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  1. indianajo

    Finding a Bike to Fit my Needs - Throttle Integration

    Best of luck. This issue is invisible in all the tests done on ebikes. I have used 7 different controllers. The first ebikeling had cadence sense, and PAS 1 was dangerous at 13 mph on bad pavement. PAS 2 & 3 were even faster, hideous. I like 8 mph except downhill. I moved the cadence magnet...
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    Budget helmet?

    I've bought CPSC approved helmet at Salvation Army resale for $1. Government gives them away to kids. Solid green, no dinosaur crest as kids crave. I washed it out with 409/Fantastik/SpicnSpan and a paper towel, in case the kid had lice. Worn on 3 mph rides to the grocery+bank+dollarstore 3...
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    People in northern climates (snow,cold,ice) Do you use your ebike to commute in winter?

    I wrap the mouth vent of my full face helmet with saran wrap when temp is under 20. They don't sell saran wrap anymore, I think they call it sticky film or something. I don't cover the helmet, I stuff a welder's helmet liner in it. Keeps my ears warm. Helmet has 7 vents, a Fox Rampage, so...
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    NYC wants to license and register ebikes and scooters

    NYC should require license plate and insurance for delivery riders. They are the problem. It is fairly obvious that prepared food deliveries come in a insulated pack. Individual riders not carrying large quantities of prepared food or merchandise should be exempt. Grocery shoppers (like me)...
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    What Do You Do With Your Old Unused Conventional Bikes?

    I bought several MTB at Salvation Army resale after I quit driving cars. The Diamondback rear axle broke and two Pacifics the plastic crank arms wore out or the crank sprocket wore out. I donated the repaired axle one to a illegal worker attending my church whose car was confiscated by the city...
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    People in northern climates (snow,cold,ice) Do you use your ebike to commute in winter?

    I ride my e-bike for errands like groceries or the lumberyard. Going out today at 27 F & 8 mph wind. I have not worked since 2008. But the battery stays in the garage under a heat pad. 840 WH is not enough to get me 28 miles to my summer property below 55 degrees, so I beg rides from the...
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    Are E-Bikes Safe For Young Teenagers?

    Roundabouts give me the wiilies. Wife almost got struck our first day in Essex trying to cross an exit without looking to the right. Little **** car whizzed around a brick building our way about 60 kph. Figured out the next day Transport London had built an underpass to the underground station...
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    Need help on adding a throttle to an REI Co-op 1.1 bike

    There are a lot of throttle only controllers on ebay that you can drive the bafang motor with. Most do not have the center pin for temperature. Just 8 pins. You will not find IMHO those sensor connectors and the scooter controllers do not come with a display. They require a "door switch" which...
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    Bionx G2 problem

    You are very lucky anything works. Bionx went bankrupt 5 years ago due to too many problems. There is a computer in the battery that talks to the controller. If there is any problem in that pair, the bicycle is garbage. I had a controller work fine for 4 years then lose contact with the PAS...
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    Are E-Bikes Safe For Young Teenagers?

    No bicycle is safe for anybody. Riding on streets particularly. I've done it 67 years, only hit and run once. When I was 16 I was full of springs. I could ride my bike 7 miles out 7 miles back no problem. One has infinite energy at that age. Let him build up his strength. My excess wind...
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    Thoughts and help on choosing my first ebike

    I liked your list post 1. I do not know any particular model, but many of the brands you listed have decent reputations here. Two features important to me, step through frame, and 26" or bigger wheels. I lost the ability to lift the leg over the seat & rack in my mid sixties. I'm as strong...
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    Going to document my weight loss

    GPS is for dodderheads that can't read a map and never ride in the rain. My previous cellphone shorted in the rain, inside a plastic bag. My motor display shorted in the rain 5 years ago. I ride without. I measure my grades with a 8" level, a 6" ruler. The flat part of the level is 6" long...
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    Display Replacement Question

    Even if you found that display, software updates in the time since you bought the bike would probably make it incompatible with the old controller. Controllers and displays have to be bought at the same time, from the same source. Just finding the same connectors for the throttle, brake...
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    Going to document my weight loss

    I use nothing but the throttle. Pas level 1 was too fast to be safe on some routes. I have lost 55 lb since 2008. When the wind is down and I am on grades <5 % i use no power at all. Wind >12 mph in my face, or on the 50th to 77 th hill on my 28 mile commute, on goes the power. A windy ride...
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    Took a tumble

    Sorry about the cow. Fortunately all the cows & deer I have encountered on the streets and highways were hit and killed before I got there. I'm glad my parents bought me as much milk as I would drink. 15 or 20 falls, only one broken bone. 2017, Going 25 mph on a MTB, gravel made the front...
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    New to forum

    Welcome to the site. Beautiful scene.
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    Do you really need to torque a through axle?

    I have never used a torque wrench on a bicycle. 67 years and still riding. I have never stripped a bicycle axle thread. Having wheel nuts at the proper torque does not mean they are not going to come loose. The secret to wheel nuts not coming loose, is use two and counter-tighten them. If...
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    Bike jobs that took WAY longer than you ever imagined

    It took me a year and a half to figure out how to replace the wire harness to a Cutler Mac 12t. I built a puller to yank on the ring while the screw pressed on the shaft. No help. No useful videos on youtube, just something about it needs a torque arm to keep the shaft from spinning out of the...
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    Cycling Shorts?

    Update, my hips were still causing serious pain if I rode more than 3 hours. My commute to summer camp is 3.7 hours. I was using an evo cruiser 218x260 saddle with 1 cm padding. I bought a pair of Bellwether 02 mens cycling shorts, which turned out to have a 1 cm plastic pad built into them...
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    Is Vado Smoking Addictive?

    I get to 30 mph quite often DOWN the 15% hills, so I feel no need for speed. I broke my jaw at 25 mph on gravel, so I only go that fast on perfect pavement on a dry day. Average about 8 mph over 30 miles & 77 hills, although at the end of the summer I can push it to 9.
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