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  1. PedalUma

    concerns with ebikes laws and ways to improve them

    It haunts me. Parents gave their kid the high speed throttle moto he wanted. He had a regular foam core, thin shelled bicycle helmet. When he crashed into a car it ran over his head and the parents had to go identify the body.
  2. PedalUma

    Future of Drivetrains, No Gears, No Chain.

    Yet, never both at the same time. It all depends what you are looking for.
  3. PedalUma

    I finally took my ebike for a test ride.

    Broken in what way?
  4. PedalUma

    Future of Drivetrains, No Gears, No Chain.

    And spicy BBQ is a great way to make some heat. Tall natural redheads doing yoga poses with sheer tops also transmit heat. Off topic: A friend recorded a football match this morning while out. We both avoided any news and watched it after spicy BBQ tonight. It was the best game ever. Egypt Vs...
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    Future of Drivetrains, No Gears, No Chain.

    When looking for how light was 'conducted', it is how we found out about the big bang. The residual background from the big bang was in every direction. And we realized that there is no conductor in space.
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    Future of Drivetrains, No Gears, No Chain.

    It transmits its heat and light without conducting anything. Your wireless IR TV remote does not conduct, it transmits.
  7. PedalUma

    I finally took my ebike for a test ride.

    @PCeBiker has a Bafang mid-drive. It can be ghost pedaled or used by the throttle but still the power needs to be transmitted from the middle of the bike to the rear wheel.
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    Future of Drivetrains, No Gears, No Chain.

    True, conduction does not work without a conductor. The electromagnetic spectrum works fine in space, that is how we see the stars and communicate with satalites. Infrared is part of the light spectrum. The heat gets sent out into cold black deep space.
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    Future of Drivetrains, No Gears, No Chain.

    True, but infrared will radiate into deep space directly. That is why it gets so cold by dawn in a cloudless desert like the Sahara. A friend said China is making under sea data centers. It costs nothing to cool them and they can still be near shore. If they were really smart tides and currents...
  10. PedalUma

    Great American Wheel Route Bikepacking

    Here is the third permutation. Oh, it is spooky dark magic, and I love it. Prospero’s Lightning (The Ravenswood Crossroads Session) (A weeping bottleneck slide guitar sets a heavy, syncopated delta groove. A low, mourning blues harp blows a cold wind through the chords.) Verse 1 Verse 2...
  11. PedalUma

    I finally took my ebike for a test ride.

    Putting that new waxed chain on my bike made a world of difference. I am removing a chainguard today and replacing it with a polished chainring, just for looks on a titanium bike with a silver painted motor. The custom wheels for it are due this week after three months of waiting. Then I can...
  12. PedalUma

    Great American Wheel Route Bikepacking

    @pem, @Catalyzt, please HELP! I need to hear a bassline. Then all the other elements fall in place. The handmade bike frame was made in Shakespeare's birthplace. So, here is the second version. I hope you like it. Prospero’s Lightning Verse I The highway wind hath stolen my brave lad, And Omaha...
  13. PedalUma

    I finally took my ebike for a test ride.

    @PCeBiker, You know how a BBS02 comes with a chainguard covering the chainring. That can easily be removed and replaced with another differently sized chainring using the original ringbolts.
  14. PedalUma

    I finally took my ebike for a test ride.

    Are you going to pick up the waxing sideline?
  15. PedalUma

    I finally took my ebike for a test ride.

    I just took off the old chain. The bike has been through a set of tires since I last replaced the chain and 11-34 freewheel. What is great is that the old chain still looks new, the drivetrain it totally clean, and handling the old chain was mess-free.
  16. PedalUma

    I finally took my ebike for a test ride.

    I purchased a $13 mini crock pot. It is just for chains. I run a piece of coat hanger through a chain at several points. I have found that the packing gunk comes off all on its own in the crockpot. A $10 block of wax does 50+ chains. When a chain is done, I just hang it over cardboard from a...
  17. PedalUma

    Great American Wheel Route Bikepacking

    Maybe something like: G-C-D-Em-G-C-D-G. Em-C-G-D-Em-C-D-G. G-C-D-Em-G-C-D-G. It would start mellow and rock in the middle. 4/4 with some syncopation and answer and call of the bass. For now it is just a poem idea, not a song...
  18. PedalUma

    Great American Wheel Route Bikepacking

    @DaveMatthews I just wrote a song with AI assistance for Paterice McDonald on the Great American Wheel Route and sent it to her. It could use maybe a JC Mellencamp tempo and heartland chord progression, or maybe the magic of Gordon Lightfoot and sung by Bonnie Raitt with some slideneck. You are...
  19. PedalUma

    Great American Wheel Route Bikepacking

    @pem did something like 65 miles today and pushed up her average speed. She is in eastern Nebraska and will be in Iowa soon. https://trackleaders.com/gawr26i.php?name=Patrice_McDonald
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