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    mschwett replied to the thread Bike RADAR - for other bikes.
    mine typically detects bicycles…. but they have to be gaining on you. ride faster :)
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    mschwett replied to the thread VADO 2026?.
    what a strange article. a lot of work for a fake review of a fake bike. the bike described would be great, i'd definitely prefer a rigid...
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    mschwett replied to the thread Rad has new owner.
    rad isn't big enough to invest in the kind of automation it would take to do things like install derailleurs and hydraulic brakes. it...
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    mschwett reacted to fooferdoggie's post in the thread been around a bit. with Like Like.
    That’s what I used. But after 50,000 miles, I will not be getting much new. This year, 9 miles of new on the bike and 6 on foot. So I do...
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    mschwett replied to the thread been around a bit..
    this is awesome !!!! have you tried wandrer.earth? it tracks what % of the roads you've ridden in various places. it's fun and the...
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    mschwett reacted to mcdenny's post in the thread Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0? with Like Like.
    A quick test showed Pm max on the display to be about 250 watts at about 40 cadence. Very hard to hold a steady low cadence. The Spec...
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    mschwett replied to the thread Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?.
    would be interesting to conpare a few different cadences from both the display and the fit file to see if they’re really just always...
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    mschwett replied to the thread Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?.
    pretty interesting. basically what we see is that the support factor at xx/100 is significantly higher than what specialized claims it...
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    mschwett replied to the thread mahle x20 firmware update.
    not too surprising... but it's still way off lol interestingly the very low rider power values <100 watts actually match pretty well...
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    mschwett replied to the thread Can 36v be better than 48?.
    hmmmm. i think pretty much every mainstream bike from aventon, gazelle, specialized, trek, giant, vanmoof, etc is a geared motor. even...
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    mschwett replied to the thread mahle x20 firmware update.
    so i replaced the bottom bracket on my addict today. i'm guessing this is NOT going to change the power inaccuracy, but it'll be...
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    mschwett replied to the thread Can 36v be better than 48?.
    almost all ebike motors are geared tho, so the relationship between the motor speed and the wheel speed is whatever the motor...
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    mschwett replied to the thread Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?.
    yeah, that's going to take seriously GRINDING up a hill at 100/100 in a very low gear. be careful, that's the kind of riding that causes...
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    Why? Because engineering and physics. The SL bikes use 48V batteries, quite small ones (not sure what the C rating is). Most of the...
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    mschwett reacted to mcdenny's post in the thread Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0? with Like Like.
    You can see the spec chart has a good bit more curvature. I did my best to match the spec chart in my spreadsheet to figure out an...
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