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    Best color you like for the ebike

    White or black.
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    What motivates you to add a dropper post to your gravel bike?

    I too would like to add dropper seat post to my bicycle so I cloud put a foot on the ground at stops but it would be too high with my Kinekt suspension seat.
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    So you guys (and gals) might be right.

    This is sort of what we experienced as young men was that our cars did not go faster by going to overdrive but in fact would slow down. Diminishing returns for gearing up.
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    Throttles again

    I too would like to have a decent quality mid drive ebike with a throttle. I have owned hub drive bikes with throttles and know that the way they work is very different. One of them had a very nice progressive/linear operation and was pleasant to use. One was so bad regarding the power...
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    Fixing geared hubs with a hammer

    When I was young guy my wife worked in a factory in Chicago building small electric motors. When the motors were complete they would give them a whack with a hammer to neutralize the alignment of the bearings to the shaft.
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    Do you wear cologne when you ride?

    NO. You are kidding of course. Or not?
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    Just for fun...

    I hear someone invented a shovel that stands up by itself so the workers won't have to lean on them to hold them up anymore.
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    To the "Karens", and the "Carls" out there😂 Those riding dirty too.

    The torque can be the same but mid drive torque can be multiplied at the wheel because of one's ability to do it through changing gears. There is only one gear from motor to wheel on a hub drive.
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    Lubing an eBike chain

    I push my bikes over on the kick stand just enough to raise the rear wheel and prop it up some way. Get creative with a way to hold it there.
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    Do not buy this battery!!!

    It sounds like it was a shorted hot wire that caused the fire and not the battery/batteries.
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    What size is my wheel?

    Edison's men were working on the light bulb and going through all the comclicated calculation trying to figure out the volume of the glob was when Edison walked over and said just fill the damn thing with water and measure the water.
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    Pedaling backwards

    Why? Because he wanted a kickstand.
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    Turbo Vado 5: too unstable on the kickstand

    Have you ever had any issues with any Specialized bike or were they all perfect.
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    Turbo Vado 5: too unstable on the kickstand

    The last two bikes I had that same problem. The soloution was to just lengthen the kickstand a bit so it held the bike more upright. In my case they were not adjustable so it took a bit of ingenuity to make them longer. Look at it carefully and see if it can be lengthened and then drill a hole...
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    How to Switch to Clipless Pedals

    Be aware they can be dangerous until you get used to them. I use traps and even they are dangerous especially if you have to come to an emergency stop. while riding slow. I have the elbow scars to prove it.
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    Shopping for a new Full-Suspension Step-Thru E-Bike w/Throttle -- Best Brand/Model?

    The question was NOT why anyone would want a throttle. Who cares what YOU would want.
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    Issues with brand new ebike

    The seat post change could not cause a spoke to break. In my opinion it was the loose spokes causing movement at the hub that wore the spokes and weakened them.
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    Question about brakes on any/ all bicycles with rim or disc brakes

    I don'r know about bicycle brakes but on some two wheel vehicles the front and rear brakes are sized so that with equal hand squeeze the front wheel will do more braking than the rear.
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    2023 Prodigy ST

    Being a smart a## my suggestion is to find a different route. I have near 1500 miles on mine and haven't had any flats yet. Knock on wood.
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    Are You An All-Year-Round Cyclist?

    I live in Tucson Arizona and ride all year. Nearly every day as it is my exercise for the day. It is desert so rains are infrequent and when it does rain it is for a brief time and the sun comes out. It is a rare day that the sun doesn't shine. In mid summer it gets very hot so one must be an...
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