Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
If Spence doesn't show to next week's 200k on an Amish Scooter, I'm making fun of him all day for being weak.
E-bikes are a thing
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If Spence doesn't show to next week's 200k on an Amish Scooter, I'm making fun of him all day for being weak.
The Kalmyk
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Thank you and glad you are back on Strava😉🤘🏻🤘🏻
It is acknowledged that i have never done you line of work which is much harder than any pedal bike. ✊🏻✊🏻
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The Kalmyk
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Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Thank God, I thought you were gonna bring out the 650s 🤣
PS - I did this ride last year on a singlespeed 😘
i keep looking at my HR profile riding the eBike with bFat. Avg rate was 125bpm. I max out around 165 these days.
So I'm looking around at my other rides, and most of them are TM oriented, or casual. I did find the Stephen's race preview
from last year. Decent size group went out - my avg HR was 126.
distance and climbing were close enough - the big difference was the time.
Meaning the speed was higher. Was working just as hard. Put another way,
if I had the same amount of time, i'd do the same amount of effort, just cover more ground.
Here is an example of cheating.
So I'm looking around at my other rides, and most of them are TM oriented, or casual. I did find the Stephen's race preview
from last year. Decent size group went out - my avg HR was 126.
distance and climbing were close enough - the big difference was the time.
Meaning the speed was higher. Was working just as hard. Put another way,
if I had the same amount of time, i'd do the same amount of effort, just cover more ground.
Here is an example of cheating.
For an extra $20, i can get the tiles level in 1/2 the time using these clips, vs lifting them and adding more mud, or using a mallet to tamp them down.
Because we finished early, we went for a bike ride.
Because we finished early, we went for a bike ride.
The Kalmyk
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The Kalmyk
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Once companies start marketing ebikes hard to children they will improve their future sales.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
It's the Gateway Drug into a Tesla. Elon isn't gonna be the first Trillionaire by accident.
rick81721
Lothar
i keep looking at my HR profile riding the eBike with bFat. Avg rate was 125bpm. I max out around 165 these days.
So I'm looking around at my other rides, and most of them are TM oriented, or casual. I did find the Stephen's race preview
from last year. Decent size group went out - my avg HR was 126.
distance and climbing were close enough - the big difference was the time.
Meaning the speed was higher. Was working just as hard. Put another way,
if I had the same amount of time, i'd do the same amount of effort, just cover more ground.
Here is an example of cheating.
For an extra $20, i can get the tiles level in 1/2 the time using these clips, vs lifting them and adding more mud, or using a mallet to tamp them down.
Because we finished early, we went for a bike ride.
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You're an old man + casual/social rider = perfect demographic for an ebike. Pull the trigger!
PS when I get old I'm def getting one. 😃
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Went down a Rabbit Hole weighing these things today. The 33lb claim is for a stripped VadoSL5.0 in the XS. I sold the 5.0EQ on Friday before I cared about what they weighed so I'll have to wait to get another one to weigh it, but I'm going 37lbs. The 4.0EQ that I have is 38lbs on a bike scale.
The S-Works LevoSL is lighter, which is insane, but it's also $11,000 more 🤣
The S-Works LevoSL is lighter, which is insane, but it's also $11,000 more 🤣
JPark
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If anyone is looking to buy a Turbo Levo, Motorcycle Mall has a lot of inventory.
Never thought to check a motorcycle shop for a bicycle???
That's probably why they have so much inventory.
My friend went there and said the sales people know absolutely nothing about them.
Never thought to check a motorcycle shop for a bicycle???
That's probably why they have so much inventory.
My friend went there and said the sales people know absolutely nothing about them.
tonyride
Don't piss off the red guy
You're saying it is $11,000 more? Not $11,000 as if that's not pricey enough but it is $11,000 more? Wow. I'm deep in peasant territory.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Danimal
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Motorcycle mall is the worst dealership ever. They pulled some super shady shit on me when my ducati needed warranty work. They falsified an invoice that showed the repair was done when the part was never even ordered, and my bike was never even in their shop! Had to get confirmation from ducati na that the part was never ordered, or installed and the dealer still fought me when I showed them proof from ducati. They can eat the biggest bag of dicks
mfennell
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Yeah, I picked that up from them right away when I was shopping for a Husqvarna. I can't believe anyone deals with that nonsense.
Cross Country isn't getting any of my new bike money ever, either, after the sales guy lied to me but I've heard that their service department is not the worst. My friend said he'd let them do basic stuff on his DesmoRR. The parts department is pretty squared away too.
Danimal
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Its slim pickings nowadays with motorcycle shops, so it seems like they could care less about customer care since there's nowhere else to go.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
That's gotta be an awkward sales pitch. "Hey do want this Crotch Rocket, or for $10,000 more you can buy a bicycle?"
tonyride
Don't piss off the red guy
When I decided to buy my ebike I was at a Harley Davidson dealership in the Florida panhandle and there was a brand new motorcycle that costs just as much as my ebike does now. I told a co-worker about this who was with me at the time and he just couldn't wrap his head around how a "bicycle" can cost that much.