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Texhun

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Nice tires, they look good for around where you're at. I've got big mixture of road and gravel around here so I would need to find some good knobbies.
 

obesepolice

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new guy here to MB's, Ill have mine on the road in a week or so. But i live in irving and was wondering who was all around here. Id like to get some races started!
 

happycheapskate

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Here are a bunch of affordable tires in 26 x 1.95 to 2.5
http://www.niagaracycle.com/index.php?cPath=8_81_8108_810802

http://www.niagaracycle.com/images/sbsimages/114071md.jpg
$10 black or white wall http://www.niagaracycle.com/product_info.php?products_id=1383

It's not bad. The cheap $15 bell knobby tires I get from the hardware store here are alright, after almost 1300 miles I've gone through 2 rear tires and I'm still on the first front tire. their 1.95's on 2.125 rims. Also for they are too skinny for my liking, I like having as much grip on the road as possible. I'd like to get 2.125 knobbies on my bike but havn't found a tire tread I like yet. Got any tire recommendations?
 

happycheapskate

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I was laughing at the comment "ALL hail "The NANNY STATE with the mailed fist!."
I think you mean a reference to police brutality, but it kind of makes a pun.
It makes me think of how fond the gov is of sending tickets in the mail, or collecting people for missing court dates they never knew they had.
A friend of mine got a ticket for "assault" in the mail once.



Nice post! Hi! I'm John in Corpus, and it now strikes me as funny how after a few years reading these posts every so often, I only now thought to join in. (abbreviated post) Regularily using a gas sipping errand hopper (of whatever mode) should be agressively presented as what it is,... a manifestation of actively "hands on" behavioral patriotism...
 

happycheapskate

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I've gotten harassed by trolls on Amazon and Facebook for promoting motor bicycles. There are some really nasty people too! Usually dog-fanatics and "spandex warriors". Some were comments "don't ride those bastardized things on the trails" but weren't very specific, regarding if they were complaining to me or just taking a dump on my page because they didn't like mabs.

I'm sure you're right about that. I'm good just peddling my MB on trails, knowing it still pisses some asshats off, but they can't do anything about it.
 

placidscene

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Also, When I first started looking into the Texas Laws about MB's i found this thread on another website. It is about a guy in College Station getting multiple tickets.
Anyone else seen this?

http://www.motoredbikes.com/showthread.php?t=15421

If anyone else has built a motorized road bike, I would like to see pics.
I am about to build my first one. Just ordered the Grubbee Skyhawk GT5.

I am currently commuting to work 1 or 2 times a week 16 miles each way on my road bike. It takes me about an hour each way.
I think I may be able to do it in 40 min. on a MB. Which is about the same it takes me to drive.
 

biknut

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Also, When I first started looking into the Texas Laws about MB's i found this thread on another website. It is about a guy in College Station getting multiple tickets.
Anyone else seen this?

http://www.motoredbikes.com/showthread.php?t=15421

If anyone else has built a motorized road bike, I would like to see pics.
I am about to build my first one. Just ordered the Grubbee Skyhawk GT5.

I am currently commuting to work 1 or 2 times a week 16 miles each way on my road bike. It takes me about an hour each way.
I think I may be able to do it in 40 min. on a MB. Which is about the same it takes me to drive.
That guy was ticketed by the college police a couple years ago for riding in a bike lane. He challanged the tickets in court, and I believe he said they were dismissed.
 

Texhun

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And here's what cops see from behind. They don't bother me that much here. I will give you one important tip though, STOP AT ALL STOP SIGNS!
 

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The_Aleman

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I will give you one important tip though, STOP AT ALL STOP SIGNS!
That's good advice, IMO. It's even more important for motorized bicycle riders than it is for regular bicyclists. Not that it's any more right or wrong for us, but we definitely have more at stake than a typical bird-flippin spandex warrior lol :D

I've been pulled over twice for not coming to a complete stop on my motorized bicycle. Didn't get a ticket either time, but it was all definitely a waste of time!
 
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Also, When I first started looking into the Texas Laws about MB's i found this thread on another website. It is about a guy in College Station getting multiple tickets.
Anyone else seen this?

http://www.motoredbikes.com/showthread.php?t=15421

If anyone else has built a motorized road bike, I would like to see pics.
I am about to build my first one. Just ordered the Grubbee Skyhawk GT5.

I am currently commuting to work 1 or 2 times a week 16 miles each way on my road bike. It takes me about an hour each way.
I think I may be able to do it in 40 min. on a MB. Which is about the same it takes me to drive.

If you read more of that string it was brought on by some marauders that souped up their bikes way past legal and were tererorizing the campus hot-dogging if I remember correctly.
 

biknut

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Whether it's a motor bicycle, or just bicycle, we have to follow the same rules of the road. It's safe to assume we come under greater scrutiny. If you're young, even more so.

Old geezers like me can get away with a lot more. It's one of the few times when age has an advantage.
 

happycheapskate

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Has anyone else experienced drivers stopping in traffic to stare at the bike? Two times today, people have slowed or stopped to stare at me. One woman stopped right in the middle of a 4 way stop, blocking my lane. I had to wait and go around her in the next lane. I think they are confused by the helmet light. It's nothing super bright, but maybe people are so uninformed about bicycles they've never seen a motor assisted bicycle or a helmet light before. (Hunt County Texas)
 

biknut

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I've noticed that a lot of drivers in Dallas are fairly screwball about bicycles in general. It doesn't seem to matter if it has a motor, or not.