I took the Cross Connect the new pedal assist electric bike from Yamaha for a first longer ride. Here's What I liked; how fast it went; what battery usage; what aerobic levels attained; how to lock it; etc. https://youtu.be/rbxOlo9PwhE Taking the Cross Connect out - What its like. Here's the video content in static form,… Continue reading First Longer Ride – eBike
Riding the eBike really delights, way easier to pedal uphill; much faster ride times; fun. My only concern was leaning down and forward a little too much. I looked into that and found a solution - a light adjustment to the reach length. I went to REI for a bike fitting check and they affirmed… Continue reading Adjusting Handlebar Stem to Reduce Neck Tilt
One day one of the bike I transferred my lock and panniers from the former, non pedal assist bike. Then I made sure I could attach my Cannondale Bugger trailer. I use that to take recyclables and trash to the Town Transfer Station. Here’s a quick view. I actually got to the dump and back… Continue reading Setting up the eBike
I have been researching electric vehicles in the hopes of reducing our carbon footprint and leveraging our solar sourced free electricity. I was pained about my sole source supplier, Toyota’s, tardiness to the e market. I hemmed and hawed about where to go. Then the answer appeared as if in a dream. eBike young man.… Continue reading eBikes are the Way to Go
Our home in Hingham, MA features 13 of the original double hung casement windows which are gaining in look and feel appeal. But most of the sash weight cords had deteriorated and broken. (See left.) It left us to using little wood batons to hold up the lower sashes if we wanted them open. (See… Continue reading It Began With a Broken Window (Sash Cord)
We remembered this view as the Reeds homes and the Beach as Black Rock Beach, Cohasset, MA. Here's how it looked in 1898. And that large building on the left before Reed’s Beach is… "The Black Rock House!" Edition 2 shown here following in more detail: This Black Rock House 2 predated the one we… Continue reading The Black Rock House Then and Earlier
We keep reaping benefits from the Greenbush project. Now, belatedly, the town of Weymouth is progressing on the “Smelt Brook Daylighting Project”. As part of the agreement for building Greenbush stations the environmental dep demanded conditions of environmental improvement in and around the tracks. This meant Hingham’s better flow to the Home Meadow salt marsh,… Continue reading Weymouth Landing Redux
On to plastic Pangea. Ever since we saw the movie Bag It at Glastonbury… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRjPkl_4lmM 2010 NR 1h 19m DVD - With a humorous tone, Suzan Beraza's documentary follows average guy Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a personal quest to figure out where plastic bags come from, why they're so ubiquitous and where they end up after… Continue reading Attempts to Reduce Plastic Packaging Use
Cars played an outsized role in the lives my brothers and I lived at 41 Wren Street in West Roxbury, MA. We remember them distinctly. The interesting thing is that car particulars and color played almost no role in my father's choices. Instead, it was all by availability and whatever offered basic transportation. The color… Continue reading The Cars of 41 Wren Street
All those safety rules and guidelines (National Safety Council) can seem boring and irrelevant, overkill… like the yada yada of on line terms and conditions pages that most just skip through and click. But skipping on taking safety guidelines seriously will at some point will cause you major problems. This weird tale of events will… Continue reading Little ‘Ignore’s that Can Burn Your House Down
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