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    How wide are your handlebars?

    If you're worried about vibrations shim the bar with a sleeve of rubber like they do with all the joints on a Harley.
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    Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

    Beautiful beautiful Meat. Lamb is one of my favorites :)
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    Winter Sucks

    Fog is the only thing that's puts me off, it's like riding in the rain. It gets down to 0-C here often and I like to ride at 1 or 2 am but it's not uncomfortable. I have all the modern winter clothing, even a silk ski mask to go under my woolen ski mask, and special windproof booties that go...
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    Latest Bosch motor - and it’s not what you’d expect…

    I never get excited over a new offering, I wait till the Beta testers report back, a year later say. It's not like the manufacturers ever do much R&D anymore.
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    How wide are your handlebars?

    I replaced my standard gravel bike riser bar, which was a bit like an MTB bar, with a straight flat bar, then I sat on the bike, closed my eyes, and held my arms out until I found the position that was the most natural. Then I dropped my hands to the bars and that's where the grips went, the...
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    Electronic Drivetrain: Is it worth the hype?

    I never considered that. What do riders do, carry a spare in case? Nice vid on the cyber truck, I loved the Hyper Loop Hype myself. Once when it was first being chatted about on all the forums I asked a poster what it was? He said it was a giant tube to flush taxpayer money down 😄
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    Scooter Rider and Cyclist Are Killed in Head-On Crash on N.Y.C. Bridge

    At speed scooters are essentially straight line vehicles, if you tried to do an emergency evasion, like a quick flick of the bars as you can on a bike it would just throw you off. They of all machines should have been drastically speed limited. As for monos, they are just segways with one...
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    My Radwagon 5 arrived

    I have a brand new full suspension 29er and a new BBSHD sitting downstairs collecting dust while I watch the playing out of the new ebike laws here. No way do I want that bike confiscated by over-zealous cops cracking down on the latest fad in protecting the public. I'll let the dust settle.
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    The transition

    Most of the "transition" was just a series of corporate swindles, financial bubbles. A trillion went down the drain over the rechargeable battery car mania, now the only serious sales are of junk Chinese units being dumped on the West. Domestic sales are in the tank there too. Same with the...
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    The transition

    Ahhhh, that's better :)
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    The transition

    Shite? I thought I put you on the ignore list yesterday? My mistake.
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    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    I wonder if there are many night riders here? I was thinking of starting a thread to share our experiences. I do most of my rides at night now, it's quiet, peaceful and very few cars about. At least in my rural location. There is nothing like riding up a long stretch of rural highway under a...
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    The transition

    Yeah that's the way. many sheepish drivers will just sit there and wait till all 100 riders pass but that just encourages bad behavior. I'm talking about them running Stop signs and the like myself, I encountered it so often on one of the recognized circuits I just took driving on in my...
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    The transition

    irish? Say no more.
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    The transition

    The only aggression I'm seeing is from you mate, and it isn't pent-up, it's gushing out. I have no time for wanna be Olympians either, I've even had one crash across the bonnet of my car as he illegally turned across me to keep pace with the pack. He picked up his bike, said sorry, and flew...
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    Everyday is Bike to Work Day?

    I asked an ardent anti-smoker at a roadside cafe once what she would choose, if she had to. A day in a small room with 20 chain smokers or a day in a room with car, idling away. She instinctively chose the car, which told me she knew absolutely nothing about the dangers of exhaust emissions...
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    Amsterdam Bicycle Company pause US Ebike sales citing 50% tariffs

    They call it protectionism, circling the wagons in a time of economic stress. But to me it's just a money grab, and extra tax imposed on the citizens of a nation. It won't bring many jobs 'back home', that's just political cover stories. The global economy, of the West at least, is on the...
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    The transition

    There are many private blogs and other websites that offer up the 3-choices only for access. Sign in with Google or Apple or the third, I just move on. I'll not get a digital ID, that's the road to enslavement alright, I don't even like the verification email hoop you have to go through now to...
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    Newbie Here

    Even without numbers a good locksmith could pick it in no time. Probably make a key on the fly, the keys are basic like school locker keys. Too bad OP drilled it, no going back now.
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    Consumer Reports: Ebike Fires

    I'd rather lick a toad lol
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