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howziit everyone,
i'm glad i found your friendly, informative forum for motorized bikes. my name is Myron, and i'm a motorized bike addict!
my wife and i work for the state,in the same building, across the hall from each other. we share the same work schedule, so we carpool to town, a 10-mile round trip. she works overtime almost daily, so i sit around for 1-2 hours on a regular basis,waiting for her. since the bus ride home would take an hour and entail 2 transfers, it made sense to:
1.try walking home once...no dice, took 1.75 hours, my feet hurt and i was pooped.(i'm 60 years old.)
2.buy a pink girls' cruiser bike, so no manly thief would steal/ride it.
3.electrify the bike, so i wouldn't sweat while biking to work. the bike was FAST, 23mph on 72 volts, 50(fifty!) miles-plus on a charge. alas, i live on a 2nd floor walk-up apartment, and the logistics of carrying a 135-pound bicycle upstairs proved overwhelming and tiresome.(i need to buy a house, but my wife likes our townhouse.)
4.convert the girl's bike to gas engine and park in the lot,with a cover. so i bought 3(three!) 80cc engines. of course, the engines wouldn't fit the RALEIGH cruiser(as i suspected).
5.go hunting for a men's bike. unsure if i want to buy another $400 RALEIGH/SCHWINN cruiser from a bike shop again. i'll probably choose between a free mountain bike or a $180SCHWINN comfort bike.(no coaster brakes for me. one day, i'll share my downhill ride at 25mph, when the rear brake locked up, and the heavy bike's tail wanted to meet the front tire!
i'm gonna like it here. i've already read most of the forum's interesting topics, and found you people kind and considerate.
Myron
i'm glad i found your friendly, informative forum for motorized bikes. my name is Myron, and i'm a motorized bike addict!
my wife and i work for the state,in the same building, across the hall from each other. we share the same work schedule, so we carpool to town, a 10-mile round trip. she works overtime almost daily, so i sit around for 1-2 hours on a regular basis,waiting for her. since the bus ride home would take an hour and entail 2 transfers, it made sense to:
1.try walking home once...no dice, took 1.75 hours, my feet hurt and i was pooped.(i'm 60 years old.)
2.buy a pink girls' cruiser bike, so no manly thief would steal/ride it.
3.electrify the bike, so i wouldn't sweat while biking to work. the bike was FAST, 23mph on 72 volts, 50(fifty!) miles-plus on a charge. alas, i live on a 2nd floor walk-up apartment, and the logistics of carrying a 135-pound bicycle upstairs proved overwhelming and tiresome.(i need to buy a house, but my wife likes our townhouse.)
4.convert the girl's bike to gas engine and park in the lot,with a cover. so i bought 3(three!) 80cc engines. of course, the engines wouldn't fit the RALEIGH cruiser(as i suspected).
5.go hunting for a men's bike. unsure if i want to buy another $400 RALEIGH/SCHWINN cruiser from a bike shop again. i'll probably choose between a free mountain bike or a $180SCHWINN comfort bike.(no coaster brakes for me. one day, i'll share my downhill ride at 25mph, when the rear brake locked up, and the heavy bike's tail wanted to meet the front tire!
i'm gonna like it here. i've already read most of the forum's interesting topics, and found you people kind and considerate.
Myron