Search results

My Mother rode a bike until she got a driver's license when I was age 6. Until age 5 I rode in a seat over her front wheel, that my father built out of steel strap and masonite. Helmets were not invented yet. Child carriers & car seats were not invented yet. Plastic was not for sale yet, except...

I have had stitches on my chin 3 times and in 2017 I broke the jawbone. Did not hurt much. Having teeth wired shut for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Newyears was worse. I tried to buy a bike helmet with chin guard before the 2017 accident, but did not know the secret code. Kept getting ventless...

CNN explained US gas price jump today. European refiners are not getting crude from their normal suppliers. There are refineries in Kuwait+Iraq+Arabia that cannot ship. Jet fuel supplies in Europe are down to 4 weeks. Turkey air cut 43 air destinations, Lufthanza cut a bunch of flights...

My area is cheap to live (gas is $4.19, diesel $5.60), and has **** few jobs requiring technical expertise. I have never been allowed to do any design work here. Ford imports all their engineers from Michigan, a place with **** weather. Toyota imports all their engineering from Japan, or...

About time. I am the age where due to vision deterioration my father lost his driver's license. My grandfather lost his driver's license 7 years past that. I have a cataract I am letting deteriorate past 20/50 before surgery. About the time my F150 starts developing problems, I may be able to...

I rode 25-70 miles per week for 16 years, mostly unpowered. Parked the car. I kept the power available for days when the wind was in my face and would take 6 hours to do 30 miles. My kit did not drag the motor with my feet when unpowered. Battery came off the bike October to May. You can't...

My 2025 F150 long bed gets 20 mpg suburbs, 23 mpg hwy if I keep it below 70 mph. I put big plastic bins in the back to break up the rotary wind back there on the highway. I am patting myself on the back for buying a 3.5 L V-6 gas engine, instead of a F250 diesel that my brother runs for his...

Yes. I have no trouble with speed limits, but state wattage limits have prohibited me from buying replacement motors that will carry me+groceries+tools+water up hills. I've burnt up 3 750 w motors on the first or second trip. I ran a 2017 ebikeling 1300 w geared motor for 4000 miles until the...

If the spokes ping at the same pitch: F# on my bicycle. Check the cover nuts on the geared hub motor. Many of them get loose. My motors, every 18 months until locked in. Don't lock-tite them, using a torch to get them off again might damage the windings or sensors. I use key-tite, a...

If the end caps are press in sheet metal cups: replace the tightener and dummy nut with real hex nuts. Cover the threads. Set one end on a deep socket large enough to support the hub but not the cap. Use a bearing press, or beat on the top nut with a hammer. To re-insert the caps: find a socket...

Stretch frame cargo bikes bias your weight to the front tire, allowing heavy riders to use 26"x2.1" tires at 55 psi. My Yuba bodaboda allows 80 kg on the rear carrier. It has been replaced by the kombi with 200 kg capacity. They have 2 frame sizes. I carry up to 100 lb cargo on the rear and...

Dump your smart phone for a flip phone with no apps. Tourists in Bolivia were kidnapped with their boat and all their bank & retirement accounts were emptied into bitcoin exchanges. You don't say no to a drug gang & live. If you need a online map buy garmin. Limited internet access. I am...

In my 69 years of bike riding, I have hit my chin 9 times. I have never hit the top, sides, or back of the head except walking. IMHO the helmets above are worthless. Try the Fox Rampage for a helmet that actually protects something. https://www.competitivecyclist.com/fox-racing-rampage-helmet...

It takes 1000 w to get me & 60 lb groceries up several 6-12% hills. I have burnt up 3 750 watt motors, the first or second trip. 1000 w is now illegal in 41 states. I cannot buy a replacement for the one with a slipping clutch. On to a 7000 lb vehicle, dead dinosaur powered, a F150. Burn up...

I thought you meant a motor vehicle with the "check engine" bulb removed to cover up the electrical problems causing lousy mileage and air pollution. I bought a new 20 mpg city 23 mpg hwy F150 in 2025. My repaired heart would not support riding my bike up hills: pulse collapsed to 60 bpm with...

Bike is car replacement. I brought home groceries, home improvement supplies, went to concerts & church, ate in restaurants 17 years without a car. You cannot do any of those by staying outside the store/venue/restaurant. Only AV block caused by ablation surgery 4/25, limiting pulse to 60 with...

6' x 3/8" for everyday in Jeffersonville. https://www.mcmaster.com/8942T547/ At the Greyhound station, county jail, or Louisville concerts I add a 6' x 1/2" https://www.mcmaster.com/8942T831/ through the frame and the 3/8" sling through the motor wheel. The 1/2" tends to squirt out of the...

8 years on same bike using a stainless sling from mcmaster and a $12 Master padlock. I shop, go to concerts, work a volunteer job. Weird is good, per post #24. I could cut the sling in 45 minutes, but I am an ex factory mechanic. No videos on Utube showing how to cut that. I have had 3...

On a cargo bike, you can dump excess layers into the pannier in the middle of a non-grocery ride. At 6 F I wear 6 layers upper, 4 lower. No electricity required in Army TA-50 gear. At 6 F 2 pairs of gloves including farmer mittens, cling wrap over the mouth & head vents. 2 pairs sox, inner...

I shouted "green" at a motorcycle & SUV driver conversing at a left turn green light yesterday. They could speed over the 5 lanes at the very end of the light. I cannot. They did wake up, start their engines, and I got through the light only seeing red on the second to last lane.