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In my picture above I hook mine to a bike stand after I hoist it up by ropes. I tried skipping the bike stand once but it just swung around too much. I also took the hoist ropes off once but it helped keep the front handle bars from swinging around.

I use a low dollar rope and pulley system. Not a great picture but it hooks on the handlebars and the back of the seat, pull it up in the air and secure it to the bike stand. This setup is designed for bikes but you need and overhead ceiling to mount it to.

Growing up reflectors in the spoke were mandatory. These days I don’t see them because all the tires have a reflector stripe around them.

I briefly rode my brother in law’s Lectric and I think the model is XPress 750. It’s a hub drive, has a throttle, lots of power and torque sensing. He had it set for level 3 and I never touched the throttle. One rotation of the crank and it felt like I was going 15 mph. I turned it down to...

We rode 24 miles on the Sangamon Valley Trail today in Springfield. Nice trail, all paved and still pretty smooth. It runs along the west side of Springfield Illinois. It has a bridge over the Sangamon River. The last picture is where it ends and will be extended some day maybe.

The bikes are loaded up and we are headed to Springfield Illinois for a trail tomorrow.

I had to Google if smart phones have a barometer built in, I would have guessed they didn’t. Turns out they do at least Apple phones do. If the barometric pressure remains steady during your ride it might be close on your elevation gain. Of course this is never perfect and the barometric...

I own a Trek Verve and I would say mine is more tail heavy. You are talking about 1 pound and unless that one pound is all at the front of the bike I’d say it shouldn’t affect the balance. I looked up the specs on Trek’s website and they show the 7 being a little over a half pound less than...

I rode to a nearby state park called Argyle. It has a lake and a road around the lake that is very curvy and has some steep hills. I ended up with about 18 miles and just under 1100 feet of elevation gain, most of that in the 5 miles around the lake. A few pictures of the lake and the road...

So far I’ve not wrecked. I was riding on a very loose gravel road and lost it. I staggered around after the bike went down, I probably looked like a drunk, I said some bad words, but never fell down. There are some times I wish I had a bike with more power so I could ride faster and further...

Sometimes it’s best to not ask a question you don’t want the answer for!

I rode 27 miles today, back to riding the roads around my house. I rode by the John Deere dealer and a scare crow I assume is up for Halloween. It’s about 10 feet tall.

I use mine on a full sized pickup with a class IV hitch. It should work on a RV fine.

The Easy Fold is rated at 130 pounds, I looked it up.

On the Thule Easy Fold we have there is an arm with a clamp that you tighten down until it ratchets. It has a lock on it so the knob just spins without loosening. I’m not sure it would stop a determined thief but it would help.

I also have a Thule Easy Fold. The only thing bad I can say about it is they aren’t cheap. I originally got the longer ramp for mine but have stopped using it. If I take the battery out of our bike they weigh about 40 pounds and I just lift them up. With the ramp and walk mode it was fairly...

We road the High Trestle Bridge Trail in Iowa yesterday. We started at Woodward and this pic is the old depot. The next couple of pictures are the bridge and views from it. The last couple of pictures of the restaurant we ate at called the Flat Tire. Also a picture of the bike rack...

We hauled our bikes up to Minburn Iowa and road a trail called the Raccoon Trail. It’s very nice and smooth concrete the piece we rode on, it’s a little over 10 years old. Straight as an arrow that follows an old rail line. A picture of the old depot in Minburn, our truck and my in laws Jeep...

Tomorrow we head off for the High Trestle Trail in Iowa. The bikes are loaded on the back of my truck and ready to go. We are meeting my sister in law and her husband there.

Very hot and humid here, heat index hit 115 today. I did a short 11 mile ride before it got too hot. A picture of a windmill that still works but it’s just for show.