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    First accident

    Maybe fatter lower pressure tires?
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    First accident

    sorry to hear of your fall. I too had an accident recently, first in many years. hit a hose left out on a construction site insufficiently perpendicularly also. only hurt my foot, but it's been healing achy for a couple months. i think there's a lot to be said for just taking janky...
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    Idiot drivers!

    One strategy I've noticed works is SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS as a car makes a move toward u. Try it, it works, they freeze. But you need to blood curdlingly scream
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    I am thinking of buying a Trek Verve + ?

    im not sure it's politically correct to say I've never met a bike I didn't like. I am not aware that there is social pressure to not judge one bicycle as being "better" than another. maybe it is part of an overall fear of judgment? . not sure. but it's not true for me. It is how i feel. a...
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    I am thinking of buying a Trek Verve + ?

    i dont think any bike sucks. I just love all bikes. I've ridden all kinds of bikes, some in sad shape, and I love them all. theya re all beautiful in their own way. but the trek verve is unusually gorgeous.
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    I am thinking of buying a Trek Verve + ?

    Here's my verve daily rider. I don't usually carry a spare tire tho.
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    I am thinking of buying a Trek Verve + ?

    I have 4847 miles as of today commuting on a trek verve over a very hilly 20 miles per day. underpowered? compared to what? it's easy to get to work, every day, rain or shine, no sweat, or light sweat, compared to my regular bike, which gets me to work, but sweaty, and decidedly beat by the...
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    2020 Verve+ 2 As Daily Commuter?

    I have been doing a 20 mile round trip commute with a few steep hills for the last year on a trek verve from 2019. It’s been more than enough for me. I used to do the commute ona regular bike for years, but I was getting old and although I could still do it, I felt like crap on some days...
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    Bosch motor average life span.

    I've got 4550 commuter miles over the last year, Bosch motor on a trek verve, zero motor or battery problems. I'm also very curious to see how long it lasts.
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