Slaphappygamer
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Kind of different though. Pedal is building bikes, not guitars.
How Many e-Bikes do you have and ride ??
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Stefan Mikes
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He does not build anything, neither the bikes nor the e-bike kits he's buying. He is like buying acoustic guitars, slapping pickups and some wiring on them and calling himself "an electric guitar manufacturer". I was only willing to say the quantity of e-bikes does not make the quality of the cyclist.
Rome
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Stefan is also argumentative
Always trying to pick an argument
When in reality it has no affects on his daily life
Right now he brings irritations to me.
I can't ignore him. I am waiting for him to be entertaining again
Perhaps his diaper needs changing.
Did I mention this on my previous posts?
Always trying to pick an argument
When in reality it has no affects on his daily life
Right now he brings irritations to me.
I can't ignore him. I am waiting for him to be entertaining again
Perhaps his diaper needs changing.
Did I mention this on my previous posts?
Slaphappygamer
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Now I see why so many block him.
PedalUma
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Just about every bike is global. What cuisine/language/culture are expressed within the Republic of China?
AvalancheRun
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Edge is great. You have to judge an artist on their terms, not on your own. I can play tons of classical piano rep but that doesn’t mean that I’m a better musician than him.
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Which reminds me of an American bass guitar forum (Talk Bass) I attended to around 2008. There were so many Americans to post a photo of their sofa with ten Chinese $300 SX (Essex) basses in different colours, and they were so proud of them! I can even remember some of those guys exclaiming 'My SX is a way better than a Fender Precision Bass MIA!' Go figure.
Guys who had money (many of them earned the money playing for rich churches) just smiled as they owned (and could play) their Alembic or Lakland basses.
If someone owns a road/gravel e-bike, an e-MTB, and a commuter e-bike then it is OK: each e-bike plays a very different role. What virtue is to own several $1500 20" fat tyre folder e-bikes with a throttle? What different roles do they play?
indianajo
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I only air condition to 80 deg, to maintain my ability to enjoy the outdoors in summer. Some A/C keeps the mold off my piano and walls. Sorry about the fall and KO, but a bigger heavier helmet may help. I ride a Fox Rampage https://www.modernbike.com/fox-racing-rampage-dh-helmet-mako-yellow to also protect my chin, but have not fallen on it yet.
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I own two eBikes, and I've posted endless pictures of them, so I will refrain from doing so again. One is a $2,500 ($2,000 stock) slightly modified 47 lb Motobecane e-Adventure FS eMTB with a Shimano Steps E5000 250W 40nm motor delivering about 42 miles of range and over 4,000 feet of elevation with a new battery. The other is a $3,000 custom built 42 lb Marin Team 1 with a TSDZ2B 500W (?) motor that seems to deliver 50 to 90nm of power depending on what gear I'm using, how fast and hard I'm pedaling and what mood it is in, and has a range of just over 35 miles with about 3,000 feet of elevation (estimated).
The Moto is great for intermediate-advanced trails, though I have to stop a lot due to the low-powered motor and the limits of my own body, and the Marin is great for the mean streets of Hollywood, bad roads in the hills, and intermediate trails.
If you choose, or help the owner select, parts and design custom fittings for them, and modify them for the owner's specific use-case scenario-- advise them on whether to fill the motor with grease, go with different bearings, or use special ventilation or sensors, you are a bike builder and mechanic. My Marin ("Mercury") was built, or 'designed by,' Pedaluma.
Stefan has also previously accused Pedal of building overpowered monsters. Mercury maybe an outlaw by specs, but cannot exceed 28 MPH on level ground, really more like 26 MPH, because physics and biology do not allow a human body to pedal any faster than that given the gear ratios.
The brand Carlo Robelli is a good case in point r.e. Chinese guitars, though they've been made in Korea or Japan at various times. I have a Carlo Robelli dreadnaught that is probably Japanese; the action is insanely low, the intonation is so perfect it sounds like it's in tune even when it's not, and the neck has not moved a millimeter in a quarter century-- it still plays the same way it did since I saw it hanging, by itself, over the door in a hallway at Sam Ash, and asked, "What about that one?" I think it sounds better than some Martins and cost me $189. I got another Carlo Robelli travel guitar, probably Korean, with a built in speaker and full scale next that I played for 15 years before the neck began to move, and it became difficult to intonate-- I could probably adjust the truss rod and get it to work just fine.
Three years ago, I saw a Carlo 3/4 all-mahogany guitar on sale at Sam Ash, walked into the store, played it for two minutes, and then stole it for $140. It is almost certainly Chinese. The intonation and action are way better than they have any tight to be, and so is the sound. Recorded with a large diaphragm condenser microphone-- I've used two, an old Oktava and a more recent Turnstile (also Chinese)-- no one can believe all the sound that comes out of that little thing with minimal processing, just EQ and some reverb. And all this considering that 3/4 guitars do not even have all the harmonics that large-bodied guitars do.
You could say that the two Carlo acoustics make me sound like a far better musician than I actually am. My buddy has a Gibson and a Martin, and both sound better than any of my guitars-- but their action is high, and my arthritis is bad.
The Moto is great for intermediate-advanced trails, though I have to stop a lot due to the low-powered motor and the limits of my own body, and the Marin is great for the mean streets of Hollywood, bad roads in the hills, and intermediate trails.
That is ridiculous. It is like saying a luthier does not build anything because when they modify, restore, or rebuild a guitar, they buy the frets from one company, the pickups from another, they order a heavy duty input jack from a third company, uses a graphite nut made by a fourth company, and tuners made by a fifth company, and then file, shave, glue, screw, and bolt them into place. No one tells a luthier, "You didn't manufacture the frets yourself." Both craftsmen build to an owner's specifications, advising them what choices are impractical, unwise, or will require workaround or refits later down the road on a custom job.
If you choose, or help the owner select, parts and design custom fittings for them, and modify them for the owner's specific use-case scenario-- advise them on whether to fill the motor with grease, go with different bearings, or use special ventilation or sensors, you are a bike builder and mechanic. My Marin ("Mercury") was built, or 'designed by,' Pedaluma.
Stefan has also previously accused Pedal of building overpowered monsters. Mercury maybe an outlaw by specs, but cannot exceed 28 MPH on level ground, really more like 26 MPH, because physics and biology do not allow a human body to pedal any faster than that given the gear ratios.
I agree with Stefan there. I think traveling with that many guitars is excessive, particularly for the kind of music U2 plays. The Edge could probably get by with three, or six if he wanted a backup for each. It's a waste of energy and inefficient. I play much smaller shows, but I can do four dates and fit my clothes, pedal board, and guitar in the overhead bin and under the seat in front of me, and use whatever amp is in the back line, or that the other band members bring.
Edge does use delay. Listen to "Streets with No Name." It is the delay unit that gives the hook its distinctive sound-- e.g., the guitar playing itself. Many guitarists had been doing the same thing for years (including myself) before he 'invented' that sound. It's not a big deal.I do not think Edge plays Chinese crap guitars or applies a throttle (so the guitar plays itself)
The brand Carlo Robelli is a good case in point r.e. Chinese guitars, though they've been made in Korea or Japan at various times. I have a Carlo Robelli dreadnaught that is probably Japanese; the action is insanely low, the intonation is so perfect it sounds like it's in tune even when it's not, and the neck has not moved a millimeter in a quarter century-- it still plays the same way it did since I saw it hanging, by itself, over the door in a hallway at Sam Ash, and asked, "What about that one?" I think it sounds better than some Martins and cost me $189. I got another Carlo Robelli travel guitar, probably Korean, with a built in speaker and full scale next that I played for 15 years before the neck began to move, and it became difficult to intonate-- I could probably adjust the truss rod and get it to work just fine.
Three years ago, I saw a Carlo 3/4 all-mahogany guitar on sale at Sam Ash, walked into the store, played it for two minutes, and then stole it for $140. It is almost certainly Chinese. The intonation and action are way better than they have any tight to be, and so is the sound. Recorded with a large diaphragm condenser microphone-- I've used two, an old Oktava and a more recent Turnstile (also Chinese)-- no one can believe all the sound that comes out of that little thing with minimal processing, just EQ and some reverb. And all this considering that 3/4 guitars do not even have all the harmonics that large-bodied guitars do.
You could say that the two Carlo acoustics make me sound like a far better musician than I actually am. My buddy has a Gibson and a Martin, and both sound better than any of my guitars-- but their action is high, and my arthritis is bad.
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Sorry about this, Taylor. I know you posted about the fall. I gotta find the post where you described it.
Hope you feel safe enough to do some riding, and find a route or bike that's safer for you. I get it that the day comes when we have to stop, but even sports I've 'stopped' like body boarding, I'd never say never. The right time, the right spot, and I'd be back in the water.
I stopped skiing in 2019, but started again last year. Had a minor injury, doc said it wasn't too bad, so I got in four days this year. All of them were really memorable.
Hang in there man. Stay fit, stay healthy, and stay safe as best you can.
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