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    Get a good helmet, and wear it.

    I'm all for personal freedom, but life is all about playing the odds, and odds are if you're wearing a helmet you're going to fare better in an accident. I spent many years behind the wheel of a state police car, and my wife, in an emergency room. We have both witnessed, many times over, those...
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    Get a good helmet, and wear it.

    Had a slow speed, but nasty, spill last weekend, which resulted in a concussion and a variety of aches and pains. I was wearing an older Bell helmet, which was neither MIPS or WaveCell. The helmet did it's job to it's manufactured specs, but I wonder if I would have fared better if I had been...
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    Greetings from NH

    Yeah, they seem pretty nice, and have the throttle on demand. Just added a Spurcycle bell to both of them this morning.
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    Greetings from NH

    Thanks, Have you tried th Nashua River Trail? It looks to be pretty nice, is paved, 12.3 miles long, and runs from southern Nashua to Ayer, MA.
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    Greetings from NH

    Dover A mix of terrain over here. A few steep, and lots of, rolling hills along with some mostly flat runs. The biggest issue over here at the coast is traffic, especially anywhere east of I-95. I find the Dover-Rollinsford back roads are pretty quiet, along with those over the Salmon Falls...
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    I had a bad fall!

    Accidents happen with passive bikes, and will happen with electric bikes. Most any accident can be avoided if all of the contributing factors could be mitigated. But that taint the real world! My wife crashed during our first e bike test drive, just a few weeks ago. At the bike stores urging...
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    Greetings from NH

    We just bought our first e-bikes, a Pace 500 for me, and a Pace 350 for my wife. She is strictly a bike-path or rail-trail rider, and won't ride the roads. So we figure the 350 will work for her. I like to ride the roads, and we live in a hilly area, so I went with the 500 for a little more...
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