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Best E-Bike for under 1450$?
is measuring pin to pin distance a reliable way of checking chain wear? like dose it isolate roller wear or whatever?
>>2075662No you need the Park Tool
>>2075662Chain checkers are useless, back when I went to bike shops I had a chain with maybe 300 miles on it, took it to the shop to replace a cable, and the shop monkey was like "your chain is old as fuck man!" and showed me with his chain checker that I needed to buy a new oneFrom then on I just tracked mileage and I replace them about every 2500 miles
>>2075663frig
What is a good bike lock? I am leaving shorty to buy one...
>>2075652how the fuck would we know?USETHEEBIKE THREAD
>>2075664that checker was probably damaged.mine works great
>>2075686They're not exactly complex or delicate instruments. Maybe they just suck.
>>2075652you NEED to KILL your SELF now !
>>2075692ok, well, mine works great. if some shop monkey steered you wrong, then something was up. maybe he was just trying to upsell you a new chain.
>>2075675it's complicatedstart by discarding the notion that a lock, any lock, will prevent your bike from being stolen in the next thirty seconds. no lock will do that.
>>2075702I understand locks & doors etc, all things are not stopping mechanism but rather they only slowing mechanism. In my city people steal bikes with angle grinders.
>>2075675fortnine did a thing on it but iirc a good quality literal chain from a hardware store and a padlock is best. a proper u-lock is second best just for the sheer volume and strength of material but certain attacks btfo it entirely. cable locks are resistant to most attacks but not as much as a length of chain. finally, the stupid articulated bar things are a total meme and you shouldnt buy one ever and are open to MORE types of attack since they can be pried apart and the bearing link thingies are a huge weak point.granted, none of it matters if it's a crappy tubular lock that can be opened with a bic pen or you're a moron who simply chains up the thing incorrectly
>>2075710>padlocklmfaono>cable locks are resistant to most attacksaround here we call them gift ribbons
>>2075652Cube if you're in yurop I guess
>>2075702>>2075703they have diamond impregnated ulocks now that chew up angle grinder disks. what would be thief is going around with multiple disks?
>>2075675I saw a pretty good deal on a mini U-lock with cable for the wheels at Harbor Freight the other day. there's a section with all types of padlocks & etc.I also noticed that they had a tree trimmer very similar to the one I had just got bought from Ali for what I considered a great deal for the same price, so I reckon their other prices are pretty good in comparison.
>>2075712i didnt say they tank that shit. they are just equally shit (only moderately) against nearly all attacks because the strands can move, making grinders marginally less effective, bolt cutters require a few tries, and looped-end types let you use whatever actually good lock you want.u-locks stand strong against most attacks, but the integral lock is usually shit and easy to defeat. aint no sense in getting a crazy diamond coated hardened tungsten alloy u-lock that uses a fucking 3$ combo lock on it a child can simply pull apart. chains offer the relative strengths of both at any gauge and if you want you can get ridiculous 3 inch thick links like off a crane rigging. and they're a bit more convenient and you can solve most of its other problems yourself. chain too long? just run it through another link instead of end-to-end. chain too heavy? carry less of it if you know where you're going has more convenient tie-up points. chain too ugly or fucking up your frame? get a sleeve nigga.>>2075739harbor freight has always been cheap chinese junk rebadged as being "built in america" by doing final assembly and repackaging in hickland somewhere
>>2075743>cheap chinese junkyeah, and?we're already having the conversation that the best locks on offer can still be defeated by a battery angle grinder. so why pay more?
>>2075675HereSo I got a kryptonite chain lock. It is for my salsa rangefinder.
>>2075746i mentioned it more because>very similar to the one I had just got bought from Ali for what I considered a great deal for the same priceTHOUGH>so why pay more?eggsactly, just get a length of chain at the very same harbour freight. and a good lock. tell them you're securing your truck box against crackheads at the job site and they will show you the backroom boring stock for contractors that actually works
>>2075749about as good as it gets but still keep in mind that it is merely a deterrent. the very best locks available can be defeated in seconds, not minutes and nobody but you will do a thing to interfere. bike thieves are not sane, they will target anything, anywhere, with or without motive and they go around with the tools of their avocation. ultimately you can only deny them the opportunity.
>>2075750>>2075743>>2075710yOU are the DUMBEST motherfucker to ever be in /n/ you are so fucking retarded how do you even pass captcha.
unironically why do people say thinner tires "roll faster" because of hysterisis or whatever? I haven't heard this before the past couple years. When I was growing up, thin high pressure wheels were an aero thing, not a wheel dynamics thing. Also, when did elliptical gears fall out of fashion and why?
