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How To Replace 20in x 4in Knobby Electric Folding Fat Bike Tires With Smooth Road Tires Most 20in folding electric fat bikes come with knobby tires. Realistically, most of these bikes will only be ridden on smooth roads, easy gravel trails, and sandy beaches, none of which need knobby mountain bike tires. The knobby tires increase noise and rolling resistance, which decreases battery life and range. Even a slick 20in x 4in fat bike tire has much more grip than a normal tire,

Ever since I saw the FlatJacks, I've wanted a set for the Sprinter Van Camper and the Hybrid Rockwood Roo camper trailer with tandem axles. For a camper van, you will need at least 2 of these. For a tandem axle trailer, you will also need a pair of these, one under each wheel on side that needs to be raised up. As usual, they are expensive, which makes me want to waste time building them instead. Here it goes. This is the best tutorial and construction method I have found: Th

On the east coast, it's usually easy to find trees to hang your hammock. Sometimes the trees are not spaced apart correctly, or convenient for hammock hanging, or the park doesn't allow you to hang hammocks because it damages the trees when people use strings vs straps. In these cases, an alternative hammock hanging option is needed. The portable free standing hammock stands I've tried are too short, too low, heavy, or complex. I've successfully hung the hammock from the van

This beach shade design is supported by poles inserted into the ground and therefore does not need a sandbag and cord in front to hold it up. Using an 11ft by 9ft beach blanket provides up to 100 square feet of shade. To hold it in the sand, I used 2 beach umbrella lower poles from beach umbrellas that had been thrown away. The poles are 20ft of heavy-duty aluminum tent poles, although fiberglass tent poles could also work. The aluminum poles are stronger and corrosion-resist

DIY simple and effective mosquito trap and kill using a bug zapper and stagnant water to attract mosquitos looking to lay eggs. In order to reproduce, mosquitos must find stagnant water to lay their eggs. A bucket filled with stagnant water is a very attractive egg-laying repository, but it's a trap! When the mosquitos attempt to access the water, they get zapped. The blood-sucking mosquito is killed and has no chance to lay its eggs, so the reproduction cycle is stopped. ▼ W

It never fails. If we leave the rear doors open on the Sprinter van at night while sleeping, it will rain. Guaranteed. I installed a screen door on the rear opening, so it's nice to leave the doors open for fresh air and to hear nature like you would in a tent, but it always ends up raining when the doors are open. I would like a very easy, inexpensive way to cover the doors, and if possible, allow for the doors to be opened and closed without having to remove the cover. This

Harvesting rainwater is the easiest way to reduce your city or groundwater consumption. If you already have gutters, you will need 2 main things to start collecting rainwater. A rainwater diverter that diverts rainwater from your gutter into a storage tank. Storage tank to store rainwater. 50 gallon minimum recommended. How To Install Rainwater Diverter for Rain Barrel on Gutter Downspout | Flex-Drain 3x4in This is how I installed a rainwater diverter on my gutter downspout t

Making a DIY beach sunshade is easy, and you may already have all the materials. All you need are some long tent poles (20-25ft), fabric (a beach blanket or bed sheet works if you don't want to sew anything), fabric tape, some strong string, lower poles from a beach umbrella (preferably one that was destined for the trash) and a waterproof dry bag. Watch the video to see how easy it is. The only tool I used was a pair of scissors. I have some improvements planned to allow the

2026 UPDATE! I'm now mainly using the following two-stage process to rapidly inflate multiple paddleboards. When we go out on the water with family and friends, I inflate anywhere from 2 to 6 paddleboards. Use a cordless high-volume blower to rapidly fill the paddleboard's bulk air volume until it is fully inflated, but not yet pressurized. This gets the first step done so much faster than any single electric pump I have seen. Use a high-pressure, 2-stage SUP pump to pressuri