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    Motoped anyone ?

    How is something that heavy and large a "survival bike"? Seems to me a survival bike would be something lightweight and portable with as few parts as possible you could carry with you in the woods and over rocky terrain when not on a smooth path.
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    Starting to get pissed at the bike situation

    Yea, I kind of knew that but didn't want to admit it. For me, speed is not essential (and if it is, again, incorporating the modern instead of looking back, most any bike today can be fitted with an electric motor, as my Speed P8 is) but I suppose if you really want to cover some distance fast...
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    Starting to get pissed at the bike situation

    LOL...I somehow find this post hilarious. It reminds me of the disgruntled mechanic from Seinfeld. One day of browsing online and, you'll be happy to know, I'm already over large, lumbering fixies. It dawned on me you can get the same minimalistic elegance and class of a large fixie in a...
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    Starting to get pissed at the bike situation

    Thank you. I mean, is a hi ten steel frame bike really just going to break on someone from just casual riding? The way some forum members talk it sounds like all these millions of bikes made with hi ten steel are un-ridable, all a complete waste of resources and would melt like butter under your...
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    Starting to get pissed at the bike situation

    Although it's not necessarily the bicycle community's fault (I'm not pissed at anyone, just in general at the situation), I noticed a trend I find frustrating. I was browsing Google searching for advice on affordable fixies and each time I landed in a forum thread where the OP was looking for...
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    New 20" Shwalbe Marathon tires question

    Just received them today. I never ordered tires over the internet before. Should these things be a little bent out of shape? They look a little crushed like they were laying under boxes or something. Is this going to be a problem? Do they reshape themselves when they are put on? Thanks. Here...
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    Google Maps Setting Route Manually?

    I figured it out but, man, was that a headache. There were two trailing destination points (white circles) that I needed to manipulate forward. These control the auto movement of the previous parts of the route. They act like hinges for where the route will auto adjust as you move the leading...
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    Google Maps Setting Route Manually?

    hmm..thanks…i tried zooming in all the way then dragging the line forward but it still changes the route if try to go forward.
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    Google Maps Setting Route Manually?

    I'm in the middle of plotting a route in Google Maps. I'm plotting using the blue line that traces your route. I drag the end of the line forward depending on down which road I want to travel. The problem I'm having is when I get to a certain point and drag the end of the line forward, some of...
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    Trying to plot an all sidewalk/bike path route in NJ

    I agree sidewalks in a neighborhood setting with rows of driveways and trees can be extremely problematic. Luckily, the sidewalks I mostly will be dealing with are outside neighborhoods along major roadways, primarily used for walking, with not a lot of people using them, and with no connection...
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    Trying to plot an all sidewalk/bike path route in NJ

    Yes, they can be. However, as I mentioned previously, I am not interested in speed for this route but avoidance of cars. If a car is coming up on you very close and very fast, the driver is usually in control of your fate, which I hate. But if I see a pedestrian or a rough spot coming toward me...
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    Trying to plot an all sidewalk/bike path route in NJ

    I think this is actually going to work! Thanks, edcastrovalley! Last night, before I called it a night, I took one last stab at this, and I too settled on the Georgetown Franklin Turnpike! I followed the route in street view and sure enough, the vast part of it all the way up to...
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    Trying to plot an all sidewalk/bike path route in NJ

    Been at this all day. Starting from John Hall rd. I've plotted a route using google maps street view to Griggstown Canoe & Kayak Rentals 1076 Canal Rd Princeton, NJ 08540 with minimal vehicle interaction. If there's no sidewalk or bike path I've usually found a road not used a lot I will feel...
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    Should pedestrians be permitted on bike paths?

    Maybe but how often do you see a horse rider? Even in an equestrian town where I am right now, I rarely see a horse and rider on the road.
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    Anyone try to put a Physis 3D on a Dahon yet?

    It's supposed to be a superior handle post stem made by Tern. Tern is a cousin of Dahon and I'm wondering if their handle posts will fit on my Dahon. While by no means a trend, I have seen several threads online about Dahon handle posts cracking or even breaking off while riding. I'm probably...
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    Ebike Haters?????

    Holy crap, cveit50, I would have got his plate number, tracked him down and exposed his behavior publicly for the rest of his life. I would have done everything legally to make his life utter hell. No way is someone going to talk to me like that and get away with it. Of course, you were probably...
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    Anyone try to put a Physis 3D on a Dahon yet?

    I've stumbled on a few threads from recently and the past online where people have shared from bad experiences to mistrust of the handle post stem on a variety of folding Dahon's. This is starting to unsettle my confidence in my chosen machine. I have electrified my bike and I can't have the...
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    schwalbe big apple kevlar guard vs. marathon plus tires

    Thanks, I'm pretty sure it is too but I was wondering what the Kevlar guard in the big apples was for if not to also prevent punctures. Why waste money on a new set of tires if you don't have to, right?
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    schwalbe big apple kevlar guard vs. marathon plus tires

    Which is going to give me better puncture protection? I already have the Kevlar big apples on my dahon speed p8 but I'm going on my first long bike journey and want as little problems along the way as possible. Which tire means I will stop less to fix flats along the way? Going on a mixture of...
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    Folding Electric Bike

    I haven't installed the throttle on mine yet. I'm mostly concerned with the thick wire right at the fold right near where the battery pins are. It's already reinforced with insulation there, presumedly in anticipation of the folding action it would see. It may be just me being hyper-vigilant...
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    Should pedestrians be permitted on bike paths?

    The same argument could be made in favour of banning bicycles (electric or otherwise) from roads. . Really the same argument can't be made because cyclist have no demand or expectation of banning cars from roads. But you know pedestrians are going to use every little mishap on a trail...
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    Should pedestrians be permitted on bike paths?

    LOL. I like how you started off with a "share and share alike" attitude while the longer you talked about pedestrians the darker the cloud got in your head. LMAO. Just admit it, you would prefer pedestrians were not allowed on bike paths. :mrgreen: And they shouldn't be there. They have...
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    Should pedestrians be permitted on bike paths?

    I'm in central New Jersey, where soccer mom's with baby carriages reign supreme. I am saying the multi-use paths are the problem. Walkers and cyclists don't go together. Especially, since pedestrians have other places to walk.
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    California: AB2173 to classify a low-speed electric bicycle

    The problem is not electric bikes on bike paths. The problem is pedestrians on bike paths. Pedestrians already have sidewalks and running tracks and hiking trails of all kinds where they are not required to yield for anyone and no vehicles can go. There should be a place where electric bicycles...
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    Folding Electric Bike

    I have a Dahon Speed P8 with a Bionx kit installed on it. Should I be worried about damaging the wires when folding the bike? Especially the wires going to the battery? I bought the bike for its folding abilities and wouldn't want to lose that function now that the bike is wired. Anyone ever...
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