2 Wheels Maybe

A few weeks back I had one of those significant birthdays, so my wife bought me a significant birthday present. What did she buy? She bought me the ability to burn less gas more consistently to practice what I preach to experience the world outside rather than angry isolation in a box to thumb my nose at the West Texas wind (my cycling nemesis) Still don't know? Okay, she bought me an electric bike. A really cool electric bike. Here it is - a Juiced OceanCurrent .   Like me, the OceanCurrent is very simple - no suspension, disc brakes, easy controls, and an 8-speed drivetrain. It's not blue-toothed or GPS-ed or self driving. Like me, it has a large seat. It has fat tires that roll easily. (I tire easily too.)   Here it is after I added the rack from DFC (Local Bike Shop).   And I must say, Juiced got this bike right. I wanted it for a dependable, low-cost, relaxed commuter with a little old-school style, and it is excee...

 [Today's post is dedicated to my wrists.]   I was checking out Electric Bike Review today, drooling over the Coboc ONE SoHo , and I caught myself making a list of changes I'd make. I realized that I've been doing that for the last few years when I check out a bike. You see, the Coboc is downright sexy as is, but it's a butt-in-the-air bike. I am not a butt-in-the-air rider. Sometimes I ride for recreation, but most of the time I ride to get to work or the store. Butt-in-the-air is just not that practical for middle-aged me getting around a busy town.   If I were to ride the Coboc (as pictured) all of my (considerable) weight would be on my wrists. After a short while, I'd find my hands tingling and my back groaning obscenities. The Coboc has a negative BTW slope. Ouch.     What I figured out is that I do a BTW slope measurement every time I my gaze falls upon a new bike. If the slope is negative or flat, I start looking at ways to give it a posit...