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HAMPSTEAD, Md. (BRAIN) — Maryland fire investigators say a 25-year-old man assembling a do-it-yourself e-bike caused a fire that destroyed a house.
No one was injured in the fire, which started Sunday afternoon.
According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal, Robert Floto was loading...
Awesome to here; thank for the info.
There's quite a bit of negativity here lol. Don't forget this industry was founded by bikers and in general driven by bikers.
Year on year the bikes improve that's a fact, otherwise, I'd still be riding my Rockhopper with thumb shifters and a U-brake...
If you're after more miles, I'd buy a second battery.
I've been running carbon rims for 5 years; I've just put an insert in after this happened.
I was running stupidly low pressure and cased a root!
Night riding by james_mtb, on Flickr
I was speaking to a biker tester last night; he mentioned next year ebikes will be coming with shorter cranks and a DH rider had mentioned it was more difficult to balance with shorter cranks
Has anybody noticed the difference in balancing the bike? with the shorter stance\feet closer together.