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Same here (i.e. background is road bike). And for some time ebikes were a rarity, with the riders in the local area being me, a ton of tourists on rentals and almost everyone else being a local commuting on an analog or a spandex fitness rider on same. Then maybe about a year ago I looked up...

The ones I have for a 2.5" tire are as thick as maybe five sheets of paper after about 4000 miles.

$hit happens. And you know this, like everyone else on the planet but again are just arguing for the personal enjoyment of it. I stopped counting at 112,000 lifetime miles, and that was in the 1990s. I realized that bragging about mileage was just preening where the only one who cares is the...

No thats completely wrong. I cruised on a commuter fat bike at that speed on absolutely flat ground. And of course any type of bike can avoid things. sometimes you fail though and it has nothing to do with the bike. Which is reality we all know. You are pretending otherwise to prosecute...

Never mind Trump. The ebike industry was already ailing something fierce. and we have already seen manufacturers go belly up this year. We'll see more, and it will have nothing to do with any tariffs. For example: Juiced Bikes went belly up just a short time ago. Yamaha just announced they...

We're screwed on that front.

Hit a pothole at 50 km/h and you won't say that. Or head-on into a standard 20cm curb at 10 km/h. Or ride down stairs, although that one is voluntary and I have done that on 26x2.0 mtb tires too. Still, the fatties held the advantage. Also lets add wilderness/overland, where there is no...

Yeah but when you turn a trike, at speed, if it doesn't have tilting suspension it still tilts :-)

Once again, the world's problems turn out to have easy solutions that for some reason have been totally overlooked. All you have to do is go to a forum on the internet... and learn the secrets of the universe.

The Fumpas seem to live longer. Probably a cell quality issue. But the (pretty nice) Chinesium ones I bought started giving out after about 18 months. Not exactly a big surprise as li-NMC cells are what they are and we all know they don't like being left to sit all charged up. My little...

I upped this bike from 26x2.0 to 26x2.8 and the difference in ride comfort was amazing. Its just as comfy as a fat tire. The problem is there are so few tires available in this size you have very few options. WTB used to have a 26x2.8 knobby but they are gone. I think the next step is a...

Oh and also the fat tires will provide a varying degree of cush. You can see my orange bike above is a hardtail with a suspension seatpost. Decrease the tire pressure to about 12 psi and its like floating on pillows. At 20 psi its rolling on rocks, but its rolling fast. Don't forget your...

Fat tires are fine on the road :) You just choose the right tread. A smooth roller with evenly spaced small knobs will be stable on pretty much everything. Best example of this is the Chaoyang Big Daddy, which is also sold under a half-dozen other names, some of which are much less chinese-y...

Or maybe its the difference between being a talker and a do'er. I suspect other people can use logic too, and then do something with the result when the time comes. Its easy to just bitch on the internet.

Jobs that take longer to do than I thought: How about "all of them". The fast quickies are the rarity. Not the other way around. I can't count the number of times where I have three things to do on a Saturday and by the time I have perfected #1 I decide its time for a sandwich and a nap.

Something we talked about as part of me getting my degree in Economics was the fallacy of hating on foreign aid. The layman sees $1B in foreign aid to Durkadurkastan and thinks Uncle Sam airlifted pallets of cash to the country and left it on the runway at the airport. What really happens is...

I have a beam style torque wrench in 3/8" and that was my problem as well. The scale on this little thing seems to be no issue for me. Works fine. Plus I can use it as a simple bit driver.

The last round of China tariffs created a whole lot of Vietnamese bike parts manufacturing capacity. You'll see more of that I expect. You have to understand just how expensive and high end USA made bike parts are - the few that exist. American bike parts are craftsman-level manufacture. My...

I am amazed a Wiha toolset is only $29. Thats some pretty high end stuff, usually. Prestacycle is a USA company that I am sure outsources manufacture to China. I just bought a small torque wrench from them recently that is now my bit ratchet in my tool kit. An ingenious little device...

Exact same thing goes for pedal washers. That reference that was linked a few posts back is spot on. Pedal threads btw are 9/16" almost always, except for some rare-ish cruiser bikes that are I think 1/2". 9/16" sizing persists on bikes that have been metric all over for like what? 100...