DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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Amazing view mate!
Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!
stompandgo
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- USA
I see pain.
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- USA
- City
- Carlsbad, CA
Had 80 minutes to ride this afternoon, and it was 15 miles of pure Coast Highway gold! Balmy 70°F, crystal clear air, cool sea breeze, light traffic, surprisingly few tourists.
North turnaround above Carlsbad State Beach in Carlsbad Village.
South Ponto Beach in south Carlsbad, just short of the south turnaround at La Costa Boulevard.
Between the turnarounds are 6 mi of rolling Coast Highway with wide bike lanes, few interruptions, and ocean views most of the way. Took the opportunity to test a new assist tuning — one a good bit peppier than I'm used to.
Whee doggies! Legs were feeling good, the carrot effect was in full force, and the breeze was slightly at my back. Did the whole 6 mi in ECO, mostly at 20+ mph (fast for me). The higher ECO tuning burned more battery than usual, but small price to pay for such a perfect ride!
North turnaround above Carlsbad State Beach in Carlsbad Village.
South Ponto Beach in south Carlsbad, just short of the south turnaround at La Costa Boulevard.
Between the turnarounds are 6 mi of rolling Coast Highway with wide bike lanes, few interruptions, and ocean views most of the way. Took the opportunity to test a new assist tuning — one a good bit peppier than I'm used to.
Whee doggies! Legs were feeling good, the carrot effect was in full force, and the breeze was slightly at my back. Did the whole 6 mi in ECO, mostly at 20+ mph (fast for me). The higher ECO tuning burned more battery than usual, but small price to pay for such a perfect ride!
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DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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- Canada
Nice! I've bumped my assist levels and now use lower levels than I did before. Lots of fun experimenting!
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- USA
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- Carlsbad, CA
Made a silly rule when I got my 1st ebike, a 70 lb torque-sensing hub-drive: Lowest possible assist at all times. And I pretty much stuck to it.
To be fair, it prepared me for the lighter, lower-power, smaller-battery ebike I ride now. But why have a policy at all? If anything, I get better workouts at higher assist via the carrot effect.
Now that I'm finally past that rule, my riding's becoming increasingly bipolar all by itself. That means splitting most of my saddle time between OFF and SPORT. Never saw that coming!
The new trial tuning caters to that trend by moving SPORT farther from OFF and ECO and TURBO closer to SPORT. May keep this one for a while!
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DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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- Canada
Similar to me. I used to hang around in level 3 (of 5) quite a bit, but now level 2 is maybe 25% less than 3 was stock. I mostly use 2 now and get a slightly better workout and an increase in range.
stompandgo
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- USA
Jeremy, those pics are pure California. Beautiful.
6zfshdb
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- Northeast Pennsylvania
Got a break from the heat on Tuesday and was able to do a 42 mile ride on the D&H Trail. It's built on the ROW of the now defunct Jefferson branch of the Erie RR. It runs north past Ramboe & Stillwater Lakes and through Sinkhole Swamp.
Made the 1000' climb from Carbondale up to Ararat Summit. Beyond there, the trail turns to double track, ballast, mud and tall grass. There are plans to improve the trail another 20 miles up to the NY state line but nothing definite.
Made the 1000' climb from Carbondale up to Ararat Summit. Beyond there, the trail turns to double track, ballast, mud and tall grass. There are plans to improve the trail another 20 miles up to the NY state line but nothing definite.
Biplaneguy
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- USA
Short ride today up the old camp road past our cabin in NY. It goes to an abandoned boy's camp that closed in the late 1970s. There's this isolated stand of pines in the mostly deciduous forest. 120 years ago there were houses and farms here, now it's state park lands.
Saratoga Dave
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What part of the state?
Biplaneguy
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- USA
Southern (Harriman).
fooferdoggie
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Pigeons love to break the rules.
DaveMatthews
Dave's not here. Cheating since 2018
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- Canada
Over the past few years I've experienced occasional bouts of knee pain. It's been a while, but Thursday night was bad, and Friday I got up to excruciating pain and very little mobility. Worst ever... I looked like a 90 y/o hobbling with baby steps.
Today was a little better with much reduced pain and slightly better mobility, so I forced myself onto the bike in order to beat my knees into submission (AKA stretch them a bit).
Went for a shorty around the hood...
Missed the open market by a couple of minutes as they were packing it up. Fresh fruit and veggies!
I guess we'll see how smart beating the knees up was tomorrow...
Today was a little better with much reduced pain and slightly better mobility, so I forced myself onto the bike in order to beat my knees into submission (AKA stretch them a bit).
Went for a shorty around the hood...
Missed the open market by a couple of minutes as they were packing it up. Fresh fruit and veggies!
I guess we'll see how smart beating the knees up was tomorrow...
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