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SI made a long cargo bike electric last Saturday. It just has a Tourney derailleur, no clutch. Over bumps the chain rattles against the...
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SKnobby tires squirm/pinch when they contact the surface so loose adhesion. Sort of like walking on ice, once you slip a bit all adhesion...
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SMy Radrunner ( 20 x 3.3” semi knobby) was a big disappointment on snow and ice. It wanted to float on a loose surface. It wouldn’t even...
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Sspokewrench replied to the thread Show Us a Tool.As I say, I've had 3 bikes with hub motors and mechanical brakes. Two had direct-drive motors, with larger diameters than my 750 W...
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Sspokewrench 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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SPark 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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SIllegal 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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SJust pointing out there are thousands of illegally modified normal bikes using cheap direct drive motors, they can easily reach 40mph...
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SFor 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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Sspokewrench 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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SA trueing caliper for setting up a balance wheel for a watch. old as the hills, plus some.
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Sspokewrench 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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Sspokewrench reacted to PedalUma's post in the thread From Class 2 to Class 1. How "hard" is it to switch? with
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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... -
SBecause 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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Sspokewrench 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...