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    Trail Tool Time

    That's not a Douglas Fir, the bark is wrong, the saw chips are too white (Doug Fir is quite orange-looking) and it has too much branching for the size of the trunk.
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    Trail Tool Time

    Your handle is "Stihldog" and you don't have a chainsaw? 🤔 O.K. then, I love my gas Stihl's for bigger stuff but the tiny Milwaulkee M12 Fuel cordless chainsaw is the ticket for light trailwork. For it's size and weight it packs a punch and, perhaps more importantly, the batteries last a...
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    Bosch Nyon - display heart rate data from Apple Watch?

    I had a Garmin GPSMap 276c and 376c and thought they had the most useable GPS out there for motorcycle road use (too big for a bicycle). Awesome units, pretty easy to use (once you took the time to learn how) and supremely powerful in terms of customization. But these units had their roots in...
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    Race organizers against eMTBs

    I bet they had a lot of takers for that! Sarcasm? Who me? Never! In any case, it's not really an eBike if there is no electricity...
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    Race organizers against eMTBs

    I don't see the problem. They organized the race and take all the risk, they can choose what kind of race it is. They probably should have resisted the temptation to explain *why* it's not an eBike race, but that's their prerogative too.
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    Phone and car keys

    I've been using cell phones for three decades and I've never had one fail besides a cracked screen that left the phone fully functional. Regardless, there is a first time for everything, and my car came with plastic key cards that require no batteries, are thinner than a credit card, survive...
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    Let’s see your Scott eMTB pics

    I've found the 29" wheels to roll more smoothly and with less wasted energy over roots and rocks and it works on both front and back wheels.
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    Phone and car keys

    My phone IS my car key, whenever my phone is within 5 feet of the car it will be unlocked, it locks as soon as I walk away. The phone goes in my fanny pack.
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    Do's and Don'ts for e-bike battery care. What do you do to keep your battery performing at its best?

    The balancing happens during the final stages of charging from 90%-100%. This is necessitated by the shape of the voltage curve as each individual cell accepts more charge energy. During the bulk absorption phase the cell can accept a lot of current without the impacting the cell voltage as...
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    Do's and Don'ts for e-bike battery care. What do you do to keep your battery performing at its best?

    The reason you can eek a longer life out of the battery by gaming the system is because the engineers who design the charging parameters are playing a balancing act between weight of the battery, life of the battery (how long of a warranty they can offer) and the range of the bike (as well as...
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    Scott eRide Strike 2022

    I have a MudRocker on the rear of my Scott Strike eRide and it's a bit pricey but totally worth it for it's function and well-thoughtout design. It fits like it was made for the bike and stays put. On the front I have a Muckynutz and it pretty much sucks. The plastic is too flimsy (not stiff...
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    Is Canyon changing to Bosch

    Canyon has used Bosch motors for at least a couple of years on their gravel Grail: ON line. I can only assume they have had a good experience with those. I have two e-bikes with Bosch motors and am a huge fan. My Canyon Grail has the 4th Gen Speed line motor and there is no temptation to...
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    AXS Destroying SRAM Cassettes?

    I back off pedal pressure about 1/4 to a 1/2 second before I click the shifter and start applying pressure almost immediately after clicking the shifter. That's with the rear cassette, I've never ridden AXS with a front derailleur. No problems yet.
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    Selling an emtb - no warranty

    As someone who puts their eMTB away in the winter months and switches to an avid storm/powder skier, and an owner of a Tesla AWD Model 3 for 5 years, I can tell you this EV is the best ski car I've ever had including Volvo's, VW's, and Subaru's. The reduced range in winter is not a problem...
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    Selling an emtb - no warranty

    Yes, that's a positive development so non-Tesla owners don't need to rely entirely on unreliable, expensive, and often oddly placed third-party charging networks, but my point was that Tesla will not open 100% of the Supercharge network to other auto brands - an EV road-tripper will only have...
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    Selling an emtb - no warranty

    I'm accustomed to seeing a certain amount of EV ignorance on the Internet in general, but I didn't think I would find it on an eBike forum! My wife and I have two Model 3's we bought 5 years ago and they are the best cars we've ever had. Even on roadtrips. I don't know how much truth there is to...
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    All about the 2021 Spectral:On

    The joke was you almost replaced everything but the frame. ;)
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    All about the 2021 Spectral:On

    I just found this thread. Nice looking bike with tons of $upgrade$! But I have to ask, how come you didn't upgrade the frame? ;)
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    Is it ok to hose wash an Ebike?.

    Only if you're a hoser!
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    Eagle Transmission Issue

    I dunno, it sounds like every Eagle "transmission" comes with a rear axle "torque wrench". Once it's properly setup, you just tighten the rear axle until the "transmission" cogs stop making a racket!
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