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That hubless e-bike is even worse when you tear it down:

If you make it too difficult to distinguish between different types of e-bikes the response might well be to ban all e-bikes.

Those chains and that freewheel will probably last forever on that bike. Keep in mind that the Buffalo is designed to be ridden fairly short distances at slow speeds. You'd be cruising right along at 12km/hour on those.

A 525lb black bear in California is almost certainly garbage-fed and habituated to humans. And therefore very dangerous. Truly wild bears are nowhere near the most dangerous animal you might encounter.

I'd qualify that because it isn't exactly that simple. The hypothetical roadie who can hit 20+ mph on their bike on an MUP is riding a bike that has probably a third the weight, a rider who also weighs substantially less, and on the average is riding a bike with better brakes than the typical...

Just saying:

You would think that someone would have a chainsaw...

Except that didn't happen. https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5444731.pdf

Actually it is more like they are banning class 3 e-bikes from bike lanes and sidewalks.

Trump promised to reduce grocery prices, including the price of eggs. Now the cult members start gaslighting us about how it is okay that they were deceived. Trump also promised no more wars. Except apparently now with Canada, Denmark, Mexico, and Panama.

There isn't actually a federal law against insurrection. But the multiple courts found that the Jan 6th riot fit the definition of an insurrection. So you consider threatening military action against a peaceful country a negotiating tactic? How does that work? If your neighbor wanted your...

Are you saying those things did not happen? Gaslighting people is never respectful.

I'm thinking more Mao's Cultural Revolution. Either way not a Good Thing.

Given all that is happening I can't put paying more for a new e-bike even in the top 100 list of things to be concerned about. And how can this discussion not be "political"?

I've never had any luck getting a tubeless tire to seat with a normal floor pump. Also I'd be very skeptical of that cracked rim -- depending on where and how it is cracked that alone may make it impossible to seal. Keep in mind that the reason you use rim tape is that sealant isn't going to...

No, it isn't auto-correct. It is the result of decades of incompetent education in the Untied States. I've lost count of the number of people I've worked with who got through University and Grad School and still can't spell "maybe".

Sort of.

Training. That brings up another pet peeve I have. Heart rate monitors have revolutionized training for endurance sports. The fact that they are inexpensive and widely available has also taught us some pretty wild things about physiology as well. Which is always kind of cool. The fact is...

Probably. But on the other hand the people who are complaining about "forest management" again have exactly zero idea what they are talking about. Forests are extremely complex systems and direct human intervention in such systems does not have a happy history, so I am skeptical that anyone...

Lag generally has to do with (1) how often the controller checks pedal input, which can vary between 20 and more than 100 times per second, and (2) how much angular change has to happen in the cranks before the controller does anything. Generally cheaper e-bikes have bigger lags. Two big...