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Thanks, brother, appreciate it. No worries. Sorry if I'm a little tense! I confronted someone on the Motobecane today... MAGA looking dude in a green SUV. He engaged me in conversation, but mad no sense. How do I get through that gate? Me: No, that's someone's property. Him: How do I get...

Pedaluma! << The torch guy was doing his full-time job as a road worker melting tar >> << You have absolutely no factual basis for saying that, correct? That was not reported from any reliable source, was it? You made that up, correct? Why did you do that?! I know the guy who tackled...

Interesting question. I wouldn't say so much their feelings about their parents, but their parents behavior sometimes does have to be a factor. It does get real interesting when both your parents get sick around the same time, you want to help one of them-- do you help the one who lived a more...

Just a quick update on the Marin build. I know @PedalUma packed my motor in a lot of grease, and you'd expect the bike would get more efficient as that burns off, but I still am very pleasantly surprised by how well this motor and battery have broken in. With 23 miles on the battery and 2,000...

Absolutely-- and maybe a smaller chain ring, IF a swap is even possible. With 42T or more in back (and hey, smaller at the chainring if possible-- it's probably not) you can probably grind away all day at 5 MPH on well over 15% grades, and even with a lot less power than that. This will not be...

+1 for both wing grips AND padded gloves. Yesterday, I took out the Motobecane, which has stock grips, after riding the Marin build for months. Whoa, my hands hurt-- wing grips rock! But the Marin build also has a riser for the bars and swept back bars like the ones in MaR@binson's post. I...

Oh, yeah-- and welcome!

As @PedalUma anticipated, when I had a very slightly torn meniscus, an injury which occurred ebiking, the doctor at urgent care recommended... more ebiking. However, she stressed what Jeremy mentioned: Misalignment, torquing, and twisting is what causes the injury. So using an ebike to address...

Ultralights are very, very interesting. I've had a closer look recently doing research for another science fiction story. I was seriously considering taking some lessons-- expensive, but not that insane. It does not take long to learn to fly them and you don't need to pass a medical. The...

For the top picture, absolutely not. The brake levers and bars are stock for 1973, the bars are shaped differently, the levers are mounted halfway down the bars, not as high as on the top picture, and I have stage III osteoarthritis in both hands... but I could never have gotten enough leverage...

Don't want to hijack the thread, but I'm wondering, do people ever use handlebar extenders on road bikes with drop bars for steering (as opposed to mounting phones or lights)? Do they ever put grips on the ends of them and just go to the drops for braking? The thing is, I have to go to the...

Fair enough-- I don't have a throttle, either, on either of my bikes, I was speaking figuratively! And I don't want to undermine the larger point that stepping into the street before looking both ways is, indeed, stupid. And yeah, I don't know how that got to be a thing, either, though I've...

Feel your pain. Having a similar issue (though different) with the Raleigh Competition acoustic bike in NYC. I use it about 10 or 20 times a year at most, and it's $180 to swap out the bars-- and the brakes, cables, etc. Those are full-on drop bars, which I can only stand for a 30-minute...

Mixed feelings on this. Looking carefully between 1 and 2 seconds, you can see the guy is starting to turn his head just as he steps off the curb. Also, they are close to the crosswalk even if they are not in it. Finally, if the rider had eased up on the throttle just slightly, or even tapped...

And of course that would be a non-alcoholic beer for yours truly. (I'm adding this so I don't have to go back and edit my post!) It might be coffee... and could include dessert!

Briefly flirted with the idea of ignoring Rome due to some political posts years ago, but ultimately found him way too amusing-- and occasionally quite helpful. And yes, he was encouraging to new members, I am sorry to see him go. Stefan annoys the hell out of me sometimes, particularly when...

Direct wiring the DC tool battery to the bike sounds like the best way to go-- I love saving weight, love it, love it! But to make it safe, I think I'd want to solder a the appropriate female cable adapter to the cables and rig some kind of harness for the tool battery and adapter. The move, I...

Interesting, thanks for this. I did understand most of the this, though I'm not sure it matters about the power going from AC to DC; the battery for the power bank is rated by how much charge it can hold. Once the battery is charged, how would the inefficiencies of charging it factor into the...

Translation: Basic Math for Elementary School - Strategically Erase Letters on Cover of Math Book = Bath Mat for the Mental Fool I have a 7Ah 48 volt battery (which I figure at 336 Wh) that is absolutely fine for most of my needs. I can probably get 30 miles out of it given moderate to severe...

I do own one of Pedaluma's bike's, Stefan. I was consulted on every aspect of the build, and let's be clear: you absolutely have no idea what you are talking about. My bike is a 42-pound aluminum hard tail, the motor is neither heavy nor overpowered nor unsafe. It cannot exceed 26 MPH on...