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I remember back in the day when men were men and sheep were nervous and we sat on a steel seat with a thin layer of vinyl or leather covering it. The good old days when there were a dozen different sayings that meant the same thing as "F off" in todays less civilized society. Go pound sand...

Yup. I like the good old days of "mushy" rides. Like when everyone was using a 75 series car or truck tire, like a 205/75/14 or a 235-75-15, so when the roads decayed to "crappy" status you could hit those potholes and bumps and not dislocate a tie rod or ball joint or clamp your butt cheeks. My...

I just measured my three newest OEM bike posts. The 20" folding Unusual bike has a 32mm post. The 20" folding Likebike ebike is 28.6mm and the 26" Funhang ebike is 28.6mm. Might be the Made in China bikes have slightly different seat/saddle post diameters? I do see some options for a 28.6mm but...

So, the NCX delivers a good spanking while you ride? Hmmm...... 🙃

P.S. I waited almost two months for a Cloud-9 seat from Amazon and then they canceled my order. Damn it all to hell!!!! I found a less expensive but still well designed "Bikeroo" seat that should fit the bill. So, take that "A"m-"hole"-zon"! (Emphasis on the A-hole). 🤪

So, a $9.95 recoiling seat/saddle post isn't as good as a $129.95 seat post? Shiver-me-timbers! Ha! Okay, lots of good ideas. I had some dickhead steal my anodized red aluminum seat post and new softer faux leather seat from the bike rack in high school during the summer months. So, when I got...

Still riding in the cold weather.

I recently replaced my 26" cruiser seat/saddle with something wider with a thicker cushion and recoil springs. I've seen some seat posts that are on some ebikes with some sort of recoil mechanism integrated into the post. Anyone using one of these seat post and do they actually work?

All things considered, all bikes are disposable. The price of a new battery can cost nearly as much as or half as much as an entire bicycle. So, I kind of figure I could run my entry level bikes until they die and then just buy a whole new bike. I have seen replacement batteries for a lot of...

I "folded" my Likebike Sunny today and put it in the back of my truck (to get it out of the way) so I can do some TLC work on the truck inside the garage. Be careful with the cables and tension on the cables when folding it. Let me tell you, it does fold but OMG is it nothing like folding my old...

I'll just keep it old school. #1. The CNC machined Park chain wear gauge for my bicycles. And #2. A yard stick to measure "shrinkage". 😉

Ah-Ha! There's a tool for that. I should have guessed that someone would have introduced science into bicycle chains. I wonder if there's a tool that can measure shrinkage? You know like after I've been in the pool? It shrinks, like a frightened turtle. Ha-Ha!

A pot of hot water? Isn't that the solution for everything in life? Like in the good old days when the doctor would say "boil some water" when he was going to deliver a baby or work on Matt Dillon to dig a bullet out of him. Har-har-hardy-har-har! (As Jackie Gleason used to say in "The...

Good info. I don't treat my cordless power tool batteries with TLC but I don't recharge them outside in the cold, either. I think I heard that the Tesla or other electric cars use some of their energy to maintain temperature in the cold which seems logical in very cold regions. We all know that...

Steel frame for sure. It is hefty, tail heavy. As heavy as my 26" Funhang. It feels like an electromagnetic drive but I have not looked for an accurate exploded view of the motor to see if there are any gears inside the housing.

Okay folks, hold onto your handlebars, I pulled the trigger last week on my 2nd ebike in two months, a 20" folding Likebike (Sunny model) that was basically on clearance on Temu for less than $300. It has a 36V 10Ah battery and a lower wattage motor but it can definitely keep up with my other...

I cleaned my 38 year old Dahon chain earlier this year by cutting a used one gallon plastic washer fluid bottle and added some GoofOff (xylene and benzene) and coaxed it in and out since the chain goes around the frame and I didn't want to use my chain breaker to take it off not knowing if I...

I'm glad that this subject popped up in the old brain housing group. I now have two ebikes in an unheated garage that will get well below freezing when it gets brutally cold outside. I'll make sure that I keep them in the house in the winter months. Wondering if freezing damages that battery or...

Speaking of dirt, I ride on the paved roads and paved trails between my house and the park but still pick up a lot of dirt/dust on my bike chain. Mainly from those little piles of dirt and sand at intersections and dirt that I can't see on the road. It has been bone dry for a few months so no...

I wonder if a "riffool" is the same as a, "Phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range"? (Terminator)