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A guy brought me a diamond frame bike and wanted me to make it a step-thru by cutting off the top tube. -
RunForTheHills replied to the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails?.Yeah, those friction driven dynamos were garbage. I had one like 40 years ago. But you don't even notice the drag of a dynamo hub when...
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RunForTheHills reacted to Stefan Mikes's post in the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails? with
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Well, I would have never replaced a DT Swiss hub with a dynamo. On a funnier note! In early 1990s, I commuted on an old-school steel... -
RunForTheHills replied to the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails?.Most people would buy a prebuilt wheel with the hub already laced in it. Sometimes you want the rim to match your rear wheel and the...
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RunForTheHills replied to the thread Rad Power Bikes may close soon.This is probably not a good analogy and I am not a finance expert, but back when I started in IT, Novell owned about 80% of the server...
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RunForTheHills replied to the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails?.I use LED lights with my dynamo. I think all head and tail lights are LED now, even the dynamo compatible lights.
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RunForTheHills replied to the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails?.I am not sure many, if any, bikes come with a dynamo, quality or not. Brompton offers a wheel from the factory with a dynamo, but it...
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RunForTheHills replied to the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails?.That's embarrassing. I rewrote the post and forgot to delete the first one. I didn't mean to repeat myself.
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RunForTheHills reacted to fooferdoggie's post in the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails? with Like.
I do like the convence though.
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RunForTheHills replied to the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails?.It's your choice, but the drag of the dynamo isn't noticeable and I found the convenience worth it for me. This tail light has a...
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RunForTheHills reacted to fooferdoggie's post in the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails? with Like.
its not a headlight that I need as I dotn ride at night so much its the blinkies and you got to turn them on and off and remember to...
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RunForTheHills replied to the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails?.A dynamo in the front wheel solves that problem.
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RunForTheHills reacted to fooferdoggie's post in the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails? with Like.
no with me its not that easy. Sometimes it feels easy that day only to look at my average and it sucks. or it can feel hard and I don't...
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RunForTheHills replied to the thread getting a regular bike after my battery fails?.You could rig something with an Erider torque sensor bottom bracket and a CAv3. It would just be running one six pin julet extension...
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RunForTheHills reacted to mschwett's post in the thread Specialized Turbo Vado SL: An Incredible E-Bike (User Club) with Like.
if storage and free time and health were unlimited, i'd probably have ... a super light high end road bike [check] a super light high...