E-bikes are a thing
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serviceguy
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Did you really take a selfie with Josh Bryceland pleasuring himself in the background? LOL
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I've built about a dozen of those RadPower fat things. They are absolutely terrifying to ride. 28mph with a brake designed for a beach cruiser. Even with the brake dragging the whole time they will barely slow down, yet alone actually stop.
@UtahJoe and I ran into an older couple riding these things on some old woods roads up north of Splitrock earlier this year. We chatted with them and then they headed out, and we drove past them on the road, and they were barely able to even maintain a straight line. I can't imagine them riding those things in the woods.
sundaydoug
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Can confirm. A friend of mine bought a pair of 20" fat tire folding ebikes which I offered to help him work on. One of the bikes has mechanical disc brakes with 160mm rotors. Even properly adjusted I could barely slow myself down, and I'm only like 150lbs. And there are thousands of these things out there, mostly in the hands of people that bought them from the internet. Pretty scary.
I got some TRP HY/RD calipers installed and those helped big-time.
Come on RadPower are the "good" ones. The truly generic one's are the REALLY scary ones.
EJphotos
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I've thought about putting 4 piston calipers on my ebike converted bike. In the mean time I had upgraded to 180mm rotors which seemed to help a bit slowing down from higher speeds.
I'm probably going to convert that bike back to analog though, because I never use it anymore lol.
I'm probably going to convert that bike back to analog though, because I never use it anymore lol.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
That 70's dirtbike looking one that's popular. Sweet Jesus. We started charging $50 labor to change a flat and they need to bring in the tube. We still get 2 or 3 a week.
I've been charging $50 labor on all the ebikes and no one seems to bat an eye. They're all a pain in the ass.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Pedal assist ones are normal price. Like a Levo or whatever. Anything that takes only 1 person to put it in the stand. Once it gets 2 or more people involved $50!!
Unrelated. I'm gonna start changing like $100 a wheel for Cushcore. Takes more time than building a wheel from scratch.
Jim is so spot-on here. These and most of what people are buying online are absolute death sleds, not to be ridden off-road. If nothing else, a bike that weighs 30lbs more than the huffy you bought in 1999 should have better brakes. Some scary stuff passing for safe these days from the direct to consumer companies.
You guys need to work on one of these. It’s just as heavy as it looks. Been here for 3 flats this month.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
tonyride
Don't piss off the red guy
Did you see us pulling in to Baskin Robbins? Had to reward my son for sticking it out for so long at the shop.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I turned before then. I went to Vitamin Shoppe.
tonyride
Don't piss off the red guy
I think that's where my wife gets her shakes... or is that Green Acres?
mfennell
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That's weird. CHAOYANO tires have such a good rep. 🤣
Customer told me that they weren't braking as well and making some screeching sounds....80 lb bike 3 months old. Was terrified to even put it on my hitch rack to get it home.
