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The rack we have now is made as a motorcycle rack, and as you can see from the picture, is a good bit larger than it needs to be. Also because motorcycles are larger, the dual bikes space them farther apart, increasing the load (or rather leverage) on the vehicle's trailer hitch, which in our...

That dates back to the 1980s at least, and it didn't originate with Jeep marketers; they just capitalized what Jeep drivers (real Jeeps; not Jeep SUVs) were already doing. Motorcycles, too. Don't even get me started on Jeeps and ducks... The only synthetic clothing I own or am likely to own...

This is her Zugo on the camper: But now that I have the Radster we need a two bike rack, so I've been looking at these two: Young Electric: https://www.amazon.com/Young-Electric-Capacity-Trailers-Receiver/dp/B0D13H18W7 CyberRack...

I wish I could say I'm surprised, but NY has been consistently been ranked as the "least free state" in the US. For me it's the 30 mph road speed restriction that's the most onerous. Meanwhile, where I sit in Harriman State Park (southern upstate), every nice day we're overrun with idiots on...

Soldering makes the best electrical connection, but it also stiffens the wire adjacent to the joint so it can break from fatigue in a vibration environment. For this reason, soldered connections aren't often used in aircraft unless the wire can be anchored close to the connection so there's no...

Welcome! To me anything north of NYC and LI is "upstate"... but I grew up and still spend a lot of time in the Hudson valley mountains so so I guess I want to emphasize my distance from the city. NY has some weird ebike laws... class 3 is 25 mph, not 28, and only legal in NYC. Elsewhere in...

The confusing patchwork of laws here in the US doesn't help, either. Some states allow class 1, some 2 or 3. What's legal in one state may not be legal just across the border... or may or may not be legal depending on what menu settings you choose. Then individual towns have their own...

Lots of kids around here on gas powered dirtbikes, too... the difference is that everybody knows they're not street legal. You see them on the roads occasionally, but mainly just quickly zipping between their house and the start of an old woods road.

The best bike for my wife was the one she researched and chose (in her case a Zugo, one of the few bikes suitable for someone of her short stature).

It is... but if we had 8 instead of 10 fingers then the metric system would have been base 8 instead of base 10. Math is easier in base 8 where everything is powers of 2, that's why computers use it.

A 16oz wide mouth Nalgene fits perfectly in the cage on my bike. Beer is for after the ride.

Mainly riding around. Not commuting; I retired last week. My wife got a Zugo last year mainly to take on the camper. It's too small for me but it was fun to ride so I wanted a bike for myself. I've been enjoying riding the Radster around, about half on pavement and half on gravel forest roads

I really like the Radster's torque sensor. I'm in a rural area, so my main goal is to prevent opportunistic thieves. Not enough bikes around that I think thieves are prowling around with angle grinders or bolt cutters.

My understanding is that the lock is made by Abus for Rad, with the Rad logo on it. On my Radster Trail the installation was much easier, no spacers and no fender mod.

Make the motor smaller and the internal stresses go up for the same torque, so longevity might become an issue. Also making it smaller means more issues with heat rejection.

No, that's the problem... I can drive my CT registered car in NY, but if I can't register my ebike in CT what happens when I bring it to NY? I can't register it in NY because I'm not a NY resident. We ran into this when my wife was looking into a Vespa-style scooter. No registration required...

If one jurisdiction requires registration what happens to visitors bringing bikes from other places that don't require registration?

The US is a patchwork of laws. In Connecticut, helmets are not required for motorcycles or bicycles (except for riders under 14), but are required for ebikes. In neighboring NY state helmets are required for motorcycles and class 3 ebikes, but not for class 1, 2, or unpowered bicycles (except...

At one point I read an article about the development of torque specs, that said most experienced mechanics will torque fasteners correctly even without a torque wrench. I have at least four torque wrenches and I use them, but not everywhere a torque spec is given... like others, I know what...

Speed limits would seem to make the most sense. Going over 28 mph on level ground? Write the rider a ticket for unregistered motor vehicle. But then you can go a lot faster than 28 mph downhill even on an unpowered bike, I can get up to 35 mph on a not too steep hill near my house, even...