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  1. BlackHand

    “No e-bikes allowed”

    I think by highways you mean limited access interstates and freeways? A highway can technically be pretty much any public road.... In any case, in much of the West bicycles are allowed on freeways to varying degrees. In WA we are allowed pretty much everywhere except the freeways around the...
  2. BlackHand

    “No e-bikes allowed”

    Cafes with outdoor seating or Starbucks are good candidates. Look for people with laptops plugged in. Be a customer and they are very unlikely to hassle you.
  3. BlackHand

    Carbon flat bar - Tesoro Vado Skitch?

    The 3 bikes you mention have fairly distinct strengths/focuses. What is important to you and what kind of riding do you do? Offroad capability: Skitch > Vado SL > Tesoro Urban riding: Tesoro>=Vado SL>Skitch Range: Vado SL > Tesoro=? Skitch Adjustability/customization: Skitch>Vado SL>Tesoro...
  4. BlackHand

    Just for fun...

    Hmm, I must have already activated my account, I'm not seeing that one :) The ads are annoying. I get that they need to keep the lights on, but this is just going drive eyeballs away, and then they'll have to put in even more ads to up the $/eyeball. I don't mind static header/footer ads but...
  5. BlackHand

    Next gen Vado

    They could fit it with a yamaha drive unit 😀
  6. BlackHand

    How's the bike infrastructure where you ride?

    Great quote! 40% was probably taken (rounded down) from this Scottish study. Personally, I'll live with doubling my chances of being hospitalized for a traffic accident. This is the first study to provide direct evidence of the association between active and non-active commuting and health...
  7. BlackHand

    Bike Computer/Speedometer Recommendation for eBike

    CYA-teye They probably use magnet sensors, and don't want to deal with the support headache when someone with an ebike that alao uses a magnet sensor for speed or cadence puts the CatEye sensor on the same wheel. I can't imagine it's a problem as long as you are aware of potential problems and...
  8. BlackHand

    2026 R&M Models video overview from Propel

    I believe every battery Bosch offers for BES3 is now compatible with DualBattery as of one of the firmware updates in the last year or so. Prior to that it was only a couple of the newer powertubes/powerpacks. Certainly the larger battery sizes and the availability of the PowerMore RE reduce...
  9. BlackHand

    Tour '25

    Totally agree with @Rás Cnoic 's take on Simmons. Saw a longer interview clip than they showed on the stream - he also mentioned Campenaerts for wanting to wait for Van Aert, the rest of the break for not committing, his race radio for having him work for Milan early on, and the moto's for...
  10. BlackHand

    Nireeka Prime S1500

    I guess? This is a new 11sp chain hanging in front of an old stretched chain. The old chain was left on too long and is past the .75 wear. If you take it as a given that you have to break the chain at an inside link so you are able join it with a quick link there is really no question about...
  11. BlackHand

    Nireeka Prime S1500

    Even if somebody answers the OP with their Nireeka chain length there's no way to know if their bike is from before or after the brand changed the specs. The right way is in the Park Tool vid Gionni linked to. That way works whether or not the chainring and/or cassette have been changed from...
  12. BlackHand

    Tour '25

    Absolutely. The Uno-X rider in the break could have gone down when a flag got tangled in his bike. And on the penultimate climb, the Ineos team car was stuck behind the chase group and struck a spectator who was in the middle of the road looking through his phone screen! The driver got...
  13. BlackHand

    Changing from Tubeless to Tube? Turbo Tero 6.0 X

    I have Aerothans on my Haibike and am using RideNow tubes on the Bulls ebike. The Aerothans hold air really well - like I don't bother checking for weeks at a time. About 10,000 miles on 1 tube with maybe 3 patches. I did have a valve failure on one Aerothan after around 5-6k miles. The...
  14. BlackHand

    Tour '25

    EF sports director said Healy made the call without their input/advice but they agreed with it. I'm sure it was more of a group consensus though. You could see Healy and Jonas briefly talking and a Soudal QS domestique said Remco was shouting Stop Stop to those who had started an attack.
  15. BlackHand

    Tour '25

    It was so close to the end, I don't know that the 20 or 30 seconds they might have gotten would be worth incurring the wrath of Pogacar and UAE. I was a little surprised they sat up and didn't make him earn his way back to the group though. IIRC, Didn't Armstrong wait for Ullrich when Ullrich...
  16. BlackHand

    Tour '25

    Wow, that was a great stage. Happy I'm going in to work late today and could watch. Abrahamsen is really easy to root for, he deserves a win after all the km's out in the wind last year and this year
  17. BlackHand

    Tour '25

    By and large I agree, they do a pretty good job. But as someone in a household that has closed captioning on all the time I have to complain how poorly its implemented. Live captioning is no longer as delayed as in years past, but in this day and age there's really no excuse not to have...
  18. BlackHand

    Back to the bike shop

    Isn't the Tesoro Carbon a flat bar version of the Synapse Neo? Though I guess that stem/handlebar would be tough to customize the fit. Storage shouldn't really limit your choices - there are solutions from Tailfin and Ortlieb among others that can solve that problem. The 3T Ultra Boost is...
  19. BlackHand

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

    @Chargeride strikes me as someone who wants to explore without knowing what is around the next bend. He seems to thrive on whatever fortune or misfortune comes his way. Heck, I'm surprised he's riding a bike that doesn't require emergency duct tape field repairs.
  20. BlackHand

    1.2 vs 2.0E motor

    I agree, there's either a problem with the data, or the tire compound has changed over time. It would help if BRR tested multiple samples of each tire. Also, the 2 older tests were run with tubes and then the tubeless Crr was later calculated when they updated test protocols. From the BRR...
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