Gionnirocket
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In the response to the verbal attack of the adversaries of mine:
"There are two ways you can get exercise out of a bicycle: you can "overhaul" it, or you can ride it. On the whole, I am not sure that a man who takes his pleasure overhauling does not have the best of the bargain. He is independent of the weather and the wind; the state of the roads troubles him not. Give him a screw-hammer, a bundle of rags, an oil-can, and something to sit down upon, and he is happy for the day. He has to put up with certain disadvantages, of course; there is no joy without alloy. He himself always looks like a tinker, and his machine always suggests the idea that, having stolen it, he has tried to disguise it; but as he rarely gets beyond the first milestone with it, this, perhaps, does not much matter. The mistake some people make is in thinking they can get both forms of sport out of the same machine. This is impossible; no machine will stand the double strain. You must make up your mind whether you are going to be an "overhauler" or a rider.
Personally, I prefer to ride, therefore I take care to have near me nothing that can tempt me to overhaul."
/Jerome K. Jerome, "Three Men On A Bummel", 1900/
The only thing that has changed over the last 123 years is the multimetre in addition to the tools mentioned above. Personally, I prefer to ride.
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I think the 38,226 km (23,757 mi) ridden on several e-bikes over 4 years and 2 months give me enough competence to give advices for practical aspects of e-bike riding and e-bike selection. I can also say about typical issues met during riding particular e-bikes and the way to interpret and handle them.
I am sorry for people who tried to save their dollar and bought ridiculously cheap e-bikes then need to "work on them". I believe I need to let people earn their dollar for the work they do at LBS, or I manage the maintenance and repairs within my family.
The issue with people like lemming, gionni, or Matt is they seem to have never been taught politeness in their families, and it shows.
If I hated the US, I would not be loving the American brand e-bikesOn contrary, some of you seem to be in love with China and its e-bikes. The ones that need to be "worked on".
Ever slow in all.
We prefer speaking of building and/or maintaining of a bike more interesting and worthy of some discussion than posting the same mundane Strava stats and sausage photos. I have (only) +13k mi in under 3 years not because I'm always working on my bike but because there's much more to life than a bicycle and responsibilities and other interest quickly fill my days. I can guarantee that you spent more time at the LBS then I ever have with a tool in hand and if I had no other life as yourself I could easily top your numbers AND maintain my bike.
But as repeatedly stated... it's of no interest as I prefer to find happiness in a broad range of activities and PROVING anything to anyone isn't even on the list.
Documenting test rides takes a special kind of douche_bag
Stefan, ever the ass hole
Gionni JJ Rocket 2023
The only thing that's changed in 24 hours is the definitiveness of my conclusion... I prefer to laugh.
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