All Things Bikes and Tacos! (...and every vehicle imaginable)

Strava; ain’t just for biking.

 

I’ve thought about running strava when I push mow my acre, just to see.

 

Thats the Ebike of mowers...and Im jealous

 

In Bannerman lingo, I believe you have a MoweyBoi

 

Anyone trying to sell a large dh bike preferably 27.5 or 29in? Looking to spend $2500. I've found a couple options on pinkbike but curious if there's anything else out there. Thanks in advance

 

did you put your strava on e bike mode? haha.

 

Just bought a new E-Mountain Bike. A Haibike Full Fat Six 10.0. Haibike has gone belly up in North America and after many years, there will be no 2021 line up. So I had to get their latest, greatest and last fat e-bike. I just got the shipment and am assembling the bike. For the most part it is shipped 90 percent assembled and there are only a few easy steps out of the box before you are ready to ride. I ran into a snag and wanted to see if I could get some opinions from the greatest technical minds in the land: Tacoma owners. There is a wire lead that comes down from the handlebar display/controller. This wire (with its set of leads) routes through a frame hole via a grommet. Peaking out of the frame hole is the wire that is routed down to the motor and battery. Presumably these two wires should connect up within the frame via a set of male and female quick-lock disconnects. In assembling this bike I notice that there is a female quick-lock disconnect on the wire going down to the battery/motor but no corresponding male quick disconnect on wire coming from the display/controller. There is a wire termination that allows the two wires to be attached together but without the lock mechanism of a set of male and female disconnects, a good yank on the wire will pull apart the connection. I contacted the bike shop and they told me that this is the way the two other Full Fat Six's they received came and presumably is how Haibike intended it. I don't get why there would be a quick-lock disconnect on one end, but not the other. Especially given that turning the handlebars all the way in a direction places an obvious force on the wire. One idea I have is that on the display/controller side there is a brownish orange gasket that appears to be there to stop moisture from entering the connection. I wonder if maybe the Haibike engineers decided that this gasket was necessary, but would not fit within a quicklock disconnect. So they dispensed with the disconnect instead of designing one that would fit the gasket. The whole thing seems off to me. In the photo my fingers are holding onto the grommet that routes the wire into the frame. It does not pinch the wire so as to prevent force on the connection of the two wires. Beyond the grommet you can see the five individually colored wires which is where I would expect to find a male quick-lock disconnect. You'll note the wire coming out of the frame has a female quick-lock disconnect attached. Should I just take the bike shop's recommendation and slap it together and ride, or dig deeper into a better solution? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

Friday

 

How’s your back today?

 

Don't take it personal. I think they were just referencing that Chode who popped in here just to say his bike costs $9k

 

A little better thanks, might go for a ride later to try to work it out.

 

Loved the 2020 Outback when I used it for a day for fishing reds in Charleston. Did you have any experience with other pedal kayaks before landing with Hobie?

 

No this was my first one, I did a ton of research first though. I have since tried a prop drive kayak that a friend has, and while there are Pros and Cons to both, I still prefer the hobie drive.

Feet pic for @jjones.yota

 

Welp I’m in Denver for a week but I’m not able to ride still...any tips on solid places to check out?

 

So I keep having people ask about my Ti hardtail, which I know, boo-hoo for me . Most people want to know who makes it and I don't know the answer and I find that very frustrating. I think it's a custom build but I don't recall if the guy I bought it from told me who made it. I've tried looking up the serial number and endless google image searches with no luck, so I thought I'd try this thread in case anyone wants to kill some time on a Friday.

Some unique features...

• Boost spacing
• 29/27.5+
• semi-internal dropper routing (enters at bottom of seat tube)
• tapered head tube
• down curve at seat stay near axle

From what I can tell it looks a lot like a litespeed pinhoti, but not quite


Here's a good pic

 

Well my work calendar looks like this, so this is just the challenge I needed!

 

you have a serial number on the bottom of the bottom bracket? i had a one off frame that didnt have a serial down there, but did in the head tube. you could only see it if there wasnt a fork in.

 

I have a Native Slayer I've been happy with. Got a good deal used which was the primary deciding factor. Though that was before Hobie had the faster and reverse drive so it was the better option at the time too. I haven't kept up with the latest greatest, but I'd be looking hard at those Pro Anglers if I was buying again.

 

Yep, serial number is on the bottom bracket. I've tried to find the manufacturer by the serial number with no luck...