Bicycles - Page 22

**cheesy** · 03-29-2018, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheelbender6

I saw on a youtube vid that the Yami e-bikes have 36v 11ah batteries.
That calcs to only 396 watt hours; right? They are advertising it as a 500wh battery pack. Hmmm.

It close. They just rounded up.

wheelbender6 · 04-01-2018, 09:24 PM

You can't make this stuff up.
Aqua-bike exercise bike in my local craigslist.
You drop it in your pool or spa and the cups on the chain ring provide the resistance.
https://houston.craigslist.org/bik/d...541948365.html
Aqua-bike - $500 (Willis, Tx)
Aqua-bike. Great for exercising in your pool or spa, especially if you don't have time or a place to ride a regular bike!! Has blue cups that fill with water and go around (see pictures) when you pedal. Adjustable bike handles to raise or lower bike

**cheesy** · 04-02-2018, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheelbender6

You can't make this stuff up.
Aqua-bike exercise bike in my local craigslist.
You drop it in your pool or spa and the cups on the chain ring provide the resistance.
https://houston.craigslist.org/bik/d...541948365.html
Aqua-bike - $500 (Willis, Tx)
Aqua-bike. Great for exercising in your pool or spa, especially if you don't have time or a place to ride a regular bike!! Has blue cups that fill with water and go around (see pictures) when you pedal. Adjustable bike handles to raise or lower bike

I think I’d rather just go for a swim.

ben2go · 04-02-2018, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheelbender6

You can't make this stuff up.
Aqua-bike exercise bike in my local craigslist.
You drop it in your pool or spa and the cups on the chain ring provide the resistance.
https://houston.craigslist.org/bik/d...541948365.html
Aqua-bike - $500 (Willis, Tx)
Aqua-bike. Great for exercising in your pool or spa, especially if you don't have time or a place to ride a regular bike!! Has blue cups that fill with water and go around (see pictures) when you pedal. Adjustable bike handles to raise or lower bike

Highly polished mid evil torture device.

wheelbender6 · 04-02-2018, 07:49 PM

"I think I’d rather just go for a swim."
Do both a swim and an aqua-bike workout.
Then you can enjoy both swimming and cycling cramps at the same time, like a triathlete.

wheelbender6 · 04-09-2018, 10:12 PM

biketools.jpgHad to replace a rear spoke.
-First problem: The spoke is on the cog side
-Second problem: I cannot find my bicycle tools. My wife had straightened up the garage one weekend while I was away.
-Finally found the tool kit after 4 weekends of looking (I'm only home on weekends). I forgot how to remove the cogset and had to look it up on youtube.
-Its a two handed job to remove the cogs with the chain whip and freewheel socket. It makes an awfull sound before it breaks loose.
-I was able to remove the cogs without breaking any fingers or additional spokes.
-Screwed in the new spoke and replaced that old banana peel tire with a new one.
-I'll wait until tomorrow after work before I true it up a bit.

**cheesy** · 04-10-2018, 05:27 AM

I see you are using your 'Field Work Bench'.

wheelbender6 · 04-10-2018, 06:38 PM

I have the deluxe Field Work Bench when I extend my RV awning over me.

wheelbender6 · 04-12-2018, 08:43 PM

fixydisk.jpg

rollocrankdisc.jpg
Crank mounted disc brakes on fixie bikes look pretty good.
-Fixie bikes will not free-wheel. If the back wheel is rolling, the pedals are moving. Stopping the pedals and crank with a disc brake will stop the rear wheel (unless the chain breaks or comes off).

**cheesy** · 04-12-2018, 09:07 PM

As a fixed gear rider,

. Braking done with the legs is fairly efficient, and if you are smart, you at least ride with a front brake. The mechanics of it are impressive, but also seems like a solution looking for a problem. My $0.02.

The group I rode with called those who rode brakeless in traffic 'statistics'.

ben2go · 04-12-2018, 09:47 PM

What happens if the chain breaks and there's no other brake? Death?

**cheesy** · 04-13-2018, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ben2go

What happens if the chain breaks and there's no other brake? Death?

You'll be Flintstoning it, same as with a coaster brake rig. Some of the guys I rode with on the velodrome, those are brakeless fixed gear bikes, would sit up straight and put a foot on the front tire tread to slow down until they could bail. Never mastered that one.

wheelbender6 · 04-14-2018, 12:33 PM

I rode a fixed gear bike for a few years. I always had a caliper brake for the front wheel. A railroad crossing would occasionally shake the chain off.

**cheesy** · 04-20-2018, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wheelbender6

I rode a fixed gear bike for a few years. I always had a caliper brake for the front wheel. A railroad crossing would occasionally shake the chain off.

I still have three, but all are multi speed fixed gears. My single speeds are long gone.

I got out for a ride today. First real ride since my foot surgery in 2016. No distance, maybe three miles on a fat tire single speed coaster brake bike. I didn’t make it up the first hill to my place, but did get up the second one. The muscle memory is still there, even if the muscle isn’t.

Going to have to really work on it the next three weeks so I don’t get embarrassed by my sister.

bogieboy · 04-21-2018, 08:11 AM

all this talk of fixies and SS is making me sick...

thursday night put the final touches on this years rendition of the mtb... fresh tires, chain, hydro disc brakes (upgraded from avid bb5 cable discs) and a fork oil swap to 15w...oh yeah... cleaned the grips with brake cleaner too...LOL amazing how dirty the grips get in 1 year...

20180419_190431 by K Uittenbogaard, on Flickr

20180419_192011 by K Uittenbogaard, on Flickr

20180419_191826 by K Uittenbogaard, on Flickr

04-01-2018, 09:24 PM	#317
wheelbender6 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,902	You can't make this stuff up. Aqua-bike exercise bike in my local craigslist. You drop it in your pool or spa and the cups on the chain ring provide the resistance. https://houston.craigslist.org/bik/d...541948365.html Aqua-bike - $500 (Willis, Tx) Aqua-bike. Great for exercising in your pool or spa, especially if you don't have time or a place to ride a regular bike!! Has blue cups that fill with water and go around (see pictures) when you pedal. Adjustable bike handles to raise or lower bike __________________ "Its not WHAT you ride; its THAT you ride"
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04-02-2018, 07:49 PM	#320
wheelbender6 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,902	"I think I’d rather just go for a swim." Do both a swim and an aqua-bike workout. Then you can enjoy both swimming and cycling cramps at the same time, like a triathlete. __________________ "Its not WHAT you ride; its THAT you ride"
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04-09-2018, 10:12 PM	#321
wheelbender6 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,902	biketools.jpgHad to replace a rear spoke. -First problem: The spoke is on the cog side -Second problem: I cannot find my bicycle tools. My wife had straightened up the garage one weekend while I was away. -Finally found the tool kit after 4 weekends of looking (I'm only home on weekends). I forgot how to remove the cogset and had to look it up on youtube. -Its a two handed job to remove the cogs with the chain whip and freewheel socket. It makes an awfull sound before it breaks loose. -I was able to remove the cogs without breaking any fingers or additional spokes. -Screwed in the new spoke and replaced that old banana peel tire with a new one. -I'll wait until tomorrow after work before I true it up a bit. __________________ "Its not WHAT you ride; its THAT you ride"
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04-10-2018, 05:27 AM	#322
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,882	I see you are using your 'Field Work Bench'. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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04-10-2018, 06:38 PM	#323
wheelbender6 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,902	I have the deluxe Field Work Bench when I extend my RV awning over me. __________________ "Its not WHAT you ride; its THAT you ride"
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04-12-2018, 08:43 PM	#324
wheelbender6 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,902	fixydisk.jpg rollocrankdisc.jpg Crank mounted disc brakes on fixie bikes look pretty good. -Fixie bikes will not free-wheel. If the back wheel is rolling, the pedals are moving. Stopping the pedals and crank with a disc brake will stop the rear wheel (unless the chain breaks or comes off). __________________ "Its not WHAT you ride; its THAT you ride" Last edited by wheelbender6; 04-15-2018 at 11:03 PM. Reason: spelen
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04-12-2018, 09:07 PM	#325
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,882	As a fixed gear rider, . Braking done with the legs is fairly efficient, and if you are smart, you at least ride with a front brake. The mechanics of it are impressive, but also seems like a solution looking for a problem. My $0.02. The group I rode with called those who rode brakeless in traffic 'statistics'. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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04-12-2018, 09:47 PM	#326
ben2go Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,335	What happens if the chain breaks and there's no other brake? Death?
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04-14-2018, 12:33 PM	#328
wheelbender6 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,902	I rode a fixed gear bike for a few years. I always had a caliper brake for the front wheel. A railroad crossing would occasionally shake the chain off. __________________ "Its not WHAT you ride; its THAT you ride"
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04-21-2018, 08:11 AM	#330
bogieboy Join Date: May 2013 Location: finger lakes NY Posts: 2,060	all this talk of fixies and SS is making me sick... thursday night put the final touches on this years rendition of the mtb... fresh tires, chain, hydro disc brakes (upgraded from avid bb5 cable discs) and a fork oil swap to 15w...oh yeah... cleaned the grips with brake cleaner too...LOL amazing how dirty the grips get in 1 year... 20180419_190431 by K Uittenbogaard, on Flickr 20180419_192011 by K Uittenbogaard, on Flickr 20180419_191826 by K Uittenbogaard, on Flickr
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