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Stefan Mikes reacted to jabberwocky's post in the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric with
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Bike hardware is almost entirely metric, even in the US. I assume its just because bikes historically were made in Europe so European... -
Stefan Mikes replied to the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric.@jabberwocky: Before the hard times of nowadays, I bought Mirrycle mirrors for several times. As long as the product came from Amazon...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to jabberwocky's post in the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric with Like.
As a pro architect and hobby woodworker, I prefer imperial units. Aside from just being used to them, base 12 divides in half, thirds...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to jabberwocky's post in the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric with Like.
Way back when I used to commute on a fixie, the cheap bolt on hubs my older bike had used 15mm nuts. Super common on bolt on track hubs...
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Stefan Mikes replied to the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric.A typical metric car wrench set. The 15 mm bicycle wrench is not here. I also think I needed M18 for the nuts for the hub-drive motor...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to spokewrench's post in the thread American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric with Like.
In my wrench sets, M16 is the one they may skip. And M12. That's why I love 12-point. A loose fit can give a solid connection. Torx...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to Jeremy McCreary's post in the thread Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes! with Like.
Happens to me now and then, too, and not just with portrait images. When I see it now, I open the image in my phone's editor, rotate it...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to EMGX's post in the thread Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes! with Like.
Apparently Yamaha allows bike manufacturers to set some of their own programming parameters. The walk assist button is there but not...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to DaveMatthews's post in the thread Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes! with Like.
Purely a guess, but I'd think that maybe it may have been BH that didn't enable the walk assist. Both my 2019 Giant, and now my 2021...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to EMGX's post in the thread Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes! with Like.
For some reason portrait pictures get rotated. It's a staircase with wheel well ramps connecting segments of the trail. There's a 90...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to Jeremy McCreary's post in the thread Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes! with Like.
That gray structure stumped me at first, too. Turn it clockwise from landscape to portrait mode.
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Stefan Mikes reacted to DaveMatthews's post in the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos with Like.
Yeah, was thinking perhaps audibly, but you are probably right.
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Stefan Mikes reacted to RabH's post in the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos with Like.
I wouldn't envisage any difference Dave but time will tell...
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Stefan Mikes reacted to DaveMatthews's post in the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos with Like.
Perfect mate! It'll be interesting to see if you can perceive any differences after the re-build.
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Stefan Mikes reacted to RabH's post in the thread 2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos with Love.
The wait is finally over, my Yamaha motor was shipped today! :D It will be good to get my trusty old steed back on the road in time for...
