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  1. BlackHand

    New Federal E-Bike Legislation March 2026

    The idea that Bosch is trying to deter people from riding ebikes so they can sell more car parts is ludicrous on its face. Bosch dominates the ebike market in Europe, where ebikes ARE considered a viable everyday transportation option. And the European car market is about the same size as...
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    Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

    Tough break for Sepp Kuss, but it could have been much much worse.
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    henry

    Montessori squatch. I really like how he left the squatch brick colored.
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    People for Bikes: Progress on Ebike Laws in the US

    How does NJ account for all the ebikes that assist to 28mph but are not throttle equipped? I'm guessing it's considered a motorized bicycle according to the law, but you'd never know from that infographic.
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    The transition

    Yeah, I have some GM stock certificates I've kept in a drawer in case we run out of toilet paper. Current shares are worth $75/share, the ones I have are worthless.
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    henry

    Moose, Orca, and a pair of squatches
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    Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

    Just finished watching the stage. Very unfortunate. Jorgenson mentioned that the motorcycle took a poor line through the turn and Campenaerts followed that same line. Visma has just looked a little off the whole tour. Another nice day for Simmons. Unfortunately, the days where he gets free...
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    henry

    I'm not sure. I'm no cryptozoologist but I suspect that most squatches are tuft-fluid.
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    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Speaking of ferries, I had a meeting in our downtown after work and decided to hop down to Sunset Ave as it was a beautiful evening and I had nothing else on my plate. Still about an hour and a half before sunset, the light was already golden. The M/V Puyallup is loading up here. This is the...
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    henry

    Hmm, I fell off the wagon posting photos this summer. How about a wall of squatches. 23 by my count. The wall even had an elusive squatchling.
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    Cheers on the 4th!

    -Thomas Jefferson. 10 days before his death on 4 July 1826.
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    Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

    I was noticing how much smoother they looked slotting in and was thinking the same about how hard it is for the protected rider to micro adjust his cadence to open just enough of a gap without losing his rhythm.
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    Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

    I'm sure you all have come across this stat before, but it always blows my mind. How close Jonas and Tadej have been in the 5 TdF's they've raced together: After ~10000 miles they are only separated by something like 85 seconds in total time if you subtract out all the bonus seconds. (exact...
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    The transition

    I tried that line on my wife. She wasn't impressed. We don't have AC and the whole house is a single zone, so not much upside to a smart thermostat for us vs a simple programmable one.
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    Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

    Could be some last minute changes to Visma's lineup. Affini suffered a hard crash a couple days ago and was taken to the hospital on a stretcher. The team confirmed he never lost consciousness and had no fractures, but was vague otherwise. I read one report that he has both internal and...
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    Ebike rack

    The bots are just trolling us now.
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    The transition

    The reliability of wind definitely lags at roughly 1.5x the rate of coal downtime. Not sure how that translates to $$ as our coal plants age and have higher operational stress since they get cycled down when cheaper solar/wind production peak and then up during off peak times. BTW nuclear is...
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    The transition

    Well, Mschwett beat me to it - main clue is that the chart is in BTUs and the huge losses in nuclear. Interesting chart but easy to misinterpret. You would kind of need to know the losses in the end use side of the chart to have any context. And figuring the losses on the left side would...
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    Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!

    Went for a spin after Sunday services today. @DaveMatthews Headed your way, it should be there about 5 o'clock Beautiful day out. Some marine haze, but nice wispy clouds up high. Not a great shot, but it's not a mistake. I zoomed in as much as I could on porpoise.
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