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To clear up any confusion, I was joking when I said I ride w/ the motor off 99% of the time. I turn it off on occasion just to remind myself what it USED to be like. We have a half a mile fairly steep hill to climb at the end of our regular MUP ride and the last time we rode it my wife...

The problem with the playing card in the spokes is that after just a few short miles, the card gets floppy and noise isn't as loud or cool any more

The wait for shipping and hoping there was no shipping damage would kill me. Worse than being a kid on X-mas eve!

yeah, and I ride my ebike with the motor off 99% of the time :)

You should be able to get everything you need/want for 2,500 but you'll need to shop around. I got an end of model year 3k bike for 2.5k. has hydraulic brakes, mid drive w/ torque sensor, lights, fenders etc. etc. I don't know where you live but it might be worth your while to travel to a big...

i thought the same... Acoustic bike is in the basement now but I have a bad hip so it was painful to ride it. Not so much with the ebike

You held out longer than I did.. I think I lurked around here for about 3 months before pulling the trigger on my 1st ebike.. Congrats, you will never go back to an acoustic bike

I have a Satori Animaris suspension seatpost and love it.. It was still 50 bucks when I got mine last Oct.

I'm sure it's a great group to ride with however in these times of accepted group generalizations and put downs, this thread fits right in :)

If we don't lighten up, we will be in the same camp as the serious acoustic roadie riders. That's another thing, those guys won't smile or even acknowledge anyone besides one of their own. We stopped for a group photo with our bikes on a recent MUP ride. We asked a roadie rider to take our...

I have the satori animaris which looks like the suntour but only cost 50 bucks . I'm very happy with it and the spring can be adjusted for your weight. I have not tried the expensive seatposts so the only thing I can compare it to are the cheap vertical spring seatposts and it's way better than...

I wish that wasn't so far away!

Thankfully the nexus IGH is really easy to adjust, my wife? not so much.. She is doing better at shifting though but when I hear her bang a shift I'm afraid to say anything now after the numerous lectures I've given her. Her bike has shimano steps 6000 drive so I don't think it's too much torque...

my wife's ebike has the shimano nexus 8 speed IGH. I'm impressed with it but unsure how much power it can take. I'm sure it's far cheaper than rohloff. I've been trying to get her to let off pedal pressure when shifting (with some success) but not sure how much abuse it can take. So far all is...

I'm just happy everyone finally realizes this thread is just for fun and no animals have been harmed or feelings hurt.

One thing I can think of.. Same bike with aluminum frame. I'd hate to lose the rohloff hub and gates belt or the bafang ultra.

"to your left"? or "on your left".. there is a difference. Someone might think "to your left" means they should go to their left. :) There is a reason the call "take off power" is never used in the cockpit. Just giving you a hard time :)

Yeah but it seems all the roadies with spandex are jerks and what's with that stupid sunglass/goggle type eyewear? If they are off their bikes you can say whatever you want to offend them with no fear because they can't run in those stupid shoes to catch you... Bicyclists should wear cut off...

I was held up for 8 minutes today due to road paving near our house. I was first in line with the car and the flagman was all apologetic. No biggie, I'm retired and had no place I had to be but I can imagine he gets sworn at all day long. How DARE anyone try and stop vehicular traffic. I hate...

I'm 62 but you guys in your 80's give me hope for the future. I do need a new hip already though which sucks.