Boom Bike 4.0 Shopping List - The Chainlink2024-03-29T11:30:52Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/boom-bike-40-shopping-list?groupUrl=bikesound&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A364012&groupId=2211490%3AGroup%3A58665&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSpencer, are you still intere…tag:thechainlink.org,2013-10-16:2211490:Comment:7652542013-10-16T16:26:50.788ZJimmy Millerhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JimmyMiller
<p>Spencer, are you still interested in a bike speaker system? Check out bikebeatz.com. I build them in Lincoln Park. I'd be happy to let you try one out. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! - Jimmy</p>
<p>Spencer, are you still interested in a bike speaker system? Check out bikebeatz.com. I build them in Lincoln Park. I'd be happy to let you try one out. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! - Jimmy</p> Good info. I wondered what ca…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-07-05:2211490:Comment:3711842011-07-05T03:49:49.634Zh' Zerocatshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/H3N3
<p>Good info. I wondered what caused the ride to pick up so much speed at that point.</p>
<p><br></br>I was disappointed to see so much of the mass had bypassed Albany when we came out on Fullerton.</p>
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<p>I'm going to try to bring my trailer next month, if I see signs that there's some investment in keeping the mass from turning into a race.</p>
<p><br></br> <cite>James Baum said:…</cite></p>
<p>Good info. I wondered what caused the ride to pick up so much speed at that point.</p>
<p><br/>I was disappointed to see so much of the mass had bypassed Albany when we came out on Fullerton.</p>
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<p>I'm going to try to bring my trailer next month, if I see signs that there's some investment in keeping the mass from turning into a race.</p>
<p><br/> <cite>James Baum said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/boom-bike-40-shopping-list?groupUrl=bikesound&xg_source=activity&groupId=2211490%3AGroup%3A58665&id=2211490%3ATopic%3A332809&page=2#2211490Comment363829"><div><p>I must have missed the briefcase system. I like to move around and see all the bikes and equipment out there. I often start at the front and cork at least once just to see everyone, but this month I started in the back and tried to move to the front of the pack but met a situation once where I really needed to help cork as someone was having a difficult time with an asshat. Then I needed to stop and adjust something on Logan and try and call my wife to come out and wave as we went by the house which blew some time. So I cut the clusterfrak that happened on Kedzie when the group tried to go through that tight street (Albany maybe?) and tied to get up to the front but the cops up there were being total asshats pushing the leaders to ride too fast and not letting them stop and mass up. So when everyone cut off the head of the ride by going through the park I doubled back. </p>
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<p>There might have been a few bikes I missed.</p>
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<p>I saw one girl with a small ipod dock radio clipped through her backpack with the ipod dangling out of it. Don't know what kept the ipod in the dock without falling out. </p>
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</blockquote> Looking at your drawing and k…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-07-05:2211490:Comment:3708942011-07-05T03:15:31.528ZTodd Allenhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ToddAllen
<p>Looking at your drawing and knowing the size/weight of your speakers, I'd either add more bracing or go with very large diameter tubing. Especially for the tongue. You don't want any flex or it will impede handling and likely lead to rapid failure.</p>
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<p>Tell who ever does the construction your planned use/load and they should be able to suggest ways to make it strong enough.</p>
<p>Looking at your drawing and knowing the size/weight of your speakers, I'd either add more bracing or go with very large diameter tubing. Especially for the tongue. You don't want any flex or it will impede handling and likely lead to rapid failure.</p>
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<p>Tell who ever does the construction your planned use/load and they should be able to suggest ways to make it strong enough.</p> Todd, great idea. Will email…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-07-03:2211490:Comment:3705732011-07-03T18:57:23.038ZSpencer "Thunderball" Thayer!https://thechainlink.org/profile/SpencerThunderballThayer
Todd, great idea. Will email them now.
Todd, great idea. Will email them now. Did you try UV?
Spencer "Th…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-07-02:2211490:Comment:3700732011-07-02T19:47:15.943ZTodd Allenhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ToddAllen
<p>Did you try UV?</p>
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/boom-bike-40-shopping-list?groupUrl=bikesound&id=2211490%3ATopic%3A332809&groupId=2211490%3AGroup%3A58665&page=3#2211490Comment364496"><div>I have a radio show from 4-6:30 every Friday. I couldn't get anyone to fill that spot so I had no choice but to skip the mass. Otherwise y'all would have at least seen my boom backpack. Regarding…</div>
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<p>Did you try UV?</p>
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<cite>Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/boom-bike-40-shopping-list?groupUrl=bikesound&id=2211490%3ATopic%3A332809&groupId=2211490%3AGroup%3A58665&page=3#2211490Comment364496"><div>I have a radio show from 4-6:30 every Friday. I couldn't get anyone to fill that spot so I had no choice but to skip the mass. Otherwise y'all would have at least seen my boom backpack. Regarding the Boom Bike 4.0, Nope. I have the speakers, got the batteries, the inverter and everything else I need. I simply cannot find anyone reliable to construct the trailer. Everyone is busy or a flake. Talking to one guy. Seems like he can do it. Might have it ready for Midnight M but that is the kind of ride you don't take a trailer on.</div>
</blockquote> Metra doesn't allow bikes dur…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-06-27:2211490:Comment:3652732011-06-27T07:18:53.242ZMatthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/mpgchgo
Metra doesn't allow bikes during Taste of Chicago, so I tried to pedal my rig down along with other things needed for the weekend. Felt overloaded and increasingly exhausted after about five miles, and had to turn around.
Metra doesn't allow bikes during Taste of Chicago, so I tried to pedal my rig down along with other things needed for the weekend. Felt overloaded and increasingly exhausted after about five miles, and had to turn around. I have a radio show from 4-6:…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-06-26:2211490:Comment:3644962011-06-26T15:06:09.095ZSpencer "Thunderball" Thayer!https://thechainlink.org/profile/SpencerThunderballThayer
I have a radio show from 4-6:30 every Friday. I couldn't get anyone to fill that spot so I had no choice but to skip the mass. Otherwise y'all would have at least seen my boom backpack. Regarding the Boom Bike 4.0, Nope. I have the speakers, got the batteries, the inverter and everything else I need. I simply cannot find anyone reliable to construct the trailer. Everyone is busy or a flake. Talking to one guy. Seems like he can do it. Might have it ready for Midnight M but that is the kind of…
I have a radio show from 4-6:30 every Friday. I couldn't get anyone to fill that spot so I had no choice but to skip the mass. Otherwise y'all would have at least seen my boom backpack. Regarding the Boom Bike 4.0, Nope. I have the speakers, got the batteries, the inverter and everything else I need. I simply cannot find anyone reliable to construct the trailer. Everyone is busy or a flake. Talking to one guy. Seems like he can do it. Might have it ready for Midnight M but that is the kind of ride you don't take a trailer on.<br/> I must have missed the briefc…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-06-26:2211490:Comment:3638292011-06-26T12:04:21.442ZFar'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63https://thechainlink.org/profile/JamesBlackHeron
<p>I must have missed the briefcase system. I like to move around and see all the bikes and equipment out there. I often start at the front and cork at least once just to see everyone, but this month I started in the back and tried to move to the front of the pack but met a situation once where I really needed to help cork as someone was having a difficult time with an asshat. Then I needed to stop and adjust something on Logan and try and call my wife to come out and wave as we went by the…</p>
<p>I must have missed the briefcase system. I like to move around and see all the bikes and equipment out there. I often start at the front and cork at least once just to see everyone, but this month I started in the back and tried to move to the front of the pack but met a situation once where I really needed to help cork as someone was having a difficult time with an asshat. Then I needed to stop and adjust something on Logan and try and call my wife to come out and wave as we went by the house which blew some time. So I cut the clusterfrak that happened on Kedzie when the group tried to go through that tight street (Albany maybe?) and tied to get up to the front but the cops up there were being total asshats pushing the leaders to ride too fast and not letting them stop and mass up. So when everyone cut off the head of the ride by going through the park I doubled back. </p>
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<p>There might have been a few bikes I missed.</p>
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<p>I saw one girl with a small ipod dock radio clipped through her backpack with the ipod dangling out of it. Don't know what kept the ipod in the dock without falling out. </p> I thought the briefcase syste…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-06-26:2211490:Comment:3638262011-06-26T04:40:27.432Zh' Zerocatshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/H3N3
<p>I thought the briefcase system was pretty cool-- did you see it?</p>
<p><br></br>He seemed to get a lot of sound out of a fairly small package.</p>
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<p>I don't see how it would be possible to keep up with a trailer anymore. About 1/3 into the ride the pace picked up and it was hard to keep up without a trailer.</p>
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<p><br></br> <cite>James Baum said:…</cite></p>
<p>I thought the briefcase system was pretty cool-- did you see it?</p>
<p><br/>He seemed to get a lot of sound out of a fairly small package.</p>
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<p>I don't see how it would be possible to keep up with a trailer anymore. About 1/3 into the ride the pace picked up and it was hard to keep up without a trailer.</p>
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<p><br/> <cite>James Baum said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/boom-bike-40-shopping-list?groupUrl=bikesound&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A364012&xg_source=activity&groupId=2211490%3AGroup%3A58665#2211490Comment364274"><div><p>Didn't get it finished for Mass?</p>
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<p>I didn't see a single trailer sound system last night. I saw the one guy on the yellow trike and the farmer pants who is always there, and a guy with a backpack system that was all distortion and a few other smaller units strapped on here and there.</p>
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<p>Come to think of it, I don't think I many trailers at the mass at all. The one dude with the black & white dog. Not many at all. </p>
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</blockquote> I was too busy for a while t…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-06-26:2211490:Comment:3640122011-06-26T04:09:51.139ZTodd Allenhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ToddAllen
<p>I was too busy for a while to follow this thread but I'll try to quickly answer several past comments.</p>
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<p>First, I'm not running my whole system off a single 2 channel amp, except when I only go out with 2 speakers. I typically use a 1 channel per speaker unless I'm playing at a lower volume on an all day ride, in which case I'll parallel speakers and use fewer amps.</p>
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<p>Second, you don't want to push a Sure amp real hard. They are very clean at 10 watts RMS per…</p>
<p>I was too busy for a while to follow this thread but I'll try to quickly answer several past comments.</p>
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<p>First, I'm not running my whole system off a single 2 channel amp, except when I only go out with 2 speakers. I typically use a 1 channel per speaker unless I'm playing at a lower volume on an all day ride, in which case I'll parallel speakers and use fewer amps.</p>
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<p>Second, you don't want to push a Sure amp real hard. They are very clean at 10 watts RMS per channel, decent at 25 and really start to suck as you go over 50. One of mine is an older kit model that I populated with better quality components and the distortion doesn't ramp up so quickly.</p>
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<p>As for comparing ratings, yes some manufacturers just outright lie. But mostly they mislead. A car amp might indicate 1200 watts in the model name, but when you dig deeper you find that is the maximum input wattage, not the output. Or it might be the peak momentarily survivable output wattage. Even if it is the RMS output wattage it might be at a godawful distortion level.</p>
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<p>There are some very high quality class D amps with high power ratings. But they are expensive. And the high power class D board amps tend to have awkward power requirements, such as +75, -75 and +5 voltage supplies (often referred to as rails).</p>