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PedalUma reacted to BlackHand's post in the thread Sometimes you feel like a mid, sometimes you don't.... with
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All this talk about throttles as a backup for component failure reminds me that my daughter's bike stopped working one day and she had... -
PedalUma reacted to Jeremy McCreary's post in the thread Sometimes you feel like a mid, sometimes you don't.... with Like.
My Specialized Vado SL 1 mid-drive cost almost 3 times as much as my wife's Velotric Breeze hub-drive. The SL's a masterpiece, but the...
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PedalUma reacted to RunForTheHills's post in the thread Sometimes you feel like a mid, sometimes you don't.... with Haha.
Also, I paid as much for my wife's Brompton Electric and I hate that bike.
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PedalUma reacted to RunForTheHills's post in the thread Sometimes you feel like a mid, sometimes you don't.... with Like.
It's always more to build from a frame than buy a complete bike. I knew what I was signing up for when I started the project.
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PedalUma reacted to RunForTheHills's post in the thread Sometimes you feel like a mid, sometimes you don't.... with Like.
My Disc Trucker has a Grin GMAC kit on it. Not a single component on that bike could be considered cheap or low quality. I built it up...
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PedalUma reacted to Jeremy McCreary's post in the thread Sometimes you feel like a mid, sometimes you don't.... with Haha.
I can vouch for that. Broke a chain on my 70 lb hub-drive early in my ebike career. Only took half a mile of pushing it, partly uphill...
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PedalUma reacted to 6zfshdb's post in the thread Sometimes you feel like a mid, sometimes you don't.... with Like.
I don't want to start a throttle war here, but for some, a hub with throttle offers more breakdown protection. If you break a chain...
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PedalUma reacted to fooferdoggie's post in the thread Sometimes you feel like a mid, sometimes you don't.... with Like.
unless its really cheap components, shifting is long-lasting. I have 20,000 miles on my original derailer. I shift a lot because I used...
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DaveMatthews replied to the thread Can 36v be better than 48?.Interesting that Giant seems to be starting down the 48v path after years running 36v. -
PedalUma reacted to mrgold35's post in the thread Sometimes you feel like a mid, sometimes you don't.... with Like.
I went from "fall off a log easy" 750w 7 speed hub drive Radrover to a 1000w 10 speed mid-drive Himiway Cobra Pro. It is similar to...
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stompandgo replied to the thread Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026.It depends on what groupset that they are using on any particular bike in any particular event. The UCI tried restricting gearing to... -
mschwett replied to the thread Can 36v be better than 48?.almost all ebike motors are geared tho, so the relationship between the motor speed and the wheel speed is whatever the motor... -
Jeremy McCreary reacted to Underdog's post in the thread A Question for Massachusetts E-Bikers with Like.
Where I live in PA, "No motorized vehicles" means anything with a gas powered engine. Cars, ATV's, Motorcycles, are not allowed, but... -
Underdog replied to the thread A Question for Massachusetts E-Bikers.Where I live in PA, "No motorized vehicles" means anything with a gas powered engine. Cars, ATV's, Motorcycles, are not allowed, but... -
An excellent idea! I called the Pedego Cape Cod E-bike rental shop and asked about the legality of riding the cape MUP's. There was a...