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I'm thinking of storing our 2 batteries in an insulated gun safe this Winter. I'll move the firearms to another safe.

I use a digital timer that I picked up from Amazon, my Bosch battery recharges at the rate of 20%/hour, making it easy to set the charge time.

After 3 hours both my battery and my butt need to recharge, DW has a Cloud 9, and is good for about an hour.

The Maxim around here, is to brake to avoid collisions with anything smaller than a moose, that would include bears, and deer. You should also brake to avoid hitting a moose, but if that doesn't/won't work, swerve; you don't want to have a 1,000+ pound critter coming through your windshield.

The tree behind your bike in that last pic looks near pornographic.

This time of year I carry bear-spray in my bike bag, and a bear-banger in my pocket when I'm riding the trails. If I'm out walking, I have the bear-spray on my belt. We have seen a couple of black bears this year.

My X-Duro Trekking had a Bosch mid-drive; I think it was their Gen-1 model.

I bought my first ebike in 2016, we had purchased a cheap ebike for my DW earlier in the year, it was a cadence sensor, and pretty much took off to 20kph with the first crank. I could barely keep up on the flats, and she would lose me in the hills, and we have a lot of hills in our area. I...

A small town nearby hosts a bicycle-tour-day every summer; the tours range from a 100k Mountain Madness, to a 20k easy-rider. The event attracts 150+ participants and all proceeds from entrance fees goes to the local mental health clinic and food bank. I usually alternate between the 65k road...

I've been to all of them save for Inuvik; I have been to Iqaluit, Barrow, Resolute Bay, and Kuujjuak though.

Getting off of my duff and learning how to post pics is moving up on my to-do list. Since I retired from a software engineer position 20 years ago, I have become somewhat of a Luddite. We do have cell service and Internet availability here in the woods, but the Internet is a cell/sat hybrid...

We live in the woods beside a river. Due to rocks and rapids, the river is not suitable for outboard motors, but we do get a lot of canoe traffic during the Summer months. Things drop off at the end of August, but weekend activity is still very high through until October when the Autumn...

In the garage; the garage also contains our 3 freezers, so we keep it heated. Temperatures can drop into the -20s C or lower during the winter. We live in a cabin, in the woods of Northern Ontario, Canada. In the past, most of our heating was accomplished with wood and our fireplace. Due to...

We changed the grips on DW's Level 3 and swapped out the handle bars for more of an upright "Cruiser" posture.

I usually ride alone, a group ride once a week during the Summer months, and with DW on occasion. My rescue strategy is a cell phone, and for backup, a couple of $20 bills in my pocket.