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The Bicycle Thread - March 2021
March 4, 2021 | The Bicycle Thread

Posted on 03/03/2021 11:18:26 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper

Welcome to The Bicycle Thread. A monthly PING List for bicycle enthusiasts to share experiences, information and ideas.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Hobbies; Sports
KEYWORDS: bicyclethread
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1 posted on 03/03/2021 11:18:26 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: KC_Lion; daniel1212; Bartholomew Roberts; IronJack; A Cyrenian; sphinx; DainBramage; ...
The Bicycle Thread PING! 🚴‍♂️

Was 65 degrees some days ago. Now with the wind chill it is almost freezing.

2 posted on 03/03/2021 11:21:19 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

There was a bicycle shop below us however they moved into a new building a few blocks away.
Which is good for them because it has four times more space.

But what do you think opened as soon as they moved?

A new bicycle shop!


3 posted on 03/03/2021 11:25:47 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

My kid wants a battery bike, i dont know much about them.

Ask me about vintage columbus or 531 with campy or dura ace and i can tell you all about it...

Anyway he needs a city bike with good hill ability.

I am thinking about getting a bafang 750w kit with crank drive instead of a wheel motor. What do you all think?


4 posted on 03/04/2021 12:03:47 AM PST by algore
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To: Berlin_Freeper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEpD9RH-Wds


5 posted on 03/04/2021 1:20:45 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (This space for rant.)
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To: algore

I think a kid should learn to ride un assisted. Just get him a good rode or gravel bike and let him learn to use gears.
E bikes are expensive and heavy if he has to pedal it when the battery dies.


6 posted on 03/04/2021 1:33:27 AM PST by DainBramage
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To: algore

So for an e-bike newbie some general truisms.

Higher voltage (24/36/48) = higher power, higher top speed.

Lead acid batteries are cheaper but bigger and heavier than LIPO, LIFE (lithium).

State/city laws vary, check yours. Some state anything that is self-propelled is a moped, requiring a moped permit. Others may state a threshold on the power of the motor (500W, 750W) determines something (license to operate, registration, etc.), or a max top speed (15mph, 20mph, ...) is the trigger.


7 posted on 03/04/2021 1:36:03 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I biked in Berlin a few years ago. Great Stadt for it with all the lanes.


8 posted on 03/04/2021 3:06:39 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Rode outdoors this past weekend for the first time in a while - 48 & 38 miles Saturday & Sunday, respectively. Not bib-shorts weather, but spring is in the air!


9 posted on 03/04/2021 4:58:20 AM PST by Be Free (When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Thank You for the thread and post FRiend!


10 posted on 03/04/2021 5:44:30 AM PST by KC_Lion
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To: Berlin_Freeper
OUTTAKES - basketball on bike 😂
11 posted on 03/04/2021 5:44:55 AM PST by KC_Lion
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Just got a 2021 Giant Revolt 2 gravel bike. My grandkids were cracking up how excited grandpa got over his new bike!

I hope to get it in to a bike shop to swap the 170 FSA cranks to 165 Shimano ones. That seems be the cutoff for my arthritic knees. Never had a 165 give me a lick of problems, never had a 170 that didn’t.

As I was checking around I found that there are a lot of women whom tend to be smaller than men that have that problem too. Their $$$ bike is a torture device until they get something like 135 cranks then they love it.

I have no idea why the industry doesn’t seem to realize this. 165 is the shortest crankarm you can get from a mainstream bike manufacturer.


12 posted on 03/04/2021 7:57:51 AM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Dems: We cheated fair and square!!!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I just bought a magnetic resistance trainer so my legs don’t kill me once I start riding to work next month. Stairs work a bit, but using the actual bike seems better somehow. Five minutes increase per day, until I get up to an hour. Then I start turning the resistance up until I can ride uphill all the way. Both ways (VBEG).


13 posted on 03/04/2021 11:59:34 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Girl Biker Performs - pretty good display
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB3qTVg3hhs


14 posted on 03/04/2021 5:11:30 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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A 3 part series !
Wait till he pumps up the tires and adjust the brakes!

James May builds a bicycle | Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ESJpgEC6g


15 posted on 03/04/2021 5:22:44 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

24 degrees right now.
I can wait some days but then I want to hit it Big Time.


16 posted on 03/05/2021 11:14:45 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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Viola always has a fun or pretty scene. 💖
She should get a bicycle TV show.
17 posted on 03/05/2021 11:21:59 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Rd later. Been a while since I used a bike as transportation, in Santa Festival, NM.


18 posted on 03/06/2021 12:06:00 AM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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YOGA on the BIKE 😳 I tried to do Yoga poses on my bike 😅
19 posted on 03/06/2021 3:43:40 PM PST by KC_Lion
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The outtakes shows how difficult that is. 👍


20 posted on 03/06/2021 10:24:35 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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