Riding in the hood.

deacon · #41 (**permalink**) 02-01-2008, 12:42 PM

Thank you...

im back home now and god I am glad. I promised myself that I wasn't going to drive any more. My wife had a fit when I told her that i was going to drive the three hundred miles each way, but I did it anyway. I hope that it was my last auto trip. Way to dangerous out there for me.

deacon · #42 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 07:31 PM

My neighbor flagged me down to ask about the bike today. I gave him a glowing recommendation for the bikes and this site. I hope he does both, I would love to have someone in the hood to ride with.

Pablo · #43 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008, 07:40 PM

Cool - the only guys in my 'hood who aren't "interested" are guys with sons from 6-14 years old......c'mon let the kid motorize his bike!!

deacon · #44 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 05:47 AM

I have again stopped walking at the mall. I hate walking around in circles. I think I'm going to turn the giant mtn bike back into a one speed bike for the bike/walking path. There is one nasty hill coming home from the path but all the rest is doable. I can even drive to the path with the bike on the back of my car but that defeats the purpose of having a bike. The idea is to completely do away with the car.

I do not wish to ride in my neighborhood on my test route lol. I want to ride that darn bike path through the woods. Even then I need to replace the seat on the big bike with something besides the seat from the sacrificial twenty inch kiddie bike. I can't imagine riding that thing six miles. It might change my sexual orientation.

deacon · #45 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 09:03 AM

Okay I have decided what to do with the giant mtb. I put the 24" coaster brake wheel on the back. Set it up as a one speed. I left the front brake on the wheel, then I added the 350 watt electric motor. That I have said before. Today I set the motor so that I can swing it up and ride the trail for exercise, then I can swing the motor down and engage it for the return up the big hill assist.. I have a couple of lead acid batteries I can attach to the frame of the mtb. Now they have a very short range usually, but if I ride it only to get home from the park it should be enough.

That should be good enough for me to ride and still get home alive. I don't mind the pain. It's the embarrassment of pushing the bike up hill that I hate. In other words I don't much like getting old.

Pablo · #46 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 09:50 AM

We demand pictures.......................................... ..........of the bike.

**Ilikeabikea** · #47 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 09:57 AM

Yea a picture would be great. I'd like to see it................

deacon · #48 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 03:09 PM

The giant mtb let me down so it is now history but but I did go to the thrift store. Where I bought a 26" cruiser on which all the tires from the giant mt bike will fit. I bought the cruiser for $4.56 I can even buy an inner tube for that.

The cruiser now has the 350 watt engine from the huge mtb. I tested it an everything works just fine. I will be using it for my bike trail rides. YOu know get a little exercise and keep me from walking around the mall in circles.

Then I can drop the engine after I'm finished and headed home to help me up that hill that takes my breath away. And that is not in a good way either. Now that YOu do get pics of.

This is a $4.50 bike. a twenty seven dollar 350 watt motor. 2sla batteries $20 each.. one house type switch to make it go and stop... The drive wheels can be anything at all. If anyone is interested I can tell you exactly how to make a friction wheel for one of the cheap electric motors on ebay.

deacon · #49 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 03:26 PM

I need to tell this story real quick. I have two sisters who live next door. Both are in their twenties. They see me riding and testing bikes all the time these days. As I was leaving today to test the huge MTB that fell apart on me, I said, "I'm testing a bike I built for excercise ect."

When they saw me pushing it back one of them said, "I like your exercise routine. You ride them out and push them back. I bet that works real well."

I smile and resisted the urge to choke her lol

**Ilikeabikea** · #50 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008, 03:53 PM

Deacon, that looks like a really good bike for a gas engine.....................................