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    Stolen! Orbea Wild 2023 -

    The US is a stuck in a perpetual cycle of gun hell. Luckily they have thoughts and prayers to fall back on after each school/shopping mall/workplace/anywhere-at-all shooting.
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    Rail chain line

    Does the chain roll off the chainring from the bottom when wheeling the bike backwards? Annoys the crap out of me having to loosen the chain guide to refit the chain...
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    5 broken ribs!

    Brother dropped his moto in his own driveway avoiding a car coming around a corner to visit him - broke 6 ribs. Been on painkillers for sleeping for nearly a year (a couple haven't knitted). Sometimes surgery is the best option at the beginning rather than wait and see if it will heal by itself...
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    Rail (750Wh) Rail with System Controller won’t power on (was very wet)

    I’m always impressed by the number of people that seem to have absolute faith in IP ratings..
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    Giant reign 2022 frame cracking

    Giant's reputation suffering doesn't bother them in the slightest. Way too big to care...
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    Going from an SL to full Ebike questions

    My group has gone to e-bikes so everyone had to go full fat to do the same sort of riding. Latest member to go electric is youngest and fittest (just podiumed in a 12hr endurance race riding. a hardtail). Anyone who wants to keep riding with the group needs full fat, we do long rides with lots...
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    Battery charging/storage safety box

    They will get a little warm during charging (insulated by the covers so you don't really feel it). Fires happen when a cell goes into thermal runaway, which rapidly spread to neighbouring cells...
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    Battery charging/storage safety box

    Good discussion- storing a battery below 80% is not only better in terms cell degradation; it's also less risky in terms of cell malfunction. Do you have a charging/storage box?
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    Broken bolts on Bosch CX motor

    What's up with the rusty coloured grease on the big gear? Does that indicate water ingress? Seems like quite a long way into the shaft to reach that gear...
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    Battery charging/storage safety box

    Risk reduction. Same reason people choose to wear FF helmets and googles, but not elbow pads. You can reduce your exposure to small device fires by not charging them overnight, unplugging them after charging, using a fire-proof wallet, not charging next to curtains/bedding etc. And if you are...
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    Broken bolts on Bosch CX motor

    My Trek guy who does all of their warranty repair work here suggests drilling and tapping the bracket mounts out to M6. Trek made a running change to M6 in 2022/23, which is an acknowledgement that the original M5 screws were under-spec'd.
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    Battery charging/storage safety box

    I'm not sure most fires are due to 'cheap' batteries. Samsung phones batteries, Sony laptop batteries etc aren't exactly cheap by definition and they have been implicated in many fires. A neighbor of a friend in my town had their new Range Rover PHEV burn their house down recently. My point is...
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    Battery charging/storage safety box

    Hope it works out...
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    Battery charging/storage safety box

    So I guess everyone is just ignoring the (potentially) explosive lithium elephant in the room...
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