ANC
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I've actually been in a train accident before. We hit a feed truck carrying grain at a crossing on a speed strain with only 5 pieces.
It was a nightmare!
ANC
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lol my friend and I both had jobs in Cape Town central business district and came by train 1 and a half hours each way every day...
I even met my wife on the train.
MICHI-CAN
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StonedGardener
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The only thing I scream at ( metaphorical speaking ) is the asshole who plucked me out of a very ,comfy cozy, super-chill spot in the universe and tossed my ass into this fucking thresher ! I was so happy in the realm of the " Astroplane " !
StonedGardener
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My choice for the big " see ya later " would be my bony ass sitting in a comfy lounge chair atop a decent size nuke........Great buzz going , beautiful summer day.....sun up the ass and solid azure sky...a xephyr here and there and cold beer and bourbon as
needed. Ya don't know when....maybe 12 minutes , maybe many , many hrs, later...
Instantaneous........what a rush....great way to get back into the " mix " ...........all that surface area created of your " vessel " . Ya think I'm stoned ?
VincenzioVonHook
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Just putting together an ebike from parts now. Found this frame in the creek all corroded. Took it home, gave it a hit with steel wool and threw some spare parts on it. I don't know what it actually is, but it has a nice narrow silverfish mount and cable routing under the bb.
Has a 750w rated rear hub motor with 155mm spacing, a 48v 21ah battery and a KT 48v 25a controller. Picked up a new suntour fork of gumtree for $30. Currently has a 9spd setup but have a sram 10spd kit here (new X5 kit) with 11-40t screw on freewheel.
Have a trip planned from Brisbane to Yarraman in a few weeks and looking forward to a good getaway.
Just waiting on the 1-4 cable so I can set it up. Should be looking at 120km range with light pedal assist, just need to set up a few 12v solar panels in series to charge when off the beaten path.
Has a 750w rated rear hub motor with 155mm spacing, a 48v 21ah battery and a KT 48v 25a controller. Picked up a new suntour fork of gumtree for $30. Currently has a 9spd setup but have a sram 10spd kit here (new X5 kit) with 11-40t screw on freewheel.
Have a trip planned from Brisbane to Yarraman in a few weeks and looking forward to a good getaway.
Just waiting on the 1-4 cable so I can set it up. Should be looking at 120km range with light pedal assist, just need to set up a few 12v solar panels in series to charge when off the beaten path.
VincenzioVonHook
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All up I've only had to buy the hub motor, levers, battery and display kit, and all the other parts were from me bike shed and an E scooter I had laying around.
Metasynth
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Week4@inCharge
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Observe & Report
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There's frost on the ground but I'm riding in shorts and t-shirt. I have barely even looked at my road bikes since I got a velomobile, it's just so much better in every way except long climbs. So fast!! Even though the 30kg bike requires about 20-25% more power to maintain the same speed when climbing than a light road bike, and I've never been fast up the hills, my average speeds are a lot higher now. I laugh at weight weenies as I blow past them. People vastly overestimate the effect of weight (only matters on hills) and underestimate the effect of aero, but aero is king. ...or perhaps "there's no replacement for a lack of air displacement."
farmingfisherman
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Never ridden one but would love to. Is it similar to a recumbent as far as the position?
VincenzioVonHook
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Can't agree more with the weight obsession. One of my riding buddies is 107kg, 6 foot 2 and takes half of his rotor bolts off and uses alloy bolts for his stem and brake mounts. On top of the 20kg he could lose, he also jacks up the handlebars (60mm rise), shortened the stem to 40mm and added 30mm to his XC hardtails fork. Hes so upright its almost bizarre. He rolls to a stop in a matter of meters with his terribly adjusted brakes and windbreaker riding position.
Just seems paradoxical to worry about the weight of tyres, bolts and rotors, but ignore the terrible riding position aero wise and the excess 20kg Hes carrying around. Newest pursuit is stripping the frame and sanding the welds flat instead of losing weight, adjusting his brakes and riding position.
but I can't speak. look at the stupid shit I do to my bike. it's just not weight related. Just can't help but turn every bike into a wannabe street thrash/dh bike. I even purchased a 700c hybrid bike to throw an 80mm boost fork on it, throw on a 60mm stem, 780mm risers, replace the 33c tyres with 47c/45c and throw on a 32t narrow wide on the front with a short cage x.7 derailleur rear. It's just as bizarre.
farmingfisherman
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I own a karate monkey that has been built up so many different ways. Each time I've rebuilt it it rode whatever I threw at. Why 33 mm tires? You race cross on it?
VincenzioVonHook
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Nah they were just what was on the hybrid from factory. Chinese 33c semi slicks with possibly the hardest compound in the world.
I picked it up as a second bike for mates to ride fire roads with me, but couldn't help but fuck with it. It was a $100 aud ($68USD) eofys special off kogan but had a 1x9, sealed headset, disc brakes and didn't look like ass considering. I threw a few Spares out me parts bin on it and here we are lol.
Got bored and threw a crossmark on the front and a short stem the other day and took it to the BMX track lol.
The kids lost their shit when they saw a near 40 year old on a kogan shitbox with anodised bling, 780mm bars, 700c wheels and a 1x10 hooning around the BMX track.
I need a life.
Observe & Report
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yes it's a recumbent trike but made out of a carbon monocoque chassis / shell instead of a metal cruciform frame like you'd have on a normal trike.
Here's a video of the inside of one that is very similar to mine, after removing the top (requires inserting/runnig a knife in the gap between the top and bottom to release the silicone glue and removing a dozen bolts inside, not something you do very often)
the above is mostly closeups, this one has some more views but he has the electrical all torn apart for a lighting upgrade...