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I find regen exciting for it's ability to slow down my brake pads getting shredded every month. The fact that I get some energy back from it is mostly a bonus.
by Spunkie 11mo ago
I find regen exciting for it's ability to slow down my brake pads getting shredded every month. The fact that I get some energy back from it is mostly a bonus.
- nradov 11mo agoHow are you shredding brake pads every month?
- Spunkie 11mo agoMy town is on the side of a volcano, a 30% grade is like the average hill here. That combines with the heavy weight of an ebike, another 50lb+ of cargo in the saddlebags, plus my exceptionally fat ass means I burn through a pair of front brake pads about once a month if I'm running errands most days.
- skeeter2020 11mo ago>> a 30% grade is like the average hill here. So the steepest roads in the world have small sections where the grade exceeds 30%; none maintain it or "average" 30%.
- nradov 11mo agoSeriously. Even the Mauna Kea volcano climb doesn't have 30% grades. https://www.strava.com/segments/1504789 https://www.strava.com/segments/1504789
- Spunkie 11mo agoYa sorry I always get it mixed up with the % grade thing. When I'm in my car the dash reads on the hills here between 12° all the way up to 16° on the switchback into the valley. The new market is up a 14° hill. So closer to ~24% grade average maybe? It's damn steep is the point regardless.
- jeffbee 11mo agoDo you sell many trombones?
- azundo 11mo agoIt wasn't quite monthly but on my radwagon 4 I would change the pads every other month at least. Hauling two kids around SF on a heavy bike plus a little bit of poor design on Rad's part.