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    Has the 2nd hand market bubble finally burst ?

    The trouble with used e-bikes is the paucity of aftermarket replacement parts at a reasonable price. For most regular non-e-bikes parts other than the actual frame can be substituted and are usually switched out by owners for personal preference. The electronics including e bike motors need to...
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    27.5 vs 29” let’s Mass debate !! What’s best ??

    I have 2 29" acoustic and 1 27.5 PLUS commencal meta power. I roll over things and don't launch. Mostly NorCal and Sedona single track. The footprint of 27.5 plus yields great traction on almost all surfaces. Most shredders are youngsters who are seeking to launch and I can't speak for that part...
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    Levo SL Gen 1 2022 Levo SL

    So two near ide tical rides back to back. ( Auburn, CA both days little trail smoke so while NORCAL is on fire , we even watched the River fire from a peak blow up) so if I did it right the first ride. Whick is titled Analogue is on my ripmo af and my second one is on my commencal meta power...
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    Shimano Battery Life Poll

    Well I was riding with my boost obsessed buddy on a super hot NorCal day and my bike shot out an error code and turned off . It all got too hot. Back in trail it was fine. Yes extremely unscientific!!
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    Shimano Battery Life Poll

    Plus if you're one of those fanatics that rides all the time and boost then whatever is going on with your battery you shouldn't be doing that they didn't design these motors to run boost all the time the battery draw is way too much and they get too hot and they degrade even faster so if you...
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    Shimano Battery Life Poll

    How much is lost ? So from what I've read previously to this post is that one of a stack of 10 batteries and there are five stacks has decreased performance and is putting out a voltage less than the 3.6 think that's the number that is within specs. So that one bad cell is responsible for the...
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    Shimano Battery Life Poll

    Does all this translate to less mileage and less elevation from one full charge? I can definitely agree with Shimano and rejecting all of these claims if in fact you can't prove significantly decreased mileage or elevation I don't see how in the world you have a issue.
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    Shimano Battery Life Poll

    Okay so you're using some kind of app that measures the total charge that the battery carries after being fully charged by an oem Shimano charger is that correct? So I bought a second battery when my first battery was giving me I guess around 80% of its original energy but it was fully charged...
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    Shimano Battery Life Poll

    Again I will ask the same question: what is exactly being measured and how is it measured.
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    Shimano Battery Life Poll

    Just to be sure on this statement 80% does that mean that it charges to all five bars and then you get 20% less miles before the battery turns off or 20% less climbing or both or is there something else that is being measured
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    Swalbe Ice Spike Pro (29 x 2.25) full destruction after 6 months!? Why?!

    I've never used these tires nor do I live in this colder climate as you do. You're using the wire bead with a tube I would suggest you go for the new ones that just came out that are foldable and you run them tubeless if and only if there are sealants that are viscous at the temperatures that...
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    After full charge ...

    So forget for a second whether you should ever fully charge your battery, I charge my battery using the stock Shimano charger and then it turns off. My first question is: how much of the total charge that was put into the battery is lost for 24 hours when off the charger and second question is...
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    Charging ebike battery from a leasure battery?

    Why exactly did a post on using a battery to charge a battery turn into using a running vehicle 's alternator to charge up a battery ??
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    Pedaling resistance with motor off

    Here's another way on e8000 to maximize what the motors inertia will accomplish for you is if you go out riding on relatively up and not too steep but a roller coaster type of stuff and you'll find that if you let the bike slow down too much on the way up the hill vis-à-vis what gear you're in...
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    Pedaling resistance with motor off

    Funny that you say that because you can feel the inertia stored in the engine and I use it all the time if you match your effort directly to the store inertia the bike is much easier to ride with the battery off so whether or not you say there is one and I know you take things apart I know you...
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    Pedaling resistance with motor off

    My experience is entirely with the Shimano e8000. I have recently been experimenting with getting greater distance out of a single battery charge with the 504 battery.commencal meta power. 1. There is some kind of spinning device in the motor that stores rotational speed. The easiest way to...
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    Charging ebike battery from a leasure battery?

    Some of the videos I have watched seem a bit extreme. There are people who want to have the ability to have a completely off the grid life for extended periods of time not using fossil fuel. And on The other extreme are the people who are going to spend the night or two out and don't have a plug.
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    Second set of wheels for occasional road rides

    Agreed. I'm using a pixel 4a which is too tiny for my paws. I get so lazy doing voice to text via the Google app, that I forget to instruct Google to insert punctuation. And then I realize that half the words are misinterpreted by Google. So, I've been using abbreviations that don't make any...
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    Charging ebike battery from a leasure battery?

    I looked at pure sine wave stiff and it isn't very pricey for a simple one.
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    Charging ebike battery from a leasure battery?

    So how finickey is a oem Shimano charger ? It's working voltage is 100- 240 volts I believe. I'm sure a pure sine wave inverter is obviously a better item than the $69 Walmart variety. But is there any hard data on the need for a pricey sine wave inverter. I do understand that amongst the hard...
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