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    Pic of the Day

    First ride for 6 weeks after an OTB and a couple of days in hospital. Marvellous even though it was chilly, plus an accident certainly makes for a nervous ride down anything interesting LOL.
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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?

    Go for a short ride in turbo, or lift the rear off the ground and put a cable-tie round the handlebar switch to engage walk mode (make sure the pedals are clear and it's secure!) - this takes a lot longer than a short ride in turbo. Anything less than 80% would be my aim.
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    Hows everyone getting on with their New AMflow

    Once those tariffs bite it won't be affordable anyway! All the more for Europe 👍
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    Cheap Smart Watch which shows battery % ??

    The Amazfit is great for tracking time/distance metrics plus a downloadable GPS track, but AFAIK it only shows the battery % of the watch, not your bike. If you can get it to show bike battery level please post how.
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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?

    Buy a mechanical 24hr timer and charge it for the recommended time before you ride, that's what I do. Bike gets charged to 60% after a ride and stored. On the night before a ride I set the timer for 2hrs starting at 6am (5hrs is a full charge, so to add another 40% needs 2hrs).
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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?

    100% means it's fully charged, anything else is pretty irrelevant. Just like the rest of the bike won't be like new - brake fluid, chain/gears, suspension, bearings - all used but it still works OK for most of us so 100% ready to go until things need replacing or break.
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    Pic of the Day

    Wrong . . in case you need it spelling out! 🤣
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    Pic of the Day

    Weather vanes point to the direction the wind is blowing from, so that stupid app mimics a weather vane showing the wind is from the SW i.e. a south-westerly which blows towards the NE . . just saying.
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    Orbea Rise Hydro series reliability?

    I've done 3,000km trouble free in 2 yrs on my H15. The rear hub problem was down to a batch of sub-standard hubs used when they had supply problems with the standard one. The frame crack seems to have affected a small number of bikes, but the lifetime guarantee sorts that out. It's not an euro...
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    Dji avinox- Amflow

    There is no downside apart from unknown long term issues - same or better spec cf existing new models at that price WRT frame and weight, with bigger battery and more power. What else comes close?
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    Pic of the Day

    You're higher up so not breathing much of what the wheels kick up, and millions of years of evolution means your lungs can cope with "normal" dust (asbestos, maybe not so much . .).
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    Pic of the Day

    Just cracked a rib and bruised a kidney after an OTB on a slippy descent so out for weeks. Should have listened to my instinct . . watch that mud!
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    EP8 with belt drive

    Says derailleur or hub gears, so it's a no from me.
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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?

    I agree, and yet multiple folk charge theirs to 100% after every ride and never suffer degradation . .
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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?

    Why, when manufacturers say store at 60-80% ? Charging to 100% allows the cells to balance for optimum range and performance. Charging to less amplifies small differences between cells which may mean individual cells get a deep discharge which isn't good.
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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?

    I always charge to 60-70% because that's what Shimano say to store at, so it doesn't matter if I don't ride it for a few days, and also if I forget to charge, or the timer fails, or if I don't have time I can still go straight out for a decent ride.
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    Pic of the Day

    Edible if prepared correctly, and hallucinogenic - allegedly Viking Beserkers ate them before going mental. Might be worth eating before trying a triple black DH route . .
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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?

    Shimano say don't charge below 0c, don't use below -10c and don't store below -20c so it should be fine.
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    Pic of the Day

    Full bike clean needed after every ride now even on sunny days 🙁
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    Dji avinox- Amflow

    How many engine sizes do eMTBs come in? How complicated is an engine vs. how simple is a frame? Makes you think . .
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