. It is meant to intimidate, kill, and maim. Just chain five bikes to one and cover the grill and hood with a gallon of enchilada sauce.