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my original unmanned aerial vehicles were hexacopters, try telling people you're into flying those! a what?!?

the bottom line is that whether you ”like” them or not, you do not own the airspace over your property. imagine if everyone did - how could we have aviation, whether for passengers, freight, civil defense, meteorology, science, whatever. United airlines would have to get permission from 100,000...

this is a good one. you have to use four buttons (compress and extend left or right thigh) to try and turn the cranks. it’s surprisingly hard https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycleculture/s/T9kNxcullK

i don’t think it’s only on the UK. i’ve seen reference in quite a few places to them using shimano motors on a few more recent bikes. i guess it’s like specialized and brose/mahle, they have some leverage and use whichever supplier or manufacturer is the better fit or better deal. i don’t think...

they’ve used both yamaha and shimano for other syncDrive bikes, sources say. mostly yamaha. it’s a bigger battery in the avail but it ought to be lighter. the addict rc eride is 10.5kg in a normal size….

mahle and other reputable lightweight high drive manufacturers use this “equivalency” in their marketing. the logic is that typically a mid drive is actually geared up quite a bit, say a 42 tooth chain ring and the middle cog of the cassette, which might be 18 or 20 teeth. so the torque at the...

that bike looks sweet!!

hub drive gets you closer to the look, feel, and drivetrain of non-electric modern road bike. narrower q factor, standard cranks and bottom brackets, 2x options, no motor stres on the drivetrain, often lighter weight by 3lb or so. road bikes don’t usually go up 20% grades so the hill climbing...

the squared off fatter down tube, eh. not a good look. obviously it would be even bigger visually if rounder. it’s an odd bike, huge battery for long commutes or something, but carbon to save a few pounds?

that’s not stupid, it’s the best way to ride for fun! it’s not like you’re racing for money. use your body as much as possible and the motor as little :)

Technically, he is correct - the mill valley - sausalito path prohibits class 3 ebikes. https://www.parks.marincounty.org/parkspreserves/parks/mill-valley-sausalito-pathway#:~:text=Keep%20right%2C%20pass%20left.,Keep%20moving. Why they don’t make new signs more specific, i don’t know, and why...

that’s interesting, i add sealant waaaay less often than that (on 28-32mm road tires). i wonder what the variable is?

also unsure why they use numbers instead of names for the more urban bikes. tarmac, roubaix, creo, aethos, allez, diverge, crux, stumpjumper, levo, levo sl, enduro, rockhopper, etc etc etc all use a similar naming system : sport comp expert pro s-works from least expensive to most. sometimes...

i don't really agree with that. i do agree with the not-magic part :) the vast majority of small urban flats simply are not even noticed with tubeless. little nicks and bits of wire or glass just seal up right away, and there is no work moved to home or the shop, there's just one less ride...

the benefit is really in range, i think, which was never really an issue for me on the creo 1 but i could see how a "supercommuter" might benefit from it. outside of certain kinds of racing it's really pretty rare to see people do 100+ mile rides on flat bar bikes, so the use cases for the...

this only happens when there isn’t enough grease on the threads when installed! happened to me once, with carbon cranks no less. threads were completely dry.

flashing lights are actually illegal on a bicycle (or any vehicle) in california. specialized wouldn’t sell them that way, but of course you can buy them and use them yourself, likely with no chance of any officer ever caring.

apparently you care enough about it (for whatever reason) to mis-state (intentionally or otherwise) the actual content of the law. it says nothing about repairing bikes. no restrictions. no "grandfather" clause needed because the ONLY thing the law does is prevent you from SELLING bikes and...

that's a very useful analysis. people jumped to the conclusion that because the original version of 1271 clarified "continuous mechanical power" the final version represented a change from the current law. but in fact there's still no definition of what a "motor of (less than) 750 watts of...

is that really true? i've had three e-bikes, purchased in california, none exceeded 750w peak power. looking around it seems that the "full power" bikes from major brands are also all under the limit, often using bosch motors, but sometimes hub drives, sometimes brose, etc: gazelle (c380+ 600w)...