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    The transition

    I think you are wrong on saying "less than 10 % of the miles we drive would be satisfied by home charging.
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    Rad January funding or close

    I didn't get rid of my e-bike but did buy an electric scooter which is governed at 22MPH. I must say I use lots. It is just so easy to just step on , sit on if I wish and do my errands. It may just be going to the mail box which is about 3/4 of a block away, up a hill. It is a toss up with the...
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    The transition

    Best to not push the envelope on a bicycle and stay out of dicey routes, One could be dead right and end up DEAD.
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    What's holding back the e-bike boom? Research, safety, and bias (article)

    I live in the South West desert so weather is usually not an issue bike riding except when it gets to over a hundred degrees and blazing sunshine. Usually it is too hot, too wet, too cold or just so much work (proper attire) for most to get ready to ride a bike just for a two mile ride to get a...
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    How would you do it? (Tongue weighing)

    "Just see how it works behind your bike" Reminds me reading about Edison and the light bulb development. Workers were trying diligently to figure out the volume of a light bulb they were working with taking a long time and Edison said to them "Just fill the damn thing with water and measure the...
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    bought a gas generator for myLiFePO power station

    I am now seeing some articles about Nissan and Subaru experimenting with autos with electric propulsion only to the drivetrain. They have a constant running small gasoline generator on board that runs at an almost constant economical and efficient speed charging the battery. I tam pretty sure I...
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    Rambo Krusader 2.0 Battery Won't Release?

    Just don't force it, get a bigger hammer. It might respond to Silicone or WD-40. Spray it and work it so as to work the spray into it well. You have nothing to lose.
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    Turbo Vado SL 4.0 Tick-Tock Noise

    I have a R1U with the same brand motor that started doing that at about 1500 miles. It near drove me to drinking. It turns out it was the motor cover must move a bit a bit against the mating surface to the motor because it went away when I squirted some WD-40 on the area where the cover meets...
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    Turbo Vado 2 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0?

    Ouch. That smart. Show me a man who has never made a mistake in his life and I will show you a man who has never done anything.
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    street tires on ice

    Knobby tires squirm/pinch when they contact the surface so loose adhesion. Sort of like walking on ice, once you slip a bit all adhesion is lost and now you have lost all grip to the surface.
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    Have tariffs affected pricing yet?

    When a 100 percent tariff is placed on products of a counry country one can expect a 100 percent increase in price unless the seller decides to eat some of it.
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    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    The Norwegians say. There is no such thing as bad weather just bad clothing.
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    Specialized Turbo Vado/Como/Tero/Tero X User Club

    I hav a bike with a Brose motor (Ride1Up) and I feel the same about it as you do. I love silent. After all it is a bicycle so should be silent.
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    What happened to good manners

    Well if you are the number the one narcissist in the USA or at least ahead of whoever is number two he must feel entitled to call people derogitory names. What a crude and disrespectful idiot.
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