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Old 11-08-2011, 09:50 AM   #12 (permalink)
MetroMPG
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Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 60.16 mpg (US)
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Evox update!

I've been riding it around for just over a week.

Summary: Much Fun.

Pedaling away, I sometimes get the odd feeling of being on holidays. (That's the sight-seeing nature of the comfy, upright seating position for you.) Just like the BikeE, I'm looking for reasons to hop on the bike to go somewhere. Not that I need reasons.

Size wise, I can say that with the bars & seatpost adjusted just past their maximum extension marks, it fits me OK. But it really is a bit too small for my 5'10". ( I have fantasized about cutting out the bottom bracket and relocating it about 2 inches forward. ...I will not be doing this.)

I will be welding a reinforcement on the seatback support. It was pushed back/bent, over the years, and re-set several times. The metal is getting work fatigued.
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