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I just watched part of the video, but I am not going to sit through 1.5 hours of it. I can see the point he is trying to make and I enjoy using MUPs for safer walking, running, and cycling. However, separate infrastructure isn't the solution for roadies that like to ride in packs at 20mph...

My father died of Covid last year. He was 94. I had never tested positive for Covid up to that point, but I caught it from him when I went to help him while he was sick. It was like a bad flu for me. I am 62 years old and had the original Pfizer vaccination but none of the boosters. It is...

I have both kinds of ebikes. The throttle is convenient, but not something I can't live without. Starting from a stop is about the same as riding one of my analog bikes, but I don't have heavy fat tire bikes to deal with. They might be more difficult and starting from a stop on an uphill would...

It seems like a step through with full suspension would be pretty rare and hard to engineer.

I get them too. If I don't recognize the number I usually don't answer, but like you said, sometimes you are expecting a call from an unknown number. I have tried telling them to take me off their list, but it doesn't work. Now I just immediately hang up on them. I don't think they are looking...

If you have decided on the left side crank power meter, you will need to get a crankset compatible with that. You are looking for what's called a compact double crankset. I have a nice from IRD (Defiant?) on my Disc Trucker, but it uses a square taper bottom bracket.

That is so much more interesting looking than the Park version of the tool.

Theft is a problem for any utility use of ebikes. With analog bikes, you could just use an old beater that no one would want to steal, lock it up next to a nicer bike, and hope the thieves leave yours alone. Maybe that strategy would still work with a Walmart ebike. Most ebikes look and are...

This seems like a strange system to me. If you are fixing a flat on the side of the road, you don't need a gauge. Just go by feel. It will get you home. If you are in your garage, use a compressor or battery powered pump. My power tools are Makita, so I have been using a Makita inflator.

Yeah, those friction driven dynamos were garbage. I had one like 40 years ago. But you don't even notice the drag of a dynamo hub when riding. The small amount of drag is caused by the magnets in the hub and not friction. The drag is lower when the lights aren't turned on. If you turn the bike...

Most people would buy a prebuilt wheel with the hub already laced in it. Sometimes you want the rim to match your rear wheel and the prebuilts don't have your choice of rim. I have built a few wheels and it isn't that hard. And I can't say that I have gotten rid of the hubs I have replaced. I...

This is probably not a good analogy and I am not a finance expert, but back when I started in IT, Novell owned about 80% of the server market. Then they overreached and tried to compete against Microsoft in the desktop OS and application market. They bought WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, and Unix...

I use LED lights with my dynamo. I think all head and tail lights are LED now, even the dynamo compatible lights.

I am not sure many, if any, bikes come with a dynamo, quality or not. Brompton offers a wheel from the factory with a dynamo, but it isn't standard. It is mostly bicycle commuters that use them. You usually have to add that yourself. You can either lace a hub into your existing rim if you are...

That's embarrassing. I rewrote the post and forgot to delete the first one. I didn't mean to repeat myself.

It's your choice, but the drag of the dynamo isn't noticeable and I found the convenience worth it for me. This tail light has a blinking mode and runs off a dynamo. I have been using B&M tail lights, but they don't blink...

A dynamo in the front wheel solves that problem.

You could rig something with an Erider torque sensor bottom bracket and a CAv3. It would just be running one six pin julet extension cable to the CAv3 and hooking a battery to the CA. Special cranks are going to limit your crank choices. Maybe you can find one that works, but I don't think it...

Power meter pedals are probably going to cost as much as the frame, unless you can find those used too.