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  1. Sierratim

    New Como 5.0

    Haven't broken an egg yet carrying them in their carton in my Vado rear rack mounted panniers. Just sayin' 😎
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    Best Ebike for hills (US)

    Must be a small world, since Nevada City is so small! 😎
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    Best Ebike for hills (US)

    The major effect on the mountain slopes is caused by dense cold air on the peaks in the AM falling downslope into the still cool valleys. Later in the day the valleys warm and the breeze/wind reverses as the hot less dense valley air rises upslope. Still haven't learned to ride downslope in the...
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    Alternative Turbo Vado 4 tyres

    I certainly agree that Schwalbe doesn't make finding their tubeless rated tires easy! As an example Scwalbe's Dirty Dan tire is tubeless rated as indicated at the bottom of its web page; https://www.schwalbe.com/en/mtb-reader/dirty-dan The Smart Sam page does not include the tubeless...
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    NASA METL Tires Coming Soon?

    The price hasn't been announced, but this might be a truly puncture proof tire... https://gizmodo.com/nasas-nearly-indestructible-airless-titanium-tires-migh-1846488605
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    Alternative Turbo Vado 4 tyres

    I don't believe so, but the Schwalbe site would clear this up for you.
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    I have to admit - I almost backed out of buying an ebike after joining EBR - glad I didn't

    Number of bikes in shop = n, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 1 Number of bikes wanted in shop = n+1 Just sayin' 🤣
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    What Do You Do During The Lockdown?

    Stefan, I know that close friends are often as hard to lose as family. My condolences.
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    Best Ebike for hills (US)

    Here on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains we often have the pleasure of riding into the wind for both legs of our out and back rides, thanks at least partially to the orographic efffect....🤔
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    Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

    Backwards for me; got my COVID shot (#2!) On FRI then went for a ride on SAT, with a very tender shoulder!
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    Are you going to ride in snow?

    Snowed here the last 2 days as well. No, I didn't ride the ebike!
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    Freewheel Problems

    I've done a couple of these DIY hub motor conversions. My experience is that the hub motor is often wider that many standard rear wheel hubs, but still fits in the drops by eliminating fairly common spacers. As I inferred in my earlier post #4 this may limit this hub motor to something less...
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    Alternative Turbo Vado 4 tyres

    I ride my Vado 5 with the Smart Sam on the front and the OEM Trigger Sport on the rear. Seems to be a good combination of more grip for steering on loose surfaces and low rolling resistance on hard packed/paved trails. My MTBing sons ride with more aggressive threads on their front tires and...
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    Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    I was thinking about how you were getting on yesterday. Missed you, and your lovely wife. Hope to share more for of your adventures for years to come! 😎
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    Are you going to ride in snow?

    Of course the real butter on the warm home made bread makes it all OK! 🤣
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    Freewheel Problems

    Is the hub motor width greater than the original wheel hub width?
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    Our Rides in Words, Photos & Videos

    I think @Stefan Mikes has pedals that match yours...🤔
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    SHOW us YOUR PIX here .... Odd, WeiRd ,UnUSuAl or EyE CaTchIng things from your rides

    Rode ~30 miles on the Sacramento River Trail with our mech bikes a few days ago with warm, spring time temps. Came around a corner to find a huge tom turkey in full display for a bunch of hens below the trail. We skidded to a stop but not before the tom hissed at us. Never seen that before...
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    Feasible doing my own trike conversion?

    An off road recumbent trike is going to be a stretch but you can find any number of related posts using the Forum's search function and entering 'recumbent trike'. Good hunting!
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    What Do You Do During The Lockdown?

    No big trees for an annual serious fire season either, but lots of summer heat.
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