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The newer Surly Disc Trucker frame does have through axle, but the one I bought six years ago does not. I don't know when they switched over. The trucker is a steel frame and has long chainstays and relaxed head tube angle, so it won't be the lightest, most agile frame you can buy. It's super...

If he has a mid-motor, you aren't going to fit a regular bottom bracket and crankset to the bike.

He could always put a kit on it if it doesn't work out. That said, I will never put a kit on my Raleigh or my dropbar LHT.

That's the difference between Northern and Southern California. The hills are green in the winter in Northern California. Everything is brown this time of year in Socal.

I bought a Superharness kit from Grin a couple of weeks ago. The cart at checkout said to expect 30-40% tariffs on the parts originating from China (the display and throttle). The parts made in Canada have no tariff. I was expecting to pay less than $50 to DHL. However, DHL delivered it to me...

Okay, I'll bite: Show us your zip tie system. Mine has always been to throw the bag of zip ties into a tool bag or into a storage bin. If the bag has failed, I use a zip tie to bundle them altogether. Home Depot sells zip ties in a jar with a screw on lid and I have bought that before. Since...

Look for a touring bike. This Surly Disc Trucker still comes with a triple in the front. I think the lowest gear is around 20 gear inches. Or you can buy a frame and roll your own. I have an eight or nine year old factory equipped LHT and a newer Disc Trucker I built from a frame with...

Not a tool, but tool adjacent: A smart guy who worked for a cabling vendor I used once advised me that when you open a bag of zip ties, you always make the cut in the center of the bag and perpendicular to the zip ties. This prevents them from falling out.

No, the rule applies. Folding bike for travel, commuting bike, gravel bike, mountain bike, road bike...

The n+1 rule of cycling states that the number of bikes you should own is always one more than you have. This has been proven with over 100 years of data.

His Youtube videos are great. He will be missed, but I hope he enjoys his retirement.

The BMS in the battery should shut it down if there is a short so you shouldn't need fuses. Car fuses don't normally have the correct voltage rating for ebikes anyway.

They roll around pretty easily as long as long as I am not going up and down stairs. Working on my bikes and other things is just a hobby. No more employees for me. I get paid to sit at a computer all day. I might have to break out a screwdriver at work a couple of times a year.

I don't feel bad about it. At least not yet. It will definitely make it easier to find tools. I am just trying to work out how to fit everything in it. I am short a drawer or two. I think I can get by with one more single drawer if I hang the roll of wrenches on the side from a hook. A few...

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They are super heavy, even empty. We'll see how it works out. I may end up transferring the tools I want to take home into a canvas tool bag, but have them live in the Modbox at the work apartment when not being transported. Most of my project bikes are at the apartment right now. There is...

I don't really see it as starting over. Just an evolution of my current system of multiple canvas tool bags. But they really are intended for professionals taking their tools to jobsites. The modular design should fit in my Forester. I will only be carrying one or two boxes back and forth and...

That's a sweet shop setup. I need something portable, though. I have pretty much talked myself into the Modbox system. I am going to go down to Lowes today to take a look at it in person.

Well, the only other options are a tandem or cargo bike with a passenger seat. Good luck.

Switch to a trailer or get the kid their own bike?