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    Advice on e-bike kit/battery

    Haha! Jeepers I didn’t realize how freaked out I needed to be. It freaks me out how little I was freaked out!
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    Help me turn my touring bike into a car replacement

    Just my $.02, but don’t give up on the dd front hub too soon. I am having a great time with mine, and I’ve never had an issue with traction (yet). Front wheel motor has a few advantages and I’m super glad I chose it. It is a 1500w 9C kit from Grin. It is simple, reliable, silent, and easy to...
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    Who here has/uses a Spoke Tension Meter?

    I have built probably a few hundred wheels using the park tool. Totally agree with everything -dg posted, its limitation is that it needs quite a bit of exposed spoke. The “pinging” for tune/sound of each spoke is not a viable technique, imo. I am often using a super thin gauge butted spoke...
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    New "Lingbei MM28.250 torque sensor mid drive"

    Sounds like a cool feature. Personally I’m only interested in the torque assist, but I can see how the TA could be nicely dialed in using the sliding scale you described. Really looking forward to hearing about Lingbei’s responses and the next firmware batch.
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    New "Lingbei MM28.250 torque sensor mid drive"

    Same here, waiting for an update! Probably should just buy one so lingbei knows I’m serious :idea:
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    XC rim or DH rim for 1500w hub motor?

    My vote would be DH all the way. You won’t really get the weight benefit of the lighter rim on your ebike, and xc rims usually have a narrower width as well. For my hub motor, I wanted as fat a tire as possible because of all the beneifits of more air volume. Sun rhyno lite xl is a great and...
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    New "Lingbei MM28.250 torque sensor mid drive"

    The updates are very appreciated. Really looking forward to more testing, thanks for sharing the details :)
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    Well, you did say "the ONLY reason they're so expensive..." is because of gullible suckers. I don't know enough about the nature of human desire to say if its right or wrong, and I don't know enough about "classical free market economics" to say whether or not a thing's ability to fetch a...
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    Agree with a lot of this. I can't find any objective testing either, but Global Cycling Network made what I consider a really good attempt at a test, with results that certainly surprised me. Granted, they are roadies, and the results only apply to road bikes on pavement. But at the end of the...
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    But boy have we seen some really good efforts in this thread! :lol:
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    Yeah, just a bunch of suckers! You nailed it! The ONLY reason that some bikes are expensive is because people are stupid! It must be nice to have such an authoritative knowledge of not just bike tech, but cyclists in general. A lot of people might think that your statement just sounds cynical...
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    I don’t doubt that you could. Cheers Chalo, you are a tenacious fellow. :P
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    Hmmm. I mentioned way back in one of my earlier posts that 20 years ago, “big players in the tandem industry made the same arguments against disc brakes that you’re making.” I’ve actually read the article above many years ago, it was an interesting test. I currently ride a Santana Noventa with...
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    Dude. 2003??? I will admit that I’ve tried to find some “objective evidence” for what I know to be true from my own experience, plus every single person I know who rides mtb. Turns out, the ONLY group of cyclists who even debates this issue, besides the quixotic hold-outs in endless sphere, is...
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    Old News Report - Anti-Bicyclists Trail Sabatoge

    Haha, true. Pretty messed up incident though!
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    Well, I hate to burst the bubble of authority, but I’ve also tuned thousands of bikes. I was lead mechanic at a high volume pro shop, I was a bike messenger for more than a decade, and I’ve raced as an amateur road, ‘cross, and xc competitor since the early 90s. Please don’t get me wrong; if we...
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    Ever read Don Quixote? Because your arguments bear a striking resemblance.
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    There just isn’t a big enough “face—>palm” emoji for some of these comments.
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    ^^^This.
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    Old News Report - Anti-Bicyclists Trail Sabatoge

    Exactly what is “suspicious” about that story?
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    ISO 20" wheel compatible frame

    Ouch! Looks like aluminum, is that correct? I’m sure someone on here will suggest fixing it. As for rebuilding your wheel for a new rim with beginner skills, it’s possible, we all started somewhere. If you end up keeping the radial spoke pattern that the wheel has now, it will be somewhat...
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    Some really bizarre assertions in here. The thread is about cost and people’s perception of value. Disc brakes are certainly not cost prohibitive. With all due respect to your experience and huge contributions to this forum, it’s like you’re stuck in a 1995 time warp. Your arguments are exactly...
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    That first pic is amazing. Blast from the past! I didn’t own a bike with discs until about five years ago. They certainly have changed for the better. One of the worst bicycle disc brake designs has to be that terrifying Phil wood thing from the late 70s(?) It had a rotor made out of an...
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    Fat Bike build 500W TSDZ2 Middle Motor

    I would love a fatbike in the stable as well. It’s amazing how long we all rode skinny rims and 2.1” tires, thinking those were “fat tires”!
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    Bike prices..... WTF?

    Oh man. Not sure if you read my earlier posts, but I’ll say it again: I love rim brakes, they are strong, reliable, and easy to maintain. Yes I do use kool stop pads. I do use brake arches when they’re needed. I used some pretty cool Paul cantilevers for cyclocross before v-brakes came out...
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