You folks are correct. I am in Minneapolis. Sorry, I was lead to this group by a friend, and assumed that you were all local to me! I've bumped the price...
Well folks, I just learned that it's definitely possible to endo an unladen xtracycle. Somehow through a miracle of physics, my front fender caught the tread...
When a wheel locks up suddenly all that energy has to go somewhere. Worst injury I received when riding my bike was pre-Xtracycle. On a standard bike with...
... That's darn impressive. I've been able to pull up the back end, on purpose, only under the following conditions: 1. The back end is empty. 2. I'm going...
I'm loading my snapdeck up with stickers in preparation for a few final coats of poly so I can show it off without fear of deterioration. To that end, I've...
... I ride my Big Dummy with mountain gearing just about every day of the year. I do about 98% on-road riding, with a fair amount of longertours in that mix....
... You see, though, there's a problem with that: Xtracycle originally released these specs as "open source", though they failed to elaborate on what, if any...
FWIW, back when I was still working, I'd downloaded the specs and was fiddling with them in a 3D CAD solid modeling software package. Not for anything...
I would not be so quick to sling black marks. There's open source, and open source. I am paid to work on an "open source" software project, and the tradeoff...
... I'm not a lawyer, but I have been reading a lot of legal cases involving intellectual property (IP). There are three types of IP, of which "IP" is not one....
... I'm familiar with these; I have two modestly popular physical designs that have been released under CC BY SA licenses, in the combined hope that they can...
... these specs as "open source", though they failed to elaborate on what, if any license these specs were released under. (Pne might argue the default would...
I took it from a poster that's been going around Facebook....
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Hey all, Nate here, from Xtracycle. Sorry longtailtech is down - we did a server migration two weeks ago that went pretty well. Obviously - still have some...
While I have loved it and had a great time I seem to be puting fewer and fewer miles on my X. In fact I don't think it has left my basement in months. If...
Who can give me some advice on tires for the Big Dummy? I ride about 15 miles daily, mainly hard gravel and city streets. I have no car so I often carry loads...
Not much help probably - but I run the same 2.1" Conti Town & Countries and in nearly 4 years of use (between my Xtracycle and now my BD) I've had precisely...
... I have the 26x1.5 Marathons with the kevlar belt. They're supposed to be quite puncture resistant. I still managed to get one puncture over probably about...
Jeez, questions for me. Big Apples have low rolling resistance, are light for their size, have a kevlar belt that stops a lot of punctures, though not all. ...
I'm happy with the stock Contis on the Dummy since I care more about flat resistance than ride quality. I've used Big Apples on other bikes and think that are...
I have the Nokian Mount & Ground w160 tires for winter commuting, and I couldn't be happier. There have been many times when I had no idea the road was icy...
I run 700x35 SMP on 23mm salsa delgado rims for about 2y now. I've only had one flat, it was a nail directly thru the kevelar belt. The rubber compound of...
Studs are really only helpful (IMO) if there's a lot of ice around. If it's just snow, all they do is get down to the pavement and wear down and cause drag. ...
