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fantastic to hear about your recovery! keep on rolling!

whether wolf tooth or garbaruk, you need new bolts, which are two piece "sex bolts" that are easily available with the rings. most chainrings aren't threaded like the stock ones. like these (although you don't need to spend $7/bolt lol)...

a lot of road cyclists do in fact want to pedal when going downhill, whether just because it's fun or to keep heart rate steady, not sure. it's not always fastest, as most amateurs can't really put out a lot of power in a deep tuck on the drops, which will affect speed going down a decent grade...

hi, yes, a cockpit is the stem and the handlebar as one piece. the advantage is in weight, looks, aerodynamics, and the ability (if carbon fiber) to tune each of the junctions for strength and stiffness and damping which make the bike much more comfortable without adding shock absorbers or...

ok, that makes way more sense ! i wonder how much the weight penalty is compared to a lightweight one piece. my one piece weighs 255 grams total, replacing both stem and bar. i’m guessing this is more like 350?

yes, traditional large plants are very inflexible - nuclear most of all, solar least so. thus peaker plants, which are pretty inefficient. storage is a better answer and will become more common with energy towers and other types of water storage. on the topic of road trips, coincidentally this...

i’ve done a few 400+ mile trips, no problems, but using major interstates or state highways. when i was younger i drove all around the country but these days anything in the multi day range is gonna involve a train or airplane

canyon’s approach to this is pretty dumb, IMO. unless i’m mistaken you can’t even buy the bar in various sizes. maybe someday? i have two road bikes (one electric) with one piece cockpits and i LOVE them. sleek, light, stiff but with carefully tuned compliance. in both cases the manufacturer...

i don’t know where you get this stuff, but i have worked on large scale solar installations and the “capacity” is in fact the peak output. that’s like any system, pretty much. of course that’s still the capacity, even if for some reason (like not needing the power) you have to switch it off. if...

the duck curve is a real problem, but that’s why i pointed out the graph is GENERATION not capacity. massive amounts of energy don’t just go away, they get used. the generation capacity is far more than the actual amount generated because as you note it can’t all be used all the time. it...

two pounds ! sweet. i may get one for the sidelines of my little ones’ soccer games!

of note, this is actual generation, not capacity. 40% plus of new vehicle registrations in some bay area counties are now electric. the most shocking thing about this chart is the amount of change in just 10 years, despite a hostile federal government for much of it, despite high costs...

that’s a big-ass mid-drive! looks like it’s been around for a long time - 10+ years? it’s not for me but i kind of like the cylindrical design for a mid drive.

the infrastructure no doubt varies from place to place. I don‘t charge all that often but I’ve used DC fast chargers that just needed a credit card tap, same as a gas station. also use an app for Tesla or Electrify America, and it takes about 30 seconds to start a charge. the only real...

not sure about android, but there are iOS apps that tell you the tempo of every song in your library !

hmmmmmm!! how about “i’m still standing” (elton john) or “im so excited” (aretha franklin?)

you’re not keeping it ?!?!?

in the current model that’s what high income places do - e.g. cities, counties, and the state of california when it comes to seismic resilience. but then the federal tax dollars from those high income states gets spent on “local” improvements in low tax income states, all the while the residents...

there are tons of 180s! I’d think that given that each foot is either up or down at 180, that would work really well. it’s a cool feeling when you’re in sync with the music. some 180s (or close to it) that I’d probably ride to free falling - tom petty ⁠ mary jane’s last dance - tom petty...

honestly, it's barely a bike. a very useful transportation device, to be sure, and a great value but the purpose of the pedals is mostly to turn the motor on. at 70 gear inches, 65lb, loaded with cargo the average rider isn't doing much of the work to get this thing going. the gearing is...