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    A Fire Warning For An E-Bike Battery Was Issued. It Was Too Late For A St. Paul Couple.

    https://www.startribune.com/a-fire-warning-for-an-e-bike-battery-was-issued-it-was-too-late-for-a-st-paul-couple/601536925 Beeping from a smoke alarm abruptly woke Matt Privratsky. Down in the dining room, he found a single e-bike battery on a metal shelf, smoldering in an orange glow. It...
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    Recumbent E-bikes

    The photograph above reminds me on biking in the Laughlin NV/Bullhead City AZ area recently. The first snapshot is the bridge over the Colorado River. It was very narrow. The second picture is the trail near Davis Dam. It was also very narrow. The third picture is on the road over the dam. I...
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    Gender Neutral Spanish

    Why would you want to do that? AI Overview No, the Spanish language is fundamentally gendered, and there is no official, universally adopted "gender-neutral" version, in Mexico or elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world. Traditionally, the masculine form of nouns and pronouns has served as...
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    RAD Power Bikes Going Bust

    On the other hand, ATVs and UTVs seem quite popular in Minnesota. Traditionally, ATVs and UTVs get put away when snow cover is here and snowmobiles come out. However, like you mentioned with the lack of snow, snowmobiles seem to remain in storage and many ATV/UTVers are extending that season. We...
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    RAD Power Bikes Going Bust

    I have been wondering when this would start happening. We have seen this in other areas over the years, too. When I was in high school, CB radios became quite popular. I had some and so did a number of others in the area I grew up in. There were many companies selling them, but then they...
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    People for Bikes: Progress on Ebike Laws in the US

    It would be interesting if we sold cars that way. Can you imagine a Class 1 car that will only go 40 MPH and a Class 3 car that will go 56 MPH?
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    People for Bikes: Progress on Ebike Laws in the US

    I have often thought that Class 1 Vs Class 3 e-bikes are a strange way of separating them. I get the throttle/no throttle thing, but shouldn't there be two classes of e-bikes? Throttle vs no throttle, regardless of the cap on the assit level. For those of you with Class 3 e-bikes, do you often...
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    People for Bikes: Progress on Ebike Laws in the US

    Our Gazelle Ultimate C380+ are Class 3 bikes. If someone were to ask, if I told them they are Class 1 and never rode over 20 MPH, most people would never know the difference.
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    Are Any Of The Amateur Radio Operators On Here Bringing Any Gear With Them On Bikes Rides?

    I only bring one radio at a time. Although I have owned Motorola in the past, I had sold those. More recently I bought one VHF and one UHF Motorola. I use a RAM Mount on the handlebars with a Panavise Clip Caddy. I also have a RAM Universal Belt Clip Holder for my Unication radios that have a...
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    Are Any Of The Amateur Radio Operators On Here Bringing Any Gear With Them On Bikes Rides?

    As posted above, for the hams on here, are you bring any gear with? While I don't have a lot of equipment, I have started bringing one portable radio with me on my solo rides. It definitely adds to the fun!
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    Odd comment about my ebike

    Some extremists have even put out caltrops to flatten tires.
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    What camera do you use if you are into photography, when cycling

    That is what I use. Even though I am in the United States, I bought a Canadian Apple iPhone 15.
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    Places that hate bicycle riders.

    DADT (Don't Ask Don't Tell) is the way.
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    Seth prefers Schrader valves

    I just asked my wife if she wants to switch our Gazelle bikes from presta to schrader valves. While I didn't get a definitive answer, yet, I will bring it up again at some point in the future.
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    Stranded on remote trail

    Great points. I have two batteries for my fat tire Rambo ebike. If I am on an "out and back" ride, I pretty much make sure that whenever the first battery is depleted, plan on riding home after switching batteries. And, yes, wind direction can make a difference. I have had it happen where the...
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    Stranded on remote trail

    My wife and I are also ATV/UTVers, in addition to e-bike riders. One of the things different for us ATV/UTVing vs e-biking is most of our ATV/UTV rides are group rides. The groups aren't always huge. Sometimes there might be only three or four others. I think there can be safety in numbers. We...
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    Redcomets Bike Handlebar Extender,USB Rechargeable Bicycle Handlebar Extender Comes with a 2400 Lumens Bicycle Light

    I am looking for one of these, again. An eBay seller has the 2400 lumen model for $59.95. Can anybody verify that this version uses 21700 batteries? Also, is it easy to remove and replace those cells?
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    The Future of eBikes: How Fast is Too Fast?

    I wonder if people were asking these same questions years ago with automobiles, too. There was no internet, yet, of course, but perhaps in some circles it was discussed. On the other hand, perhaps people had more common sense back then. Who knows!
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    LA Fires!

    What I know about wildfire mitigation I learned taking this course. https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-320&lang=en
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