After lurking on this Blog spot for the last few months, I finally got up the nerve to order my own Xtra. I live in Brooklyn and hope to use the Big Dummy for...
Everyone is free to celebrate with me today. The car is sold!!! I'd said that I was going to garage the Subaru for a year to see if riding the X in all...
Congrats on the Big Day Anne! I remember that day for me, like the sticker says, "I lost 3500 pounds, ask me how!" I got to pay off my wife's car, not get...
Keeping my tongue firmly in cheek... But seriously, I've wondered about the benefits and/or drawbacks of placing the mounting "tongue" under the chainstay of...
After watching them sell out from qbp in an hour and then reading the surly blog, it seems that these things are going to be in short supply until August. So...
There are a few advantages to being single at the moment. :) I bought the Subaru when it was a year old. Paid cash (had just sold the house so I could do...
Hum, so far I can ride no hands even with the X loaded on one side. I can't do it for a long period of time but long enough to zip up my jacket or put gloves...
I think there's something about the geometry of the bike/X set-up that's making it difficult for me. If it's structurally sound to put the tongut under the...
Then you should be good to go. Dancers are always good balancers. Hopefully someone who's played with the tongue placement will have an answer. Good luck! I'm...
Hi Cara, It is hard to diagnose a headset over the internet :( ... Here are some thoughts (in no particular order): 1. It could actually be a bit loose....
Hi Morgan and Phil, I installed the free-radical tongue under the chain-stay. I had to so I could fit in a stokemonkey. I bought the small Instigator frame...
I am not sure that there is any particular formula for riding no- hands. The tongue of my FreeRadical is on top of the kickstand plate, but it is a plate, so...
thats what i did with my Cdale conversion... after some time of riding the bike the way the instruction advise... i put the tongue under the chainstay...
Gas prices are what interested me in the xtracycle. Small brag, I've even made a few trips to the grocery store with my step son's mtn bike now. It's really...
Certainly the price of gas started me thinking about alternatives. Particularly since I'm about $12.70/hour at this point. But I live 3 miles from work, can...
Oh yeah, I forgot to congratulate you on cutting the oil tether in your other thread. 'grats! I have a dream of becoming a one car household, my wife isn't a ...
I am so glad I read my email when I did. I just bought the 18" from Bicycle Chain. :-) Thank you! Philip...
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Juergen Weichert
juergen@...
Mar 1, 2008 8:24 pm
To determine your "actual" hourly rate, calculate ALL automobile costs (ownership, insurance, maintenance, gas) and remove that from your annual income (after...
Good points. My car is an older model and the costs have remained relatively fixed for the past 5 years, except the fuel. I'm a gearhead so an engine rebuild...
ANNE! I LOVE you! (in a brotherly way kiddo! No worries!) How cool! a couple of ideas for you! Rain Cape! Look into that. It MAY be an answer to the...
... Therre is a point that you might want to consider. OWNING a car, costs about $8000 per year. on average. this is based on AAA figures from about a year...
Yep, Each wheel gets a disk. I've not heard anything about replacement rates on disks. I was told that I should replace the brake pads every 1-2 years...
Congratulations on the car-free! That's got to be a big load off of you--literally and figuratively. When I left the USA for Taiwan, my parents donated my car...
... Except, if you are riding in the winter, and they sand and salt the roads, then everything wears faster. Depends on your mileage, of course -- mine is...
I've been flirting with putting the tongue under the chain stay, to get slacker angles.. I do know why the directions say not to. If the bolt that holds it in...
Yes, I visualized that sort of accident, too--gouging out tarmac at the very least. Thinking about it some more, though, I'm wondering just how strong the ...
