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jabberwocky replied to the thread Gravel Vs. Trail Bikes.From what I've seen, those hunting type bikes are just emountainbikes with camo paint jobs. Don't really know much else about them. -
jabberwocky replied to the thread Gravel Vs. Trail Bikes.A lot of component stuff (for example GRX vs something like Ultegra) is pure marketing. I run Ultegra on my non-electric gravel bike...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread Gravel Vs. Trail Bikes.For the OG question, a lot of the difference between categories comes down to geometry. Its also always worth keeping in mind that bike...
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jabberwocky reacted to BEC111's post in the thread The Future of eBikes: How Fast is Too Fast? with
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Yeah. I’m in Ashburn, and most of my shorter rides are either to Herndon or Raflo Park in Leesburg or, on occasion, Bike Lane in Reston... -
jabberwocky reacted to stompandgo's post in the thread The Future of eBikes: How Fast is Too Fast? with Like.
We ride the same way, and I'm an experience roadie (the horror).
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jabberwocky replied to the thread The Future of eBikes: How Fast is Too Fast?.I live further out where the trail is less heavily used, but for 12 years I lived in Reston and commuted to Vienna and frequently rode...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread What happened to good manners.I would personally prefer people just treated others with respect instead of obsessing over superficial gestures like saying please and...
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Im always amused when people say ' I was brought up to....etc'. Theres quite a lot of unsaid implication in the statement Its a...
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True, but climbs in races are rarely at a static pace. It's attack after attack after attack. Conserving energy is important, but if...
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Agree with this but also on a long climb, say on one of the 3 week tours, the rider finds a cadence that they can maintain to conserve...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread Recumbent E-bikes.Standing may be less efficient in pure energy expenditure, but it lets you apply more absolute power. Even pros in grand tours (which...
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Yes the Catrike Speed has a 2.5-3 inch ground clearance. That would not work on speed bumps and 50% of my terrain. They are good for a...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread Recumbent E-bikes.Lol, as the owner of a recumbent tadpole. They vary in stability; mine (a mid 2000s vintage Catrike Speed) is super low to the ground...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread mechanical doping.The good news when it comes to mechanical doping is its much easier to check for and much less ambiguous than all the various ways of...
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jabberwocky replied to the thread Is it time to invest in ELF?.Hah. A local guy had an early one. He used to ride it on the local MUP in the early 2010s which caused a lot of local chatter (it took...