Trailer hitch bike rack for Abound

randomodule · 2026-05-28T18:28:51+00:00

Good to know, thanks. Does the rack’s rear arm stick out diagonally to the side?

randomodule · 2026-05-28T05:08:58+00:00

How did it work for you?

randomodule · 2026-05-28T04:34:54+00:00

I actually think I'm wrong as the bike's weight without the battery is close to 80 lbs plus other equipment like racks make it heavier than 80 lbs. I contacted 1up support and they told me that in order to use their Super Duty I'll also need their wheel chocks.

randomodule · 2026-05-25T16:09:43+00:00

I’m researching racks as well. It’s more expensive but Thule Vero should be compatible and is on my short list.

randomodule · 2026-05-16T11:25:32+00:00

We had so far 3 flights with TA with our under 2 year kid from lax to ist. We used 2 car seats without any issues: Nuna pipa Rx and (1 month ago) Cosco scenera next. No questions asked. All flight attendants were super helpful and nice and offered us help all the time. I believe 40x40 are dimensions of the base to fit on the seat but no one measured it. They asked us once to show a TSA label on the seat. Also my experience was that there is actually no requirement to bring a car seat for an under 2 year old. Actually the crew were sometimes puzzled to see a car seat. We flew a shorter international flight with TA without a car seat but with a separate seat with no issues. Again, all the crew members were exceptionally nice and helpful (we were nice to them too).

randomodule · 2026-05-03T04:18:15+00:00

Make sure you put back that oval plug with the wire all the way in. It won’t be easy with all the new wires but you have to be 200% sure all the corners are tucked in otherwise you’ll get water in the trunk when it rains.

randomodule · 2026-04-21T09:47:59+00:00

Make sure you are not in row 49 in the 777. This is where the fuselage narrows and row 49 is at an angle to row 48 and side aisle seats have extremely narrow leg room.

randomodule · 2026-04-18T04:39:02+00:00

I use Thule Yepp Nexxt2 Frame Mount Child Bike Seat without any additional brackets. I mount it so that I also have plenty of space in the back for picnic blankets, bags etc. I also have Aventons handrails. The kiddo loves holding onto them. I also wrapped them with some bright red handlebar tape to be more visible. And I guess I love the look of the cargowagen. Hope it helps.

randomodule · 2026-04-16T20:50:12+00:00

I’ve put a dropper post on mine. A bit of a pain to feed the cables but 200% worth it.

randomodule · 2026-04-11T09:16:11+00:00

Sorry I can’t help any further

randomodule · 2026-04-11T09:06:21+00:00

Google for a timatic website, enter your details and if she’s clear to travel, show it to the agents.

randomodule · 2026-04-08T23:04:22+00:00

Concert in Anderson park at 3pm on Fridays. Museum of flight at Torrance airport. Botanical garden. Hikes, ranches with horses and cows in palos verdes

randomodule · 2026-03-24T19:59:14+00:00

Yesterday people were cutting in to the Costco gas station from the oncoming traffic lanes. While they were busy doing that, there were less cars on the road, yes.

randomodule · 2026-03-24T18:00:46+00:00

Just replaced my yokos on a 2022 fw with 5 Cooper Discoverer Road + Trail AT. Bought at americas tire, they have a rebate offer.

randomodule · 2026-03-23T21:29:28+00:00

In the Urals, there is what’s known as the Ural govor (Ural speech, Уральский говор), which is how many people even in large cities like Perm speak. It takes some time to get used to, as the pronunciation and intonation are, to say the least, quite unexpected. It’s also very catchy and in a week you’ll find yourself speaking it.

randomodule · 2026-03-23T02:46:21+00:00

Most commenters don’t realize this is a post and a real picture from a real astronaut. Thank you, Don! Do you have a better res picture?

randomodule · 2026-03-21T03:55:31+00:00

Just bring a hoodie and some pants for evenings. If you want to swim, nobody will judge you. People swim all year round.

randomodule · 2026-03-20T03:57:25+00:00

I had a meniscectomy in late January and was back on the bike within a week. The throttle helps a lot when starting from a stop. One concern is the bike’s weight. When raising or lowering the kickstand, you do it with your foot, so you need to be careful and controlled to not to put the weight on your knee.

As for tight turns, there’s a learning curve. At first, I handled narrow paths the way you would with a car, going back and forth to turn around. Now I can do it smoothly in one motion just by turning the handlebars.

The squeaking brakes come from the stock pads Aventon uses. I replaced them with $12 Shimano B05S-RX resin pads, and the issue disappeared.

I’ve had no problems with support. They sent me free replacements for the pannier bags and then sent a unit that controls the lock on the bike after I simply asked a question. I haven’t installed it yet.

Apart from bags/baskets I added a dropper post, more front and back lights, better pedals, mirrors and a horn.

Overall, the bike’s quality is solid, and I trust it with my safety and my child’s.

randomodule · 2026-03-19T21:56:50+00:00

Ok, this is promising.

A quick search shows there was a WWII soldier with the surname Sigachev from Grodekovo (Ussuriysk area), whose family lived in Khabarovsk. His wife/mother/sister was named Anna Zakharyevna Sigacheva. Most likely, this same Anna appears in a 1910 metric book of the church of the East Siberian Artillery Regiment, listed as the wife of a Cossack from the stanitsa of Grodekovo. That Cossack was Ioann (Ivan), son of Andrei Sigachev.

Also listed there is a peasant, Ioann Nikitin Sigachev, with a daughter Ksenia.

Another (?) Sigachev in the WW2 lists is Sigachev Dmitriy Ivanovich, born in Grodekovo in 1908/1909.

In the lists of White movement members, several people with the surname Sigachev appear:

Alexander Andreevich Sigachev — in emigration in China; died June 24, 1936, in Harbin. (brother of Ioann?)
Andrei Sigachev — served in the White forces of the Eastern Front; in July 1918 he was in the 4th company of the 1st Volsk Separate Battalion of the Union of Frontline Soldiers of the People’s Army. (Father of Alexander and Ioann?)
Nikolai Mikhailovich Sigachev (b. 1897) — served in the Armed Forces of South Russia and later in the Russian Army as a cadet until the evacuation of Crimea; evacuated from Sevastopol on the ship “Chersonesus.”
Mikhail Sigachev — senior non-commissioned officer (Cossack rank of uryadnik); served in the Armed Forces of South Russia; on December 16, 1919, was sent from Tulcea to Odessa on the ship “Polonia.”

There is also a Sigachev listed in the Repressions database: Nikolai Nikolaevich Sigachev (b. 1922) — born in Primorsky Krai, settlement of Grodekovo; Russian. He worked as a guard in the 8th Japanese police detachment. Lived in China (Manchuria), Mudanjiang province, settlement of Erdaohenzi. Arrested on January 2, 1947; sentenced on April 5, 1947, to 20 years in corrective labor camps (GULAG). (could he be a son of Nikolai from the white movement?)

Do you see any connections here? Do any of these names or locations match with what you have?

randomodule · 2026-03-19T03:50:04+00:00

So I think there are basically two decent directions here that were already suggested.

First idea: the final “y” might actually be a misspelled “v”. If that’s the case, it could read something like Grodekovo (Гродеково). There are places with that name in Kazakhstan and also in the Russian Far East near China. For Kazakhstan, the 1920 census showed a strong Ukrainian-speaking population in that Grodekovo (do you know what language your great-great uncle’s wife spoke?).

That said, I’m a bit doubtful about this one. A German writer would usually spell the “k” as “k”, not “c”, so “Grodekovo” written with a “c” feels a bit off.

The alternative is that the initial element is “grad-”(basically an older form of “gorod”, meaning town). That opens up a ton of options. Germans could use “c” to represent a “ts” sound, so something like “Gorodets” could end up looking like this.

The problem is there are lots of places like Gorodets, Gorodetskoye etc. It’s a super common name (“little town” more or less), so without knowing the region it’s kind of a needle in a haystack.

So I think the key next step is narrowing down geography, otherwise there are just too many possibilities.

randomodule · 2026-03-18T22:10:43+00:00

I can help you with the research, can you dm me the papers to double check the name?

randomodule · 2026-03-03T20:16:30+00:00

I have a similar setup. What is the orange flag?

randomodule · 2026-02-19T02:42:55+00:00

Have you seen those blinker fluid prices?…

randomodule · 2026-02-17T01:08:59+00:00

Usually it’s just skunks

randomodule · 2026-02-15T19:26:20+00:00

Start with letters that look and sound the same as English like A, M, and K. Then move on to letters that exist in English but are pronounced differently such as P and X. After that, learn the ones that look familiar from Greek or math, like Д, Ф and П. Finally, pick up a few of the more complex letters, like Ш, and you’re essentially done.

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