steve mercier
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why there is so much guano under my bike?
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Show us pictures of where you ride your ebikes!
Saratoga Dave
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Oh, not long... how hard could it be? Come on out and we’ll do the Lake George bike path.
PaD
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Impressive range people get from the Road-e and Yamaha 500Wh. I never calculated to get more than 60 miles from the 500Wh battery on my Specialized Vado last year. Frequent stops/starts and always carrying rear panniers (though small) on rides in the countryside can of course make a difference. Still the Yamaha seems to be possible to ride economically.
steve mercier
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A road bike is always going to go farther with its lighter weight , skinny tires and more aero positioning. It would be interesting to compare Bosch ,Brose ,Yamaha and Shimano motors on the identical bike with no other variables. That is impressive mileage and a nice looking bike!
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Saratoga Dave
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For the record, that's a new 2018 ToughRoad. Absolutely sensational bike. The range has surpassed any expectations I might have had for my third ebike.
PaD
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Thank you for info. I had only heard about Quick-e and Road-e. The ToughRoad seems great.
DaveMatthews
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How do you like having no suspension? My Fathom has front but it's a hardtail.
Saratoga Dave
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It’s fine so far. It has quite large tires (50) which do a good job of soaking up impact. My last bike had a simple front shock and 38mm tires and was much more abrupt than this.
Only 220 miles on it though, hardly any real off-road yet. My usual trails are all waterlogged - we’ve had flood warnings constantly since I bought it. Things have to dry up sooner or later! I’m really looking forward to getting this out in the weeds a bit.
I like those Fathoms! Giant has a hell of a good line of bikes going.
Only 220 miles on it though, hardly any real off-road yet. My usual trails are all waterlogged - we’ve had flood warnings constantly since I bought it. Things have to dry up sooner or later! I’m really looking forward to getting this out in the weeds a bit.
I like those Fathoms! Giant has a hell of a good line of bikes going.
DaveMatthews
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Thanks for the info! When my tires wear out I'm thinking to get something less knobby/more cross usage style. I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on what your Toughroad has. Will probably go tubeless at that point as well.
Yeah, the Fathom has been awesome so far!
Alaskan
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I had to get our boat's life raft down to Seattle for annual service and re-certification. While I was in the city waiting, I took a ride around Green Lake and then met up with Dan Richman, an ebike buddy I met on this forum. Dan rides a Riese & Muller Supercomuter Rohloff HS. We had a great ride on the Burke Gillman Trail from Ballard, along Lake Union, through the University of Washington and on the Magnusen Park. It was a lovely day, we had a fun ride, we swapped bike for a while. The Supercomuter is an impressive bike. Dinner at Senor Moose in Ballard to cap it off. Truly a fun afternoon.
steve mercier
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It is the wind chill factor ...because they ride so fast !
Jaxx
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Alaskan
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Today's ride with a couple dozen roadies and a recent convert due to atrial fibrillation. The beautiful irony is that he spat our cheater in my directions a year ago and now he is all gonzo about his haibike. It was that or stop pedaling. This ride consumed 50% of two batteries.
Jaxx
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This is where my Sunday ride got me today, the courtyard? Cutting back the the ivy covered walls (there's a lot of it) in preparation for planting the Spring wall baskets (there's a lot of them) Given it another coup!e of weeks, to make sure we are free of air frost.
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RabH
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Today was the first motorcycle race meeting of the season and with the forecast showing 57F and light winds it was perfect e bike weather, it would have been very easy to jump on my motorbike but I wanted a workout 
With the light winds it actually felt much warmer than 57F when the sun decided to peek through the clouds but it was a different story when it disappeared! 76 very enjoyable miles today which takes my 2019 total to 1287 and my climb total on my gps is now at 998,343 feet, next ride should see me reach one million feet of climbing since the end of 2011 Sunday's don't get much better than this back to reality tomorrow
With the light winds it actually felt much warmer than 57F when the sun decided to peek through the clouds but it was a different story when it disappeared! 76 very enjoyable miles today which takes my 2019 total to 1287 and my climb total on my gps is now at 998,343 feet, next ride should see me reach one million feet of climbing since the end of 2011 Sunday's don't get much better than this back to reality tomorrow Attachments
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Saratoga Dave
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Apparently the only decent weather day this week, so went out and got after it. John Boyd Thatcher State Park in New York, about 25 miles from our house. The city of Albany is barely visible above the panniers on my bike in the wide shot, way out there. Worth the ride up!
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DaveMatthews
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Yesterday's ride was a quicky through the neighborhood, and then down under the Alex Fraser Bridge.
Ran across a group of about 60 people or so having some sort of congregation with guitar, indigenous drums and more
First ride of the year with short sleeves! Yay! This path runs beside some railway tracks, next to Burns Bog, North Delta, B.C.
Ran across a group of about 60 people or so having some sort of congregation with guitar, indigenous drums and more
First ride of the year with short sleeves! Yay! This path runs beside some railway tracks, next to Burns Bog, North Delta, B.C.
Alaskan
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Yesterday's ride was a 52 mile, rocker ride. I put two full batteries on board, put the bike into EMTB mode, and leaned in on the pedals, averaging 112 watts of personal output. a cadence of 70 and 17mph. It was sunny, not too warm and quite windy so a good portion of the ride was spent pushing into 15-20 mph winds. It has been a month since getting back on a bike following recuperation from the car door in the quad. I feel like I am back significantly stronger that before getting doored. It seems like riding this ebike transforms and heals so many different things, both physical and spiritual.
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