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hmmm. Bike Friday really likes to pile on the costs for accessories. When you add up all the costs, an Every E Day with motor, battery and rack is more money than a Haul A Day with motor. And the latter gives you the center kickstand. I bet the E Day with rack is close to the same weight as...

@ChrisM I see you put up a nicely detailed post on Cargo Bike Republic yesterday and already have more responses there there than you have here after a week or two. No substitute for going to where the right eyeballs are doing the reading. I never would have looked at or even knew about what...

Wow thats bad. I recommend you take a shot at upping your game on the tape. 3M 2228 'mastic' tape is available at Home Depot in the electrical section. Its official name is 'moisture sealing electrical tape' and basically its a strip of adhesive rubber that is completely malleable, so you can...

Build your own and you never have to worry about any of this in the slightest. I know thats not for everyone, but if you can do it, you can then just sit and watch these little debacles unfold one after another, and they are never any concern to you or your ability to wring every last cent's...

False. It makes the exact statement I made. 100 shops and growing in served communities. 3500 trained mechanics. You see onscreen a shop thats plainly somewhere in Africa in Siaya, Kenya. You see mechanics at work. You see parts. He is simply mistaken. All that would cure that is...

Police in other parts of the world set down bicycle dynos and test power output. I actually saw one in Fresno California but it was years ago, and I was driving by so I never had to deal with it and have no idea what PR stunt they were pulling. Also if you read the law it is absolutely clear...

Jesus H Christ ... take a moment to learn wtf you are talking about before running your mouth. Watch the video. Educate yourself. You are wasting everyone's time by remaining willfully ignorant and then arguing nonsense that exists solely because you are too lazy to learn what you are talking...

Racist comments? WTF is wrong with you?

It seems impossible that you watched the video. His very first sentence is praising it (and says you have to understand what its for). Quite literally the first one minute of the video categorically - point by point - says exactly the opposite of what you are claiming. The written synopsis...

Yeah but because of the requirement to carry it up stairs, I think you have to make the compromise and let go of anything resembling a mid- or long-tail. The Globe Haul ST is shorter but I think its probably still too big. Plus I have a neighbor with a Globe Haul ST - the short one - and she...

Seems like there is a lot of fault-finding going on here from people who didn't take the time to watch the vid - or think through their answer. The drivetrain was designed for purpose (which includes simplicity and longevity) by SRAM. Spare parts are available at 100 local Buffalo shops, and...

Not a chance :) That bike is a road bike with a very small battery. Assist is minimal and its ability to climb hills is minimal as well. The motor is low-output, the gearing is 3-speed and that motor (made by Bofeili) is known to strip forward on strong pedaling. Mine did that and thats one...

No we've got people here who have done this. Myself in particular :) Racks that accommodate a child seat plus panniers (which introduces two issues: Weight capacity and room for little legs) all get you into mid-tail and long-tail territory. This is why I didn't bother talking about any of...

You are listing a lot of contradictory things, like big enough to carry a child + panniers, and also light enough to carry up stairs. Additionally, you can forget about 40 lbs. To give you an example of how far off base you are, this bike weighs 39 lbs...

I have purchased a number of off-the-shelf batteries from Bicycle Motorworks. The owner, Matt Bzura, has worked with me on a couple of projects getting some rather special custom batteries built (31ah and 35ah, with 100a continuous BMS') for a couple of my cargo bike projects. So having been...

Honestly, I think it is. I weigh 235 lbs now. I used to be 265. If I hit you on my (long-suffering) sub-20-lb road bike at the 20+ mph I am capable of traveling at, I assure you its going to hurt a lot, and perhaps grievously injure you, assuming I don't kill you outright. If I was at my...

This is settled science with an enormous amount of documentation spread all across the internet.. If you have a Li-NMC-chemistry pack, charging to 100% and letting it sit like that for any period of time reduces its lifespan. Period. Do you want that range anyway? Ok. charge it up but do so...

I can't imagine anyone here is so inexperienced as to have never seen a regular bicycle rider whiz past pedestrians on a path (something so common as to be considered routine). Yet we don't hear anyone arguing for limiting bicycle drivetrain size for safety. So lets make bicycles safe for...

^^^ this. Exactly. People who think you should limit the speed of a bike at or below 20 mph totally miss the point: the upper speed limit of the bike is not the problem any more than it is on an automobile that can travel at 120 mph easily and stably (on a modern American interstate, at...

It looks like we can add the OnGuard RockSolid to a slowly growing list of angle-grinder-resistant/proof locks. This review was just released today and the demonstration is worth a watch.