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  1. dodgeman

    Crossover speeds

    Interesting set of graphs. I had a lot of physics in college and knew wind resistance is usually the biggest factor. You want a tail wind going up a hill but it’s better to have the headwind going up a hill because you’re probably going slower and then get the tailwind going back down where it...
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    2023 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    RabH, your correct, that was an epic ride! I squeaked out 11 miles today.
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    2023 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    I rode 21 miles today, it looks like 80% or more of the crops are out.
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    Need help with e-bike

    I’d post what kind of bike it is to start with.
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    Best Rock Ever? Nominations, No Air Supply!

    How about this one? It’s near Moab Utah. Oh, sorry, wrong kind of rock.
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    Show Us a Tool

    I’ve done a lot of work on cars over the years so I have a lot of tools but I did get a bike stand for Christmas a couple of years ago.
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    2023 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    That what you get for living north of the arctic circle.:) It got up to 75 here in Western Illinois today.
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    2023 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    I did 14 miles yesterday. I haven’t been riding as much, I’ve been “working” for exercise by splitting some of my firewood.
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    Question..how many times do you get asked if the bike charges while you pedal?..

    People often think the pedals are connected to a generator and you are making electricity. I haven’t come up with a clever reply yet but I’m working on it.
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    Going to document my weight loss

    I’ve lost some weight, not really from biking but not buying chips or anything sweet. I’m hungry all the time but when I was eating too much I was hungry all the time too.
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    Logs

    I’ve been known to take logs and make them into little pieces for the fire place but I haven’t figured out how to involve my bike in the process.
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    2023 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    I rode 20 miles today, the roads around my house again. No pictures from my ride but I’m getting ready for colder weather and brought some firewood up to the house.
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    2023 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    I did 12 miles today after not riding the last couple because of rain. A couple of random pictures from my ride.
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    2023 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    I rode 14 miles yesterday and 16 today. A couple of pictures of what the area looks like now. Probably more than half the crops have been harvested and in the case of these two pictures all the crops are gone.
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    "Best advice for new ebike riders" from us

    Jim1348 has a great answer, safety first. Like a lot of things, when you buy an e bike you find out after a few weeks if you bought the right one or not.
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    2023 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    All the pictures from England are always interesting, in a lot of ways very different than the U.S. The names of places make me smile also, so very British.
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    2023 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    I rode 19 miles today. There is a pretty good sized Amish community in our area and they are very creative with their cloths lines. The first picture is of a cloths line, it must be 20 feet high on the right side and is setup on a pulley arrangement. The next two pictures of a combine and an...
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    Wind?!

    I think when the wind gets above 20 mph I tend to skip the ride.
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    2023 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    I’m back in the saddle again. I rode 14 miles into town to the drugstore looking for allergy medicine, which none of them had. We took a long vacation to Idaho and Montana that lasted almost a month. We also got sick in the middle of it, maybe Covid but who knows for sure so I didn’t feel...
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