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  1. BlackHand

    Hop-Heads and Beer Geeks Unite!

    Tried some this weekend - it's good! Though I bet I would like it a lot more out of a tap. Lucky to live in a place where you're more likely to find Manny's on draft at a bar than Coorsweiser. It's the go to choice when you just want a beer with your food and don't feel like choosing...
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    15 MPH E-bike and Scooter speed limit announced for NY City by Mayor Adams

    Again, nobody or practically nobody is saying that there shouldn't be limits on what is actually an ebike. They don't It isn't. What does bother me is that any attempt to discuss regulating behavior in conjunction with existing limitations is interpreted by some posters as equivalent to...
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    15 MPH E-bike and Scooter speed limit announced for NY City by Mayor Adams

    I don't disagree with you particularly, but the ASSUME at the start of your statement is doing a lot of heavy lifting. I find it extremely rare for anyone to say there should be 'no rules for ebikes'. A lot of us do think that behavior should be enforced within the framework of existing rules...
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    Grizl:ON CF 7 - Puppy Delivered to Vet

    No, the display is bigger and requires a larger cutout in the frame. A lot of bikes released last fall had the system controller mounted in a plate in the top tube so that upgrade is possible, but earlier ebikes like the Grizl:ON don't have a provision for this. The Kiox 300 or Kiox 500...
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    2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    That ditch puts my 'lawn' to shame :)
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    Grizl:ON CF 7 - Puppy Delivered to Vet

    The SX /Sprint has a different torque curve than most other drive units. My understanding is that you want to stay above 80rpm and it doesn't really even hit its sweet spot until 100rpm and higher. @Stefan Mikes the Kiox 400C is Bosch's top tube controller with a display, but it was just...
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    15 MPH E-bike and Scooter speed limit announced for NY City by Mayor Adams

    @ava1ar https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bikestats.shtml#counts
  8. BlackHand

    Grizl:ON CF 7 - Puppy Delivered to Vet

    I think your bike came with 175mm cranks, you might consider going to a shorter crank. I switched the cranks on my Desert Falcon to 172.5mm and it helped. Actually wished I had gone to 170mm
  9. BlackHand

    2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Must have been sometime after the Wall came down but before Pulp Fiction?
  10. BlackHand

    Chain came off: Vado SL 4

    I resent this thread: hadn't had a chain drop in 5 years of riding until I read the thread last month and thought to myself "I haven't had a chain drop in 5 years of riding" Literally that night, I had the chain shift over the big gear then drop off the chain ring. My own fault as I was...
  11. BlackHand

    Specialized Aethos 54 - best ebike motor

    A bike like that - the motors in your legs to be honest. Katrina might have a motor ready in a year or two :) Seriously though, I don't think you'd really want to hang a mid drive from that frame, and a front hub would ruin the handling. I think there may be 1 or two options for a rear hub...
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    15 MPH E-bike and Scooter speed limit announced for NY City by Mayor Adams

    Totally agree. You ride based on conditions. I have a personal rule: I never pass a cyclist who is going the 15mph speed limit on the MUP I often use for part of my commute, UNTIL we get to an open uphill section where they inevitably slow down. On the road, the ability to go class 3 speeds...
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    15 MPH E-bike and Scooter speed limit announced for NY City by Mayor Adams

    It's Bosch, of course it displays speed in the top corner of every screen. I can only speak for the Intuvia, SmartPhone Hub /COBI (that's 2 screens), Kiox, and Nyon(MY21).
  14. BlackHand

    Random power issues with error code that the battery disconnects.

    No experience with Smart System, but it sounds more like a loose battery mount than a bad cell to me. There have definitely been people who have had to have shops reseat the powertube mount as it was just barely tight enough when new and then loosened up as the bike broke in. The powertube on...
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    Grizl:ON CF 7 - Puppy Delivered to Vet

    Which color did you get ? Grellow or Black?
  16. BlackHand

    Specialized Turbo Vado SL: An Incredible E-Bike (User Club)

    Can you explain row 7? If you're expressing weight in Newtons, I'm assuming g is gravity but the values for total weight look like there is another variable in the mix? Or maybe my brain is just out of exercise with this stuff...
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    Disappointing Bosch update

    Hmm, I did some digging and eMTB mode became available 1 July 2017 - so it was indeed available on gen2 CX drive units. I was a little fuzzy on that and was probably thinking of Tour+ mode which released in 2021. Haibike effectively left the market, but Accell did kind of randomly keep...
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    2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    That looks like what the local dumpling restaurant calls the Razorback - bacon, chives, a side of sour cream, and a bit of red chili sauce. Theirs are called pelmeni though I'm not sure what the exact difference is other than being smaller than pierogi.
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    Picture rotation issue

    Am I the only one who is annoyed that I have to downsize photos to sizes that were common in the 1990's just so I can upload them - only to have the forum SW resize and recompress them again to yet another size?? I get having file size limits, but I question how many cpu cycles are really...
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