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michaelh
@michaelh
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Joined: December 28, 2012 5:15 am
Topics: 15 / Replies: 93
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RE: Sidecar on bike now - long, being a bit of a windbag

I was taught to always bleed the brake furthest away from the master cylinder first. In all seriousness, please educate me, why would you bleed t...

11 years ago
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RE: Lip sync video that features my sidecar rig heavily

I'm a safety fanatic (with a 6 year old in the hack), but recognized the art for being what it is, and enjoyed it. Being close to home means a hu...

11 years ago
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RE: It's almost home!

I took the STEP class (voluntary), and although I failed the test, it gave me what I needed to know to drive 1700 miles starting the day after. I...

11 years ago
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RE: What Did You Do With Your Sidecar Today?

ChoketheFirst - 7/12/2014 12:13 PM Dropped it off for shipment to the mainland for a three week western U.S. tour. I will be wandering the west ...

11 years ago
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RE: What Did You Do With Your Sidecar Today?

Crossed the line from 'wannabe' to 'noob'. Two days of classes, took off east, then south from Auburn WA To Carson WA, 186 miles, mostly twisties...

11 years ago
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RE: I have noticed

The public roads here are, to varying degrees of quality, improved. There is the Transmitter Access Road/National Park Trail (depends where your ...

11 years ago
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RE: I have noticed

This was a hard one, because the needs for the tour from Washington State to California are so different from the needs here with a 25 mph speed limit...

11 years ago
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11 years ago
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RE: I have noticed

I am 60 nautical miles east of tomorrow (GMT-11), but when I get home from the salt mine, that's family time, not computer time. The biggest topi...

11 years ago
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RE: Where to mount the car?

I know I don't know anything (really, I don't, yet to even sit on a rig), but I enjoy flights of whimsey with technical problems because they can lead...

11 years ago
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RE: Velorex Price Jump

When my 6 y.o. son was 5-1/2, he figured out that '$19.99' was $20. Why retailers continue to assume their customers are idiots is absolutely beyond ...

12 years ago
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12 years ago
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RE: Does anyone tie spokes for increased rigidity?

I know little, so I observe, research, ask questions, then weight the answers. Cyclists riding touring tandems do this to cut down on spoke break...

12 years ago
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RE: Sidecarist

Well, we just joined anyways. We don't mind supporting a good cause, and no sense in rocking the boat, just thought I could save everyone a buck.

12 years ago
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