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Old 03-20-24 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by mams99
I'm not being snarky in the least, but just geniunely curious, if you used your muscle power 100% to go up hills but you had an electric bike, why did you have the electric bike? And I can't tell from your bike list, but which was the electric assist one? Wouldn't a dynamo hub and carrying some battery chargers for the phone be lighter?

Hmmm... another thing I hadn't thought of - rain.
Sorry for not being clear, I do not have an e-bike.
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