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Old 02-11-2014, 07:49 AM   #13 (permalink)
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There is a code on the battery that will tell you when it was made, look online for code interpretation.

Not sure of your routes but I am familiar with VaBeach traffic which can be in the top 10% of terrible in the US.

When coasting won't work and in heavy traffic, drafting is your best choice, and in Va Beach traffic, especially rush hour, drafting is unavoidable.

I use a method I call-pulse drafting. Get setup behind your draft creator and use the downslopes from overpasses. You can coast a good bit without great speed changes with pulse-drafting, but give yourself enough room to dodge the pot craters (potholes the size of craters) that can wreck your suspension and alignment.

I normally do not recommend it, but for anyone here who knows how dense the traffic is here at times, you will understand that if you tried to maintain decent separation you would just become a slow moving doormat.

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