Posted on 03/03/2021 11:18:26 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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Was 65 degrees some days ago. Now with the wind chill it is almost freezing.
There was a bicycle shop below us however they moved into a new building a few blocks away.
Which is good for them because it has four times more space.
But what do you think opened as soon as they moved?
A new bicycle shop!
My kid wants a battery bike, i dont know much about them.
Ask me about vintage columbus or 531 with campy or dura ace and i can tell you all about it...
Anyway he needs a city bike with good hill ability.
I am thinking about getting a bafang 750w kit with crank drive instead of a wheel motor. What do you all think?
I think a kid should learn to ride un assisted. Just get him a good rode or gravel bike and let him learn to use gears.
E bikes are expensive and heavy if he has to pedal it when the battery dies.
So for an e-bike newbie some general truisms.
Higher voltage (24/36/48) = higher power, higher top speed.
Lead acid batteries are cheaper but bigger and heavier than LIPO, LIFE (lithium).
State/city laws vary, check yours. Some state anything that is self-propelled is a moped, requiring a moped permit. Others may state a threshold on the power of the motor (500W, 750W) determines something (license to operate, registration, etc.), or a max top speed (15mph, 20mph, ...) is the trigger.
I biked in Berlin a few years ago. Great Stadt for it with all the lanes.
Rode outdoors this past weekend for the first time in a while - 48 & 38 miles Saturday & Sunday, respectively. Not bib-shorts weather, but spring is in the air!
Thank You for the thread and post FRiend!
Just got a 2021 Giant Revolt 2 gravel bike. My grandkids were cracking up how excited grandpa got over his new bike!
I hope to get it in to a bike shop to swap the 170 FSA cranks to 165 Shimano ones. That seems be the cutoff for my arthritic knees. Never had a 165 give me a lick of problems, never had a 170 that didn’t.
As I was checking around I found that there are a lot of women whom tend to be smaller than men that have that problem too. Their $$$ bike is a torture device until they get something like 135 cranks then they love it.
I have no idea why the industry doesn’t seem to realize this. 165 is the shortest crankarm you can get from a mainstream bike manufacturer.
I just bought a magnetic resistance trainer so my legs don’t kill me once I start riding to work next month. Stairs work a bit, but using the actual bike seems better somehow. Five minutes increase per day, until I get up to an hour. Then I start turning the resistance up until I can ride uphill all the way. Both ways (VBEG).
Girl Biker Performs - pretty good display
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB3qTVg3hhs
A 3 part series !
Wait till he pumps up the tires and adjust the brakes!
James May builds a bicycle | Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ESJpgEC6g
24 degrees right now.
I can wait some days but then I want to hit it Big Time.
Rd later. Been a while since I used a bike as transportation, in Santa Festival, NM.
The outtakes shows how difficult that is. 👍
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