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    What's holding back the e-bike boom? Research, safety, and bias (article)

    a not "bike friendly" town about 45 minutes from yours truly increasingly has ebike transportation for those that lose their driving permits, 2 bikes I had went to that cause.
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    Fish tanks, who messes with them?

    Dead head,Dead thread?
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    Lady cyclist killed in Davis involving juvenile on ebike...on the bike path.

    my jail contained very few Blacks,mostly Whites( again Appalachia!) and the black guy was a sex offender from New York( he neglected to register,this earning a years vacation in the "governors school for the gifted) making the percentage around 7 % Black vs 93% white( drunks and meth...
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    Fish tanks, who messes with them?

    that stuff will really boost tomatoes.
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    Do you file depth gauges on safety chain?

    "Foley-Belsaw" used to offer sharpening equipment and a course to set you in business. Had a chain "sharpened" by a grinder in a shop,it wouldn't cut hot butter,went back to sharpening by hand,keep the cutters the same length and keep the chisel profile close,it will cut straight.
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    Do you file depth gauges on safety chain?

    real exercise,Reo used to make a powered "reel" mower,most golf courses around here use "gang" mowers of the "reel" variety( my 6th grade teacher used to try to teach us the "Virginia Reel",she said other countries were jealous of this dance) really?
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    Do you file depth gauges on safety chain?

    had a "Bushman" raker bucksaw,best one I ever had(it was left at a campsite) all this talk of sharpening,reminds me of a "self sharpening" excavator tooth( it works after a fashion) its shaped about like a cats claw and as it wears its shaped to wear to smaller dimension which is sorta less...
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    Do you file depth gauges on safety chain?

    if you "rock" one real good its time to discard
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    Do you file depth gauges on safety chain?

    reel mowers actually clip the grass that's way golf courses use them.
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    Do you file depth gauges on safety chain?

    best push mower I ever had was a Lawnboy.
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    Do you file depth gauges on safety chain?

    I used to use "crock sticks" works almost like a butchers steel,I seen an old knife sharpener made of washers,worked surprisingly well,in prison the convicts sharpened tin cans with the sidewalk( for cutting up commissary not shanks)
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    Do you file depth gauges on safety chain?

    its an art some wood cutters I have worked with could freehand a chainsaw chain to like new performance one thing I noticed if your teeth get to be different lengths the saw will tend to cut in a circle,I used to cut timber and right of way wore out many chains some chains would get so worn they...
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    Do you file depth gauges on safety chain?

    30 degree angle on one side for lawn mower blades,helps beat the grass off cleaner.
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    Do you file depth gauges on safety chain?

    amen,too aggressive on the depth gauge makes a chain more kickback prone and jerky,the general consensus is the depth gauges don't really need any attention till later on in the chains life.If you rock or hit metal a couple times the best thing to do is discard the chain,the set is gone and the...
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    Consumer Reports: Ebike Fires

    just vent the fumes and there will be a temp rise in the near environment( that's what stoves and Franklin fireplaces do.) house them in a "moonpool" of sorts with thermal fuses and thermal sensitive supports that would let them go to "Davy Jones " locker in the event of a fire,no power but an...
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