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    spokewrench replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    What bike manufacturers make brake adjusters inaccessible? I've had 3 hub-drive bikes with Tektro mechanical brakes. I usually took the...
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    spokewrench reacted to fritz katzenjammer's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    Park Tool PZT-2 pizza cutter. I’m not a fan of Park, buying Unior whenever they offer an equivalent, but you’ve gotta love a company...
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    spokewrench reacted to Chargeride's post in the thread More ebike misinformation with Like Like.
    Illegal scooters seem to be escaping scrutiny, they are the most dangerous in my book because riders are often heavy middle aged people...
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    spokewrench reacted to Chargeride's post in the thread More ebike misinformation with Like Like.
    Just pointing out there are thousands of illegally modified normal bikes using cheap direct drive motors, they can easily reach 40mph...
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    spokewrench reacted to Base's post in the thread More ebike misinformation with Like Like.
    For these "fatbikes" they are cheap non-conpliant e-mopeds which are used by schoolkids who really do not have a clue what the risks are...
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    spokewrench replied to the thread More ebike misinformation.
    The proposal is to ban them in a certain park. A man who uses one for transportation says the problem is juvenile operators. I've owned...
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    spokewrench reacted to fritz katzenjammer's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    A trueing caliper for setting up a balance wheel for a watch. old as the hills, plus some.
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    spokewrench replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    I've got one of those. I call it a brake caliper. I use it to see if my pads are getting thin. Some calipers are plastic, but I have the...
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    spokewrench reacted to PedalUma's post in the thread From Class 2 to Class 1. How "hard" is it to switch? with Like Like.
    I wrote this today to the local paper. Two kids got busted on motorcycles and the headline said E-Bikes. There is a lot of confusion...
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    spokewrench reacted to PedalUma's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    Because I have bike lights on bikes. I normally use a strobe mode and do not use the motion detector. I can turn my head to give a car a...
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    spokewrench replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    Thanks. I bought a couple of usb chargeable motion-detector headlamps in 2020. I decided they had too many light functions, so I bought...
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    spokewrench reacted to PedalUma's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    I often put lights on helmets. Two of these are close motion activated. You move through modes such as solid to strobe by waving your...
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    spokewrench replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    I don't know if you meant my system, but here are 6 bags of ties and 2 cloths hanging on a pipe. Here's a velcro strap making a...
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    spokewrench reacted to RunForTheHills's post in the thread Show Us a Tool with Like Like.
    Okay, I'll bite: Show us your zip tie system. Mine has always been to throw the bag of zip ties into a tool bag or into a storage bin...
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    spokewrench replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.
    I have ties rated at 120 pounds. I know it may take weeks for steering to stretch the housing of a rear brake cable enough to make the...
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