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    PedalUma replied to the thread Clean Custom Conversions.
    On that Ti bike the right, drive-side chainstay makes a thud when hitting it with my fingernail, but the left rings indicating that the...
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    PedalUma replied to the thread Clean Custom Conversions.
    Off topic but I attract the extremes. Super high-end bikes with handmade frames and the bottom of the barrel. Yesterday I worked on an...
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    PedalUma reacted to Chazmo's post in the thread Aventon Level 4 ADV with Love Love.
    I suspect most of us are here because we love to ride. I think anything that creates options for people to get engaged with riding...
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    PedalUma reacted to Chazmo's post in the thread Clean Custom Conversions with Like Like.
    That’s right, Chris. The material itself can flex, though. You’re not going to get that margin of error from other bike materials. I...
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    PedalUma replied to the thread Aventon Level 4 ADV.
    Riding clears my mind and then new ideas come to me. Your motions are in sync with your breathing. It is meditative and you get all...
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    PedalUma reacted to GuruUno's post in the thread Aventon Level 4 ADV with Like Like.
    Gotta remember, I'm an old fart, so when people ask me about my e-bike (they always do), they ask, "do you have to pedal"?, and I reply...
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    PedalUma replied to the thread Clean Custom Conversions.
    @stompandgo, Ideas often come to me when my mind is uncluttered on a ride. What you said about the tubes explains why the seat stays...
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    PedalUma replied to the thread Clean Custom Conversions.
    Cool.
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    PedalUma reacted to stompandgo's post in the thread Clean Custom Conversions with Love Love.
    There's different gauges of tubing, which can be mixed to allow flex in some areas and less flex in others.
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    PedalUma replied to the thread Aventon Level 4 ADV.
    It is why a real piano has three pedals unlike an auto-play organ sold at malls in the 1970's.
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    PedalUma reacted to Gionnirocket's post in the thread Aventon Level 4 ADV with Like Like.
    I'm just providing my opinion and my choice to be more involved in my rides as I find it more engaging /enjoyable. That and I don't...
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    PedalUma reacted to Rás Cnoic's post in the thread Aventon Level 4 ADV with Like Like.
    Nice looking bike. Aventon are doing a big launch in Europe this year for the first time, with the new flagship Full sus EMTB the...
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    PedalUma reacted to Jeremy McCreary's post in the thread Aventon Level 4 ADV with Like Like.
    Curious, how do the cadences at the optimal shift points you're finding compare to your own self-selected cadence (SSC)? That's the...
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    PedalUma replied to the thread Clean Custom Conversions.
    I do not know about the metallurgy of Ti but can say I was able to hand expand the rear dropout to remove the rear wheel. It was tight...
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    PedalUma reacted to stompandgo's post in the thread Clean Custom Conversions with Like Like.
    Titanium frames do not have to be flexy.
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