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TheYonderGod reacted to Hans Power in Radwagon Review
YEEES! Now you're covering both things I'm highly enthusiastic about! Bikes and PCs! I'm usually more for traditional bikes without a motor but in this case it actually makes sense cause it is a pretty heavy lifter. There are two things about this bike, though which I find particularly glaring - lose spokes shouldn't happen ever when you buy new. I bought some cheap ass ~20€ 28inch wheels for my shopping bike (so it's also lifts pretty heavily) and despite the rather thin 37-622 mantles they never went out of true. Also I really don't understand how they needed to put a battery charged backlight on it on an E-Bike of all things - a cable costs only a few cents more but I guess you can fix that up yourself. Anyway, otherwise it looks good for the money and I'd look into one if the wheel problems were fixed - otherwise it kinda ruins the price/performance.
Edit: I just noticed that the shifter is pretty much the cheapest one that shimano has to offer - an SIS tourney. Those are certainly not terrible and do their job (if properly aligned) with normal street conditions but that would part of the reason why it's so cheap. Higher quality ones make it easier to shift while treading heavily against high resistance (on an inclination for example) but since the motor releaves the shifter from stress in this case it shouldn't be much of a problem.
Also it looks as if it's a pure steel frame instead of alluminium or (maybe an alloy at best?) which would be the cheapest and heaviest frame material you could get. Would be nice to get some additional info about that. That would pretty much explain the low price.
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TheYonderGod reacted to Raichuboy17 in Radwagon Review
I just want to post a few links to e-bike sites for those who want to know more about e-bikes: https://www.electricbike.com/ and https://endless-sphere.com/forums/index.php
These sites are for people who are interested in building or repairing e-bikes and other battery powered vehicles. These sites really helped me when starting from nothing. You can build bikes that easily go 30-45 mph for 1500$ if you really want to.
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TheYonderGod got a reaction from Raichuboy17 in Radwagon Review
YYYEESSS, you finally reviewed an e-bike. I've been waiting for it since you started reviewing those other electric "vehicles". Especially that shitty scooter.
@TaranLMG
You should build your own ebike. You can get better specs for the price if you DIY. PM me if you want help with this project
That said, $1600 for a cargo ebike isn't that bad, assuming it has decent quality components, but you could do better.
I built my ebike for about $600 total.
A moped requires a license and registration.
You can ride a bike many places you can't ride a moped.
You get exercise while riding a bike.
Bikes are much more user-serviceable and if something goes wrong, easier and cheaper to fix.
You might not be the target audience, but ebikes are amazing.
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TheYonderGod got a reaction from minibois in Radwagon Review
YYYEESSS, you finally reviewed an e-bike. I've been waiting for it since you started reviewing those other electric "vehicles". Especially that shitty scooter.
@TaranLMG
You should build your own ebike. You can get better specs for the price if you DIY. PM me if you want help with this project
That said, $1600 for a cargo ebike isn't that bad, assuming it has decent quality components, but you could do better.
I built my ebike for about $600 total.
A moped requires a license and registration.
You can ride a bike many places you can't ride a moped.
You get exercise while riding a bike.
Bikes are much more user-serviceable and if something goes wrong, easier and cheaper to fix.
You might not be the target audience, but ebikes are amazing.
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TheYonderGod reacted to GlassBomb in Radwagon Review
Then guess what, then this bike isn't for you.
This is a great e-bike who has to haul stuff every now and then with its load capacity of 350 lbs.
Bicycles are cheaper, and easier to maintain than a moped. There is a place for products such as this, but they are simply not for you.
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TheYonderGod got a reaction from dragoon20005 in Radwagon Review
Yes, you can pedal as much or as little as you want. The motor will just make you go faster and extend your range.
The particular battery on this bike would be about $400 to replace, and there are other options. That is the most expensive component of an ebike, but it has no moving parts, and as long as you treat it right, should last a while. If an individual cell dies, it's like $3 to replace.
Yes, there is a problem with things requiring more barriers to entry.
Like I said, it might not be for YOU, that doesn't make it bad for everyone.
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TheYonderGod got a reaction from GlassBomb in Radwagon Review
Yes, you can pedal as much or as little as you want. The motor will just make you go faster and extend your range.
The particular battery on this bike would be about $400 to replace, and there are other options. That is the most expensive component of an ebike, but it has no moving parts, and as long as you treat it right, should last a while. If an individual cell dies, it's like $3 to replace.
Yes, there is a problem with things requiring more barriers to entry.
Like I said, it might not be for YOU, that doesn't make it bad for everyone.
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TheYonderGod got a reaction from dragoon20005 in Radwagon Review
YYYEESSS, you finally reviewed an e-bike. I've been waiting for it since you started reviewing those other electric "vehicles". Especially that shitty scooter.
@TaranLMG
You should build your own ebike. You can get better specs for the price if you DIY. PM me if you want help with this project
That said, $1600 for a cargo ebike isn't that bad, assuming it has decent quality components, but you could do better.
I built my ebike for about $600 total.
A moped requires a license and registration.
You can ride a bike many places you can't ride a moped.
You get exercise while riding a bike.
Bikes are much more user-serviceable and if something goes wrong, easier and cheaper to fix.
You might not be the target audience, but ebikes are amazing.
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TheYonderGod got a reaction from Cheddle in Black screen on boot when AMD drivers are installed
haha, good joke. Yeah, I wish. I'm gonna have to use onboard while I wait for the RMA. At least I should get playable frames in League though. edit: Sorry if that came out a little rude. I'm a student, living with parents, with no job. I built this PC 1 part at a time saving pennies and gold farming... I have no money for a new GPU
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TheYonderGod reacted to Cheddle in Black screen on boot when AMD drivers are installed
It may be coincidental and unrelated to the driver update - what are the temperatures on the card reaching? a vga and mouse issue makes me think its mobo related??
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TheYonderGod reacted to DirtySHISNO in Black screen on boot when AMD drivers are installed
This. I've had problems with MSI afterburner interfering with new drivers - usually when its set to "apply overclocking at system startup". Both monitors would go dark green around 10-15 seconds into desktop and not recover. The best way around it was to uninstall afterburner then re-install nvidia drivers, then finally afterburner again.
Sounds slightly unrelated, but may be of use. Took me a while to identify which program was causing it.
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TheYonderGod reacted to Cheddle in Black screen on boot when AMD drivers are installed
This might sound odd but I had a similar problem with 14.9 but this was a ULPS (ulta-low-power-state) issue related to crossfire - turning off ULPS with MSI afterburner resolved my issue being black screens and lock ups.
Update the BIOS in the video card - the MSI website should have a guide / utility for doing this - failing that next do the BIOS on the motherboard (just to be sure)
the black screen issue is a problem that some people face when trying to flash a 290x bios onto a 290 so given that a bios related issue can cause a black screen on boot its entirely possible
its even possible that the standard VGA driver dosnt clock the card past its idle speed and its a power delivery issue so for idling its fine but when it goes to ramp up and suck in more juice its having a bad time... check the power supply cables to the card and try a different PSU just to be safe (if you have one nearby)
I know im stabbing at the dark here but if you keep approaching specific aspects of this problem you will uncover the culprit
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TheYonderGod reacted to Omnificent in New modem/router for Comcast
Range extender would need to have ports or else you can do one router and wireless usb or pci dongles for your brothers and your pc
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TheYonderGod reacted to Omnificent in New modem/router for Comcast
No matter what you buy you'll save your money back quickly. I'd determine whether the modem you are using nowis docsis 2 or three. Then buy one used for less money. Motorola surfboards are like 25 dollars. Then buy a good n router and either another router to bridge to in your room or a range extender.
I'd offer more specific buy am laying in bed on my phone
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TheYonderGod reacted to Omnificent in New modem/router for Comcast
Yeah I meant the docsis 2 ones are 25. I would start with that router and see what the performance is like. If it is unsatisfactory then you can look an other options.
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TheYonderGod reacted to sonarctica in Help me decide on a new keyboard?
Ducky Shine 2 or 3 when it comes out
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TheYonderGod reacted to bchampion96 in Help me decide on a new keyboard?
I think the TK is a good choice for you. Seeing as you didn't like blacks due to the resistance, red should do you fine. CM Storm make awesome keyboards and it should do you well. The only other options I cant think of off the top of my head are ducky keyboards that you could get tenkeyless with red switches and a blacklight, but they're quite expensive.
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TheYonderGod reacted to WildTurtle in Help me decide on a new keyboard?
you can price match from amazon to NCIX! :0 As long as both sites are from the same country.
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TheYonderGod got a reaction from Mac in How technologically savvy is your school/work
If I were you, I would be less worried about how tech savvy your school is, and more worried about how good they are at teaching grammar.
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TheYonderGod got a reaction from EmoRarity in Video Card Made The Sound Turn Off?
Right click your volume controll, click playback devices, and make sure your speakers are set to default.