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09-09-22, 08:55 PM
Replies: 21
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Posted By pierce

a 52V 50AH battery is like 2600 watt*hours, thats...

a 52V 50AH battery is like 2600 watt*hours, thats massively huge and heavy.

if your motor is overheating, get into the controller settings menu, and limit the maximum power to like half what the...
09-09-22, 12:12 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,671
Posted By pierce

I just got my wife a E5000 powered 'hybrid', and...

I just got my wife a E5000 powered 'hybrid', and have been going the rounds on this.

That third connector on display unit is not for lighting, I'm not sure what its for.

The light connection is...
02-10-21, 10:26 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 54,796
Posted By pierce

I would probably run about 55 in the front, and...

I would probably run about 55 in the front, and 65 or 70 in the back. If either wheel feel too squishy when you're riding it add a little more air, and if either wheel feels too hard and harsh then...
11-13-20, 06:19 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,065
Posted By pierce

well, i finally gave up and got a set of the...

well, i finally gave up and got a set of the split aluminum shims meant for a bar clamp, and it worked perfectly. I was afraid the clamping force of the plastic bracket wouldn't hold them tight...
10-02-20, 11:17 AM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

hey, I have a Grand Record in that same paint...

hey, I have a Grand Record in that same paint job, rode the heck out of it from when I bought it in 1975 until the mid 80s when I started doing more mountain biking, and it was so beat up I retired...
10-02-20, 03:17 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,065
Posted By pierce

most of those handlebar to stem shims are...

most of those handlebar to stem shims are aluminum. this displaly has the typical handlebar clamps (two of them), and O diont think they'd put enough pressure on the metal sleeves to keep them...
10-02-20, 01:46 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,065
Posted By pierce

yeah, those are most all for shimming bars on a...

yeah, those are most all for shimming bars on a larger stem. not finding the right search phrase to find the shims for putting accessories on bars. and what I am finding on ebay is all slow boat...
10-02-20, 01:17 AM
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Posted By pierce

BMX bikes boggle me. I go to a music...

BMX bikes boggle me.

I go to a music festival every year, held up in the mountains, 4 days of bluegrass and folk and other such acoustic/roots stuff. family oreinted, remote location with...
10-02-20, 12:45 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,065
Posted By pierce

handlebar accessory spacers

I want to put a display panel directly in the middle, of the flat bars on my 700c hybrid, it has two clamps are on either side of the stem. this particular display has a larger ~32mm clamp and came...
09-25-20, 12:18 AM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

hah, 'designed by ishiwata'..... ishiwata made...

hah, 'designed by ishiwata'..... ishiwata made nice frame tubing, was cheaper than Reynolds and Columbus... I just sold a similar vintage Trek TX300 with Ishiwata tubing and a nice mix of 105...
09-25-20, 12:13 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,453
Posted By pierce

just for reference, I just ordered a TSDZ2...

just for reference, I just ordered a TSDZ2 middrive kit, 52V 14AH battery (thats like 730 watt*hours or something, built with Samsung 3500E cells so its only 8 lbs), with a 750 watt torque sensing...
09-24-20, 01:27 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,170
Posted By pierce

yeaj, for a road-to-hybrid conversion, I'd as...

yeaj, for a road-to-hybrid conversion, I'd as soon use a decent vintage steel frame,preferably one that was more of a touring bike, and less of a criterium bike (longer wheel base makes for a cushier...
09-24-20, 01:08 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,570
Posted By pierce

+1 !!

+1 !!
09-24-20, 01:05 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 408
Posted By pierce

currently available high TPI hybrid/rando tires?

My 8 year old Vittoria Randoneur Pro(?) 700x32 are starting to show signs of age, I'm electrifying the bike as I'm a lazy old f*rt and can't climb the hill I live on anymore, and I'm thinking I...
09-23-20, 09:11 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,284
Posted By pierce

so my hybrid.... currently has some really nice...

so my hybrid.... currently has some really nice older Vittoria Randoneeur Hyper or Pro or something that are very high thread count, 700x32, and quite light and supple for their size, yet have...
09-20-20, 06:40 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,453
Posted By pierce

I can't help but think that external drive gear...

I can't help but think that external drive gear is going to be noisy.

and, fine fine print down there, ESTIMATED PRICE: $1950 .... $2000 for a direct drive non-torque-sensing setup with a tiny...
09-20-20, 06:36 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,284
Posted By pierce

I figure I can add the shift sensor, but I didn't...

I figure I can add the shift sensor, but I didn't use one with the Trek install... that install DOES have the thumb throttle, when I rode the bike I found it fairly useless. The TSDZ2 torque...
09-20-20, 03:37 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,284
Posted By pierce

resurrecitng this year old thread.... my...

resurrecitng this year old thread.... my brother loves his setup. only problem its had in the year since build was the speed pickup magnet wasn't quite in the right place so it was marginal. I...
08-19-20, 10:53 AM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

phew. anything with those awful suicide brake...

phew. anything with those awful suicide brake extenders and stem shifters (or top tube mounted shifters??) is a BSO. that one looks like it has steel cotter pin cranks, and steel 27" rims, too,...
08-17-20, 05:22 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 11,089
Posted By pierce

this is my customized Moxie, with the trimmed...

this is my customized Moxie, with the trimmed spring spacer thats been on it for like 5 years. I electrified this bike a year or two ago, and this is a crop of a copy of a picture of the...
08-15-20, 01:36 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 11,089
Posted By pierce

yup, still holding up fine. that looks just...

yup, still holding up fine.

that looks just about what I got at the local autoparts store... trim to fit such that its a tight squeeze to install. its quite stiff, but my wife is quite...
07-30-20, 07:17 PM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

so what would an old Silca Imperial be worth? ...

so what would an old Silca Imperial be worth? it has a campy tip, and its the type that fits right up into the seatube-toptube joint without needing brackets, on a 24" frame? its very well used...
07-29-20, 01:37 PM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

heh, if its as old as the bike, odds are good it...

heh, if its as old as the bike, odds are good it has a leather piston that long ago dried up and stopped sealing.
07-29-20, 01:30 PM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

ugh, even for the 70s, that Pewww-joe is a BSO. ...

ugh, even for the 70s, that Pewww-joe is a BSO. soft heavy steel frame, simplex derailleurs, steel cotter pin cranks, steel rims... worth maybe $100 but definitely not anything north of $1000.
07-28-20, 07:53 PM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

I think he meant the seat clamp at the top of the...

I think he meant the seat clamp at the top of the post... every bike I've ever had that was trailing behind the post, except for one bike I set up for a achondroplasia dwarf, who had abnormally...
07-27-20, 06:41 PM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

said generic yada yada sold new for MSRP $770......

said generic yada yada sold new for MSRP $770... so selling for $2000 now is insanity.
https://www.bikepedia.com/Quickbike/BikeSpecs.aspx?item=18219

about as low end as an alloy frame roadie can...
07-24-20, 07:51 PM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

ART!... FOR! ART'S! SAKE!!! .... MONEY, SEND ME...

ART!... FOR! ART'S! SAKE!!! .... MONEY, SEND ME MONEY!!.....
-the Bobs, circa 1980.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgAhx0QXlnk
07-21-20, 01:49 PM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

huh, they ran 'inch pitch' chains on track bikes...

huh, they ran 'inch pitch' chains on track bikes back in those days? wow. the rear sprockets must have had about 6 teeth
07-20-20, 03:20 PM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

thats not a mixte, anyways, its a basic womens...

thats not a mixte, anyways, its a basic womens frame. a mixte has two 'stays' from the head tube back to the rear dropouts that pass around the seat tube, like this....
...
07-20-20, 03:17 PM
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Posted By pierce

what, that its a front rack? hah.

what, that its a front rack? hah.
06-27-20, 02:02 PM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

well, thats a 70s vintage Campi hub, and the...

well, thats a 70s vintage Campi hub, and the frame appears to be very short wheelbase, like a criterium style, but it would have been nice to have shown a bit more, like the derailleurs, brakes, and...
06-26-20, 10:03 PM
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Posted By pierce

and such amazing shifter cable routing!

and such amazing shifter cable routing!
06-25-20, 01:50 PM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

ok, now I need to clean coffee out of my...

ok, now I need to clean coffee out of my keyboard. again.
06-07-20, 02:52 PM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

hey, I had a raleigh pro, just abou that frame...

hey, I had a raleigh pro, just abou that frame size, in mink+silver, it was the sweetest frame I ever rode on. IIRC, it wasn't 531, it was Reynolds 752 or osmething. I had built it from the frame...
05-30-20, 11:59 AM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

Maybe its the Australian Ted Williams! heh....

Maybe its the Australian Ted Williams!

heh.

while Searrs actually sold some decent bikes in the past (in the 1960s I had a sears 3-speed that was made in England, and was as nice a bike as my...
05-06-20, 06:10 PM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

Is that a Specialized crankset on that ? sure...

Is that a Specialized crankset on that ? sure looks like it.

I sold one that came off a bike that got upgraded to Ultegra stuff so it could have a smaller low ring... 42T minimum is brutal...
05-03-20, 07:48 PM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

only thing I would accept downtube shifters on is...

only thing I would accept downtube shifters on is a nice original high end road bike from the late 60s/early 70s. anything thats not a vintage high end all original bike in cherry shape, if its...
05-02-20, 02:58 PM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

I *still* have my early 70s Motobecane Grand...

I *still* have my early 70s Motobecane Grand Record that I bought new in 1975. awesome touring bike, i"d had a criterium style race bike before that and found it too twitchy on long rides.
05-02-20, 01:06 PM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

even the cheapest Raleigh Record had a better...

even the cheapest Raleigh Record had a better frame than the typical Peugeot
05-02-20, 11:35 AM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

the girlfriend of a riding buddy had a beautiful...

the girlfriend of a riding buddy had a beautiful upper level Gitane mixte in the 70s, reynolds 531 throughout, campagnolo nuevo record bits, sewups ('tubulars'), cinelli bars, brooks seat. that...
05-02-20, 01:22 AM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

Oh oh God. Cotter pin cranks? With Simplex...

Oh oh God. Cotter pin cranks? With Simplex derailleurs?? That's a bicycle shaped object from my youth. Junk. It's a shame cuz a nice mixte is a sweet frame, they ride well. And crap,. It's in nice...
05-02-20, 01:19 AM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

Haha. I think the only new bike we bought my son...

Haha. I think the only new bike we bought my son was a rockhopper 24" guys edition. That was late 90s, he would have been seven or eight. Nowadays he rides a KTM 1290 super adventure r. Giant beast...
04-13-20, 11:17 PM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

hahahaha, complete with shraeder adapters on the...

hahahaha, complete with shraeder adapters on the presto valves :-/

actually looks like a decent bike for $225
04-09-20, 05:05 PM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

geez, early 70s, we'd get bikes like that from...

geez, early 70s, we'd get bikes like that from the thrift store for like $20 or $30, haul them up Mt Tam, and if we were lucky, get a few downhill runs before we'd wreck them. cheap thrills! I...
04-07-20, 12:12 PM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

A Mirage was the cheapest BSO Motobecane made in...

A Mirage was the cheapest BSO Motobecane made in those days. sub $100 bicycle circa 1970, with huret shifters, etc.
04-01-20, 11:06 PM
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Posted By pierce

no pedals. forks look fully collapsed.

no pedals.
forks look fully collapsed.
03-30-20, 08:10 PM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

also looks like its shifted into both small gears...

also looks like its shifted into both small gears which is a good way to ruin a chain.
03-24-20, 08:42 PM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

those brake levers look freekin' dangerous.

those brake levers look freekin' dangerous.
02-28-20, 09:16 PM
Replies: 22,293
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Posted By pierce

no, it appears to actually clamp around the...

no, it appears to actually clamp around the center section of the hub via the two bolts visible in the picture.
02-28-20, 06:48 PM
Replies: 22,293
Views: 4,619,563
Posted By pierce

ok, I was curious. here's a typical kit for the...

ok, I was curious. here's a typical kit for the driven sprocket.
https://www.gasbike.net/collections/chains-sprockets/products/40-tooth-cnc-sprocket-adapter-assembly

took me a minute to figure it...
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