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    Paying for your EBike

    <photo snipped> Here's what I gave up: '02 CLK55. I wasn't driving it much, wife was nagging me to sell it, so I maliciously complied and brought home a Rail 5. That was two years ago. Got quite the eye roll at first - never mind building wheels, building another bike, etc - but now she's...
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    Chewed through a XG-1275 cassette pretty quickly ... alternatives?

    Last August I built a set of wheels with an XD hub body (White Industries XMR+) for my Trek Rail 5, to replace the stock wheels which had an HG hub body. I haven't counted the miles on the cassette, nor can I recall if I've used just one or two GX chains. After busting a link on the...
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    Rail (625Wh) Fourth time lucky?

    Wow, how did I ever miss that ... thanks!
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    Rail (625Wh) Anyone fit a Meg Neg on Rail 9.7 with conventional mount ?

    I installed one on my 2021 XL Rail 5, no fitment issues. I did notice that at first it lost air, and I check the pressure before every ride, but that seems to have more or less abated. I'm 220-225 depending on what I'm carrying, at 62 not terribly aggressive, and do not (yet) have a...
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    Rail (625Wh) Fourth time lucky?

    My "army green" 2021 Rail 5 has a few chips, mainly around the seat stay, a couple elsewhere, exposing the light/white undercoat. Does anyone know of a source for touch-up paint?
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    Powerfly Trek in U.S. 20 and 28 mph units?

    For myself, it's the 10% of the time that I'm on a roadway, usually 25mph limit, where I'd like a few more MPH. I built a wheelset with a SRAM XD hub so I've got one less tooth on the smallest cog; that ~8% difference keeps the cadence reasonable at low-to-mid-20 mph when I'm on a slight...
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    Bosch Nyon importing GPX routes....

    That would explain it - it's been driving me nuts trying to figure out what I need to do to get turn-by-turn back. @oceanskipper By 'export to ebike-connect' you mean the automatic push from komoot to bosch, not a manual import/export, right?
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    Nyon map screen not showing distance to next intersection?

    Just came across this post which may explain it Bosch Nyon importing GPX routes.... I have always planned routes on Komoot and you necessarily need waypoints to map a desired path from start to finish, but according to this post it seems something changed that breaks turn-by-turn on these sort...
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    For anyone thinking about changing the Tektro brakes...

    That's impressive, I'm surprised it didn't get hung up. I've dropped the motor a couple of times - new brakes, longer shifter cable housing needed after adding a few inches of rise via stem and bars - was pretty easy. Or should I say I lifted the motor as it was a lot easier flipping the...
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    Pic of the Day

    Yup, and on bikes like this (same mountain many moons ago)
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    Pic of the Day

    With bike
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    Pic of the Day

    Looking south towards SF from part way up Mt Tam
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    Nyon map screen not showing distance to next intersection?

    Not sure why but my Nyon’s map screen isn’t showing how far the next turn/intersection is anymore. In upper left corner it used to shows distance and direction of next turn. Suddenly not. Turn by turn directions is and has been enabled. Any ideas?
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    What did you buy your ebike this week?

    SRAM 12x grip/twist shifter. I jammed my right thumb a couple of weeks ago after a bee (!) flew into my mouth and stung me, more or less causing me to stop paying attention to the trail, resulting in front wheel washing out and down I went. There was no way I could shift with my thumb, and...
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    Rail (625Wh) XL Rail 5 dropper post upgrade - max insertion?

    I'm building a bike out of leftover parts from my continuing Rail upgrades. I picked up a Sonder Frontier frame/fork, and am building a commuter/urban warrior/light trail rigid 29er bike, and at some point I may slap a bafang middrive on it, too. The seat post is the last item on the list...
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    Rail (625Wh) Dropper seat post

    Except for this nifty device Breeze came up with:
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    Rail (625Wh) Knock Block issues possibly?

    I didn't even think of the CSU and just assumed the stem wasn't properly clamped to the steering tube. I wouldn't be riding that bike until it gets figured out. To the OP: knock block is supposed to prevent the crown from hitting the frame, no more or no less. No way should the bars be...
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    Rail (625Wh) Knock Block issues possibly?

    "the forks stop but the handlebars still turn more the fork like few more inches " How can the fork stop and the handlebars keep rotating unless the stem is rotating on the steering tube?
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    Trek eMTB Survey

    Agreed. An alloy Rail frameset would be a stripped down Rail 5 or 7 (the only difference between the two frameset-wise, in the US at least, would be the battery size). Comparing price ($900 diff) and specs of 7 and 9.7 (pretty much identical except for the frame material and purion $115 vs...
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    Trek eMTB Survey

    Spesh sells an s-works turbo levo frameset, would like to see Trek do the same, say carbon and alloy Rail framesets
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