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  1. Barbara_Reed

    The Womens EMTB Thread - come on in ladies!

    Hi Paulina, glad to have you here.
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    Portes du Soleil - uplift ? riding up trails ?

    Hi again. Is that the Portes du Soleil near Montreux? ( There is more than one)
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    Portes du Soleil - uplift ? riding up trails ?

    Are they chemins with a road number? Would look like CV2 or whatever number. If so, yes, it's a public road. If in doubt you can go to the Mairie and ask. If they are private people usually put up a sign. Or just go for it and see if anyone yells at you. If it's on a 25000 map it's probably a...
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    What Other Sports Do You Enjoy? Indoor, outdoor?

    I fly. Mostly a light aircraft, but when it's nice and warm, an autogyro. A couple of weeks gliding every year and a bit of ballooning, too.
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    Drink Riding

    Really? Don't the dangly bits get cold?
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    Levo Gen 2 Crank arm stuck after bolt removal?

    Could try oil from a can....
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    New to forum, just wanted a source for serious discussions on e-mtbs

    Oh, cool! Another trike person here. I like it. I ride my Scorpion on gravel, don't do gnarly stuff. Only snag is some of the bike passages are a bit narrow. (But I got a key, don't tell the feds). Love your Azub.
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    Saw this add for a road bike on Craigs List

    I've got a Peugeot touring bike from about 1997 gathering bird shit in the garage. Weighs a ton, really hard gears, and I actually rode it to Santiago de Compostelle (well, pushed it a lot of the way). 1500km. Must have been barking. Ben riding ever since.
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    Anyone here from Thailand?

    I'm spending some a lot of time there and would like to get one of my trikes there, which is turning out to be a serious problem. Failing that, I would be prepared to buy one in the country but it looks as if my only option would be to buy a muscle trike as a personal import and add a motor. I...
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    is it just me!!!!!

    I've been known to bring mine into the kitchen.
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    Hardtail for the missus

    Trailer? More comfortable for the rug rat, as well. If it's big enough to not fit in the trailer get a follow on bike.
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    Thinking of selling my Bike.

    A pair of trikes is six wheels, three quads is twelve, so on tyre replacements trikes beat quads. OTOH, maybe you can get two people on a quad ? Hmmm. [emoji3166]
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    How did you get on in 2022?

    Well, it's been difficult. I was in and out of hospital for the first half of the year, my husband died in May which wasn't unexpected and he was ready to go, despite which it wasn't exactly a good thing. From June things started to improve and I'm back on form but still building muscle up to...
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    Don’t believe it

    I just bought what I wanted and gave it to myself.
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    Pic of the Day

    Forgot the photo
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    Pic of the Day

    I've got a new toy. It's in the kitchen because it's chuffing cold outside and I needed to fit a mount for the front light. Which I didn't buy with the bike because the extra cost was stupid for a not very bright light. Which brings me to my question.... Can anyone recommend an open helmet that...
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    E-trike advice if possible.

    OK, I get it that it's hilly. A trike doesn't use quite the same set of muscles as a normal bike. So let me ask, how are you managing right now with the bike and motor that you have? Do you have to get off and push? Because that's hell with a recumbent trike. So you need two things. One is...
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    E-trike advice if possible.

    Sure, no worries.
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    E-trike advice if possible.

    Well, given that it's only barely a trike it probably does, but I don't see how it would help the OP with balance issues. Plus it would only be legal on private land in Europe unless you could get it registered as a moped. But as I actually ride a recumbent trike I'm probably unqualified to...
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