Hey Southern Cali people, Anyone know a shop that offers Xtracycle installations in the Hermosa / Manhattan beach area? I've got a friend who wants to get a...
We've talked before on this forum about how high gas prices would have to climb before large numbers of people begin biking to work. I think someone even had a...
... Great article, but it clearly outlines a whole raft of design philosophy and incentives in addition to high fuel prices that contributed to what Vauban has...
Hey ian, No drawings, just a couple of prototypes. They are essentially h-racks with machined aluminum hinge that only opens one way, to stop overextension. ...
Suppose you revised the design of the WideLoader sling to use quick- release buckles at the two wrap points closes to the bike. Might it then be quite simple...
Nice! it was a no brainer, once i relized that they should fold up. the first thought was a lawn chair. the hinges? uhhh.... ya...it seems that they should be...
My 83-year-old father told me today that he is scared to death when I go out on my bike, apparently because I'm not encased in a steel cocoon. Although I...
You think that is scary. My first converts as a result of my "cycle evangelism" were my wife, my 60yr old mother-in-law and my two kids (5 and 3). Ohhh...
Bruce, Do you think it would help to tell your dad there is someone in your Xtracycle mailing list, who has worked for several years in the heavy traffic of...
Bruce, My dad's the same way w/ me biking, his quote being "I'm not satisfied unless you are driving a M-1 Abrams". I'm lucky in the sense that I mostly ride...
After reading some car-only opinions in response to an accident in Kentucky in which a car killed a biker, I'm kind of with your dad. Especially, when I...
... I would be mighty careful. My worst accident ever was late at night, bad enough that I don't know how it happened but the guess is that either someone...
I find other vehicles misjudeging my speed (as a couple of people in this thread have mentioned) to be the biggest danger for me on the road. I ride hard and...
It might help. Thanks. Bruce Alan Wilson "The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish....
Hi all, My first post. ... I don't know what Bruce might say to his dad, but I'm really interested in learning how to talk about risks. When I figure out how...
... Something in this doesn't work for me, and I think it might not work for a lot of people. I tend to look at it from the point of view of game theory...
So, how about some kind of "bolt" or internal shaft that would be "shot" into place one the wings are folded down into cargo mode? This might (?) help with...
Amen! Unfortunately, most folks already think I'm a weirdo just because I'm on a bike when I could be on a motorbike or in a car. At least one person has...
Just thought this would seem right at home hooked to a Xtracyle bike... Greg in MO ********** Motorola's Bike Charger for Mobile Phones The big news of the day...
Unfortunately from the wording of the story, it appears Motorola has introduced an entire bicycle, rather than just a dynamo that one can install on any bike...
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Juergen Weichert
juergen@...
Jan 11, 2007 4:41 am
My Xtracycle has a generator built in - in the form of a BionX electric assist system. Any time I want to I can set the system into "regenerate" mode and...
I think this has all been done before a few years ago, the system was called pedal and power and was made by Ikon Global of Sweden. It obviously didn't catch...
Right. That's the product I said I bought a couple years ago but haven't installed yet....
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Juergen Weichert
juergen@...
Jan 12, 2007 9:45 pm
I thought you might enjoy this video I just put together of me and my Xtracycle in action on Car Free Day 2006: http://www.acclivity.ca/video/CarFree2006.wmv ...
Hello rootsradicals, I wiped out on some black ice with my Extracycle today. Anybody out there have a recommendation for some winter commuter tires? It's ...
Get studded bicycle tyres if there is any chance of black ice. A number of manufacturers make them. They are not bulky at all. In fact you can barely even...
