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    New 1500W Avinox Amflows

    Honestly if the assist speed is adhered to I don't see much issue in most locations. If you can easily defeat the assist speed and riders are powering around popular singletrack at 25mph+ I could see some issues. No singletrack anywhere around me allows anything other than class 1. Would be...
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    New 1500W Avinox Amflows

    Didn't you say in another thread that a gravel bike may be forthcoming? Because thats something I'd be interested in...
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    Avinox Day 9th April

    Competition is good! I think they are trying to dance on the line between not being irresponsible and making advocacy more difficult with competing in the power game. Avinox just doesn't seem to care as much. Yeah, no idea what Shimano is up to. The EP8 released in 2020 so its coming up on...
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    Avinox Day 9th April

    Not really a fan of the power wars, especially in the MTB world. Access is iffy already. I've never felt my steps 8000 bike was really lacking for power. Other than that, they are pretty compelling and price is good. Large battery options, ant+ output (I assume, the previous gen did). I...
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    Weird Specialized discovery....

    Depends what kind of runs you do, but most of my friends with cargo bikes have kids, so they are a: sometimes transporting kids around, and b: buying more groceries than people who don't have kids. It works for them. I'm definitely not looking down on them because they are riding a...
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    Weird Specialized discovery....

    The deeper level of funny is that actual elite cyclists don't prescribe to that. I know several very dedicated cyclists with cargo bikes (as in live partially car-free, ride like 10k+ miles per year and are competitive local racers). None of them are riding anything particularly fancy in the...
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    Weird Specialized discovery....

    Cargo bikes are a niche, but a popular enough niche that most manufacturers these days seem to feel its worth having one to sell. I suspect its a steadily growing niche (especially e-cargos) for people who live in semi urban areas. 15 years ago you either had to do a european import or a Surly...
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    Weird Specialized discovery....

    This is such a ridiculously silly thing to even think, much less put into writing. Its a very standard looking e-cargo bike. Why would a LBS selling a cargo bike (a very common type of bike that is popular with people who use bikes for utilitarian purposes) make you feel bad?!
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    Weird Specialized discovery....

    Creo 2 has very average general purpose geometry, where it would be reasonably competent at a variety of road/gravel type riding. Its not really dedicated gravel geometry, its not full on road either. You can dress it up and market it a lot of different ways. Smart, as you said, from a...
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    Weird Specialized discovery....

    I'm always amazed when bike shops have crappy service. In the age of good DTC bike brands, the entire value proposition of a local shop is service and being able to inspect/ride before purchasing. If you can't treat customers well what the hell are you doing? Sure it is. Its a sub brand...
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    Rad Power Bikes may close soon

    Bike industry is getting killed. But hey, maybe our nascent world oil war will increase demand for ebikes! :p
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    New Tariffs 2025 !

    Gotcha. Yeah, in theory whoever actually paid the tariff would need to try and get it back. Whether thats the ali seller or whoever they used to import. I'd say the odds of them actually collecting a refund from the US are small, and the odds of them refunding you are statistically zero. :p
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    New Tariffs 2025 !

    I see no indication that the current admin has any interest in that. If the stolen funds will ever be dispersed back it will be a fight. Which will hit smaller companies more than larger (hiring lawyers and investing resources will cost money now, against a potential return likely much later)...
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    New Tariffs 2025 !

    I mean, the government illegally stole millions of dollars from them. Any company with the resources is going to try and get it back. The sad thing is smaller american companies probably don't have the resources to do much about what was stolen from them. The costs of navigating the legal...
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    New Tariffs 2025 !

    I disagree, he should absolutely fly a plane. He should take that jet Qatar bribed him with gifted to him, load it with all his true believers and see if he can make it across the Atlantic.
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