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    Leisure / commuter for the hills?

    Sounds lovely, like the rolling hills of central California. With all those lovely forests, I now picture Indiana all being rides like this, https://goo.gl/maps/YChRQo4Kn1n1zkhE6 :)
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    Leisure / commuter for the hills?

    Good call on the CCX. I think I only need to rule out bikes from my LBS (giant, Specialized, Bulls, etc.) as those bikes get me some local business support (and support local businesses) plus save me about 10-15 lbs in some cases. I was going to say I though Indiana was relatively flat. Thanks...
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    Leisure / commuter for the hills?

    Thanks for the insight. It sounds like you two had a lovely ride. I called my LBS to test ride the fastroad E, they said they had one Liv (sold) in the shop that I could gander at, but otherwise it was slim pickings. I was able to head over to LA Fly Rides and test ride a Haibike sduro...
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    Leisure / commuter for the hills?

    Trying to make my way over to LA Fly Rides and get some on bike time. I read about the gen 4 and some opinions that it's 1k more, but well worth it. Also, Cube looks interesting, thanks! Thanks for the insight into your first ride on the EXPro! That's awesome and thanks for putting it in mph...
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    Leisure / commuter for the hills?

    Hey All, I'm looking for a first ebike to support riding up from sea level to about 2k feet. I'm up in the foothills of Los Angeles having traded flat ground for lovely mountain views a few years back. This ascent/decent is in about 5 miles from 6%- ~15% grade. I'm 6' about 210lbs, 30"...
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    Hello from Southern California, USA

    Yeah, I really dig Giant's stuff. It was my first stop when looking into Ebikes. Wow for months! I had seem that it was slim, but didn't realize it was that far out. I'm over in NE Los Anageles, in La Crescenta, between the Verdugo and San Gabriel mountains. It's a lovely little valley, but...
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    Hello from Southern California, USA

    Thanks for the welcome! Will be sure to ask plentry of questions and contribute where I can. Again, thanks!
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    Hello from Southern California, USA

    Been lurking for a while and digging through all the great input on bikes, components, enginges and what not. I figured I should join and ask some questions of the knowledgeable community here. I've been riding a Giant Fastroad SLR a couple times a week for a while and enjoying it. I was doing...
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    Decision Making Time

    I ended up with a Giant Fastroad (non-ebike) because of the the information that they manufactor many frames for other Bike companies. My thinking was why not go to the source as long as there are good components (shimano). The Giant ebikes were my first consideration for the same reason and...
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