2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

[Stefan Mikes]

@Chargeride no need to laugh You wouldn't believe how many things broke in a 2020 Giant Trance E+ when it got old Starting with the water incursion and rusted electronics...

 

[Chargeride]

Im laughing cos I said my Haibike was built better
It is definitely more electrically sturdy , maybe thats a mass produced effect for less cutting edge customers, it had one common issue of switching itself on, but that was just a dirty CAN contact, a quick clean fixed it.

 

[Rás Cnoic]

I'd rather ride this:

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Levo 4 Comp. It is Specialized that made the gold standard in e-MTBs, and it is Levo.

Haibike is the Opel/Vauxhall of e-MTBs

Haibike invented EMTBs.

I'd forgotten how easy it is to get you worked up when you think someone has dared insult Spesh... as easy as shooting fish in...

 

[Chargeride]

I just know the Haibike is going to break down now and I wont post it cos Stefans replies are going to be in gloat font

 

[Stefan Mikes]

you think someone has dared insult Spesh

You ride a Spesh yourself. How many times did your e-bike's internal harness break?

 

[Rás Cnoic]

You ride a Spesh yourself. How many times did your e-bike's internal harness break?

Twice. TCU needed replacing each time.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

What would a guy who can wrench and ride like Tom Cardy possibly know about eMTBs anyway? Must be delusional when he calls that Haibike the best he's ridden — after risking his life on it a dozen times.
;^}

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Apparently, Specialized products delivered to Poland are better
Oh, Brexit

 

[Stefan Mikes]

What would a guy who can wrench and ride like Tom Cardy know about eMTBs anyway? Must be delusional when he calls that Haibike the best he's ridden.
;^}

What a pity you cannot buy a Haibike in the U.S. anymore.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

What a pity you cannot buy a Haibike in the U.S. anymore.

And what exactly does that prove?

 

[Stefan Mikes]

And what exactly does that prove?

You see, Haibike is not the same company it was in 2010s anymore.
Chargeride is lucky to own a Haibike from the brand's golden era.

 

[Rás Cnoic]

What a pity you cannot buy a Haibike in the U.S. anymore.

He's not from the US? He's British.

You see, Haibike is not the same company it was in 2010s anymore.

Are any of them? Is Spesh, the Taiwanese owned, constantly bailed out & constantly in danger of bankruptcy the same as it was in the 80s when it made the first Stumpjumper and Rockhopper?

Accell Group (Dutch) now owns Haibike. Corporate world gobbling each other up.

 

[Chargeride]

It still has a belt tensioner hanging down which kind of negates one of the main advantages

 

[Rás Cnoic]

It still has a belt tensioner hanging down which kind of negates one of the main advantages

Yeah... not really though, it's small and doesn't dangle to near ground. Plus of course no fear of derailleur ending up in spokes with that wonderful crunch! noise. Had enough of those in my time.

 

[Chargeride]

it does look like you could easily have a spare, though maybe its actually a guide because you could tension the belt by the 'belt' ring.

 

[dodgeman]

I did 16 miles today. I haven’t been able to ride much. We spent two weeks in Switzerland then after that helped my daughter move. A couple of pictures from my ride. The corn is drying fast, on the rode its like a small canyon with the corn on either side.

 

[Chargeride]

Switzerland!
Should we have whip round for your wallet?

 

[dodgeman]

Switzerland!
Should we have whip round for your wallet?

I’m not sure what that means but it was my wife and and our two adult children, it wasn’t cheap.

 

[Chargeride]

Sorry thats British for pitch in.

 

[JGcycle]

A couple of pics from today's 23km ride: