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    Consumer Reports: Ebike Fires

    I get three offers per week to buy Google Reviews, all 5-stars. It is an extortion scheme. They give you say 20 five-star reviews for $500. Then can turn them all to shite at one-strar. Who whould hear the complaint. And then demand money to re-up them. All reviews on Google Maps of Petaluma...
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    The transition

    This is from AI but I needed to ask the right question with the correct details: Oh, Mike was low status then... Jane Goodall famously wrote about a clever chimpanzee named Mike from Gombe, who rose to become the alpha male by integrating empty kerosene cans into his dominance displays. By...
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    The transition

    An arena is being setup at the white house for outdoor fighting matches. It is all so insane. Instead of reaching for higher ground it has fallen to the lowest common vulgar. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/ufc-arena-white-house-trump-birthday
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    Just for fun...

    How to play 'Littlie; Wing'. She is walking through the clouds, with a circus mind running wild. Butterflies, moonbeams, zebras, and fairytales, and riding with the wind is all she talks about, and riding with the wind. When I'm sad she comes to me. With a thousand smiles she give to me free.
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    The transition

    London hit 95 Fahrenheit today.
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    Clean Custom Conversions

    error.
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    Amsterdam Bicycle Company pause US Ebike sales citing 50% tariffs

    I love European bikes. It is so dumb to make enemies of natural allies. As dumb as demolishing half the white house. I have had custom made batteries stuck by the 'C' in ICE, Customs, heald at a warehouse at LAX for seven-weeks. No movement. Normally it takes 12-days from order to delivery. This...
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    Clean Custom Conversions

    I finished the recumbent trike. What a pain. The long runs meant that I needed to make my own wire looms of a thicker gauge. And splice a bunch of stuff together. It just needs pedals and programing. I want it to launch smoothly then ramp with torque and cadence. This is from today but the...
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    The transition

    That is what I was thinking but didn't want to say out loud. I wonder how many of these targets are in populated areas. Are there 20 of these tanks in Northern New Jersey? Or two?
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    The transition

    The stuff in the overheating 7,000 tank in Garden Grove, OC, CA, is used to make some plastics. It is highly volatile and explosive. It is methyl methacrylate (MMA). Here is the evacuation zone.
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    Favorite Eats Post Ride

    I always thought cornhole was a game played in Greenwich Village dungeons in the late '70s. "Turn on your Corn Hole. Let it shine wherever you go. Let it make a happy glow, for all the world to see." I had a BBQ today after a ride. Garlic olive oil coated the unhusked corn as it roasted over...
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    The transition

    It is also in seamen, so if you are into Barbie, that's fine. No need to sterilize.
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    Brake cable emptied out all the brake fluid

    We all need to start somewhere. You have a very smooth bike. I love the shifting.
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    Brake cable emptied out all the brake fluid

    She saw a video on barrel adjusters on mechanical brakes, not realizing that they are hydraulic. She did it before and it fouled the brake, making noise, then it became catastrophic. It is going to take a trip to the bike shop. Those rotors may be permanently fouled.
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    Is this upgrade safe?

    This will be for off road only on private land; Right? It cannot be anywhere public. 750W is the legal max in public. That said 2,000W/52V=40Amps on the battery discharge. The size of the battery in Wh or Ah is not really a factor in the math. This project should be abandoned. It electric...
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