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    Got a flat tire?

    Electricity is cheap, they make it every day, but a younger body? Not so much.
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    Got a flat tire?

    It's a better bike than I am a rider so far, so I haven't messed with it. My health (especially lower body strength) deteriorated very badly the last few years. I might have to get the other controller with a throttle at some point, but not yet, dammit .
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    Got a flat tire?

    He and I still email. He built my bike, after all. The ads turned him off, but he will be back mid September, I think.😉
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    Got a flat tire?

    Flats are always a topic for newbs, much like saddles. Since he took the time to send it to me, it seemed worth posting ( he's not on the forum much anymore).
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    2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    That's a beer priced like wine or cheap whiskey. Better last a while.
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    2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    And probably a misfunction under the helmet as well.
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    2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Hit some sandy dunes along the New Jersey coast. It's like riding onto fly paper . All forward progress just dead stopped. ;)
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    Got a flat tire?

    More from @PedalUma in response to my questions about liners and sealant: I am making a Pashley Prospero handmade Reynolds 631 gravel bike with a DM02 motor for a 71 y/o woman, to ride with her tent from Seattle, over the Cascades, over the Rockies, and to Maine. Much will be on gravel roads...
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    Got a flat tire?

    Not a seasonal issue here. Broken glass is year round but usually easily avoidable . Never used a sealant, but asked @PedalUma about them. He's building a bike with both inserts and liners now.
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    Got a flat tire?

    From @PedalUma. He wrote this up and it's been picked up in various California media. It's free to share with attribution to PedalUmaeBikes.com. It is Thorn Season for cyclists in Northern California from August 7th through to the first rains in November. The best solution is to not go...
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    Gas cans and fun findings.

    Usually the laws prohibit new sales only, existing stock can be used, even bought and sold openly.
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    Frequent access problems: “Oops! We ran into some problems"

    Both methods were standard @ EBR before it changed management. It's still Electric Bike Review ... sort of.
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    Frequent access problems: “Oops! We ran into some problems"

    Both methods were standard @ EBR before it changed management. It's still Electric Bike Review ... sort of.
  14. Art Deco

    Frequent access problems: “Oops! We ran into some problems"

    Both methods were standard @ EBR before it changed management. It's still Electric Bike Review ... sort of.
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    Roof

    If we can build Interstate highways and fricken rocket ships , I think we can solve the firefighters access issues,
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