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Slim This space for rent
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Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:43 am
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Looks pretty sweet.
"Lean mean money-making-machines serving fiends"
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Cyclopath Faster than light
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Thu Jul 18, 2019 11:48 pm
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
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Mon Jul 29, 2019 8:56 am
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I've been riding my acoustical bike a bit. It feels like riding a feather and my ebike feels like an elephant. Thinking about upgrading the ebike to something lighter. Trek and Giant will be my brands of choice as they have dealers kind of nearby.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
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Mon Jul 29, 2019 8:58 am
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And it is a stealth ebike.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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Randito Snarky Member
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Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:38 pm
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treeswarper wrote: |
And it is a stealth ebike. |
And costs as much as a late model used car.
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Tom Admin
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Mon Jul 29, 2019 3:06 pm
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What else would you expect from Specialized?
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Cyclopath Faster than light
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Tue Jul 30, 2019 11:27 pm
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RandyHiker wrote: | And costs as much as a late model used car. |
This stuff is still pretty new. The market will sort itself out, but I'll take time.
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Cyclopath Faster than light
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Tue Jul 30, 2019 11:28 pm
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treeswarper wrote: |
And it is a stealth ebike. |
And a looker! Except for the sidewalls.
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Cyclopath Faster than light
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Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:08 pm
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Is it common practice among e-riders to get rid of the tires that came with the bike and replace them with low energy ones?
A difference of 0.1 coefficient of rolling resistance = 1% hill gradient in terms of energy use. Save me ~30w at speed, and that's with skinny tires.
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Tom Admin
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Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:34 pm
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
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Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:55 pm
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Cyclopath wrote: | Is it common practice among e-riders to get rid of the tires that came with the bike and replace them with low energy ones?
A difference of 0.1 coefficient of rolling resistance = 1% hill gradient in terms of energy use. Save me ~30w at speed, and that's with skinny tires. |
I don't think so. I have a bulky beastly fat tired bike. I did have the tires localized with heavy duty liners and slime and tubes. Goatheads happen.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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Slim This space for rent
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Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:54 pm
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treeswarper wrote: | Cyclopath wrote: | Is it common practice among e-riders to get rid of the tires that came with the bike and replace them with low energy ones?
A difference of 0.1 coefficient of rolling resistance = 1% hill gradient in terms of energy use. Save me ~30w at speed, and that's with skinny tires. |
I don't think so. I have a bulky beastly fat tired bike. I did have the tires localized with heavy duty liners and slime and tubes. Goatheads happen. |
I have a RAD fat tire bike also and replaced the stock Kenda's with some better rolling, more puncture resistant Maxxus tires. Added tuffy liners and slime like you. Totally worth it. Who wants a flat tire in the backcountry ?
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Cyclopath Faster than light
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Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:18 pm
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Interesting. Thanks all of you for sharing your opinions and experience.
How long does it take to change a flat? Do you carry a spare tube and CO2?
Is slime the same thing as sealant? People are having good results putting sealant in their tubes, if you're not pumping your tires up to 120 psi it works very well. (I haven't used tubes in years, the tires go on the rim, sealant in the middle, I've run over glass and got small punctures that sealed up on their own, very small loss of air.)
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Tom Admin
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If need to replace the tire on a hub motor wheel it would take a bit longer since you'd need to disconnect the electronics from the hub to remove the wheel. On non-hub wheel or mid-drive e-bike it wouldn't take much longer than a regular bike.
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Randito Snarky Member
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Cyclopath wrote: | Is slime the same thing as sealant? |
Slime is A sealant, but perhaps not the best. Stan's is a sealant that lead the industry in developing tubeless tires for mountain bikes. For riding in areas infested with Goatheads it's pretty essential to actually riding instead of spending the day patching.
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