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I agree with Juggernaut, your derailleur should be at 5 o'clock while on the largest cog. That might help if your chain were tighter.

The derailleur itself may have also lost tension which will be most obvious in the smallest cog. The Altus derailleurs are dirt cheap so...

Velcro'd on to my windbreaker 🙃 https://www.amazon.com/FLIK-ME-Baby-Drivers-Hottest/dp/B07YW71S3Y?th=1

Yes it is, the bike then cartwheels , lands on top of you, and then things get REALY messy. I've seen it happen with the death grip...

Zip tie plastic fenders

I put 3.0" in front, 2.8" in the rear, mtb tires, you will have to remove the metal fenders.

Has anyone put wider more aggressive tires on Aventons level 2, and if so whats the widest tire that will fit the level 2 frame?

That is exactly what happens to most of us (outside technical singletracks) riding upright* bikes. On one occasion (night, very bad...

Clarification: These (above) instances were all situations where my bike did not collide with anything. They were rain, ice, loss of...

This horn is the loudest bicycle horn I could find. It works very well in traffic. 140dB. https://us.hornit.com/products/v3-db140

I had a nice set of Dianese upper body armor (elbow, forearm, shoulder, back). Absolutely wrecked it (tore the elbow cup right off) in...

I agree. The few times I have fallen and managed to keep my feet on the pedals, knees in, hands on the grips, I've come a way relatively...

That's how cyclists break their bones and undergo serious bodily harm. With your hands on the grips and feet on the pedals, you do not...

https://www.greenbikekit.com/g51-m620-ultra-barebone-motor.html This is what I used when I drowned my original motor. The UART version...

My wife and I rode the Root River State Trail yesterday from Lanesboro to Rushford Minnesota. It is in Amish country and not long...