Recent content by abercrombie

It’s definitely louder than other mid-drive motors. I’ve got a 2019 Giant Quick-E and a Yamaha Wabash RT—both with Yamaha motors—and they’re noticeably quieter than the SL 1.1 motor. I found this older video from Electric Bike Review, and honestly, it gives a pretty accurate idea of what to...

Have you found an answer? Just got a chain guide, not that I've needed it since getting the Wolf Tooth chainring but now I'm riding more rougher terrain and just want some reassurance the chain ain't going anywhere.

I don't believe this alert is related to the TCU battery, which has it's own indicator on the TCU when low. I just changed mine in November 2023, and these coin batteries seem to last around 3 years.

Just got this message for the first time on my 2021 Creo Comp Carbon SL. Didn't seem to affect the ride and I just Ok'd the message for it to go away. Hope it doesn't become a regular thing.

For Giant, I just do a full charge on the battery and when I turn on the bike it only says 97%. My Specialized Creo is a little different, it still says 100% but when I actually use the bike, I konk out at 98% so I know I lost 2% over the last 4 years.

I just bought a Wabash RT, but I do have a Giant Quick E+ with a 500 watt Yamaha motor and the associated battery. This is 5 year old tech and the battery still has 97% capacity if that's any consolation. So, when I get the extra battery I just plan to sell it to recover some of the initial...

Is the headset a taper or straight?

Sounds like a great deal. Got mine used for the same price of $2200 back in March 2020, with 100 miles on the ODS, mine came with metal panniers that I didn't use, and chose to buy regular panniers. Mine is still going strong without any issues. Last year did upgrade to a Redshift stem and...

I put the Redshift suspension stem with only the softest setting (yellow) on my heavy Giant eBike. Made a huge difference in my arms and shoulders when going over bumps at high speed.

I ride a Creo Comp Carbon in size Small and find it perfect. If I'm shopping around unpowered Specialized bikes, what would be an equivilant size and which bike does it most resemble? Per the size guide, I'm somewhat in the middle of two sizes. At 5'5" I'm a little tall for 49cm while I'm...

Mine was at 3,068.6 miles when mine broke. A member in the Facebook group said his cable broke at 4k miles. The weak spot is the very end of the cable.

Closing the loop on this. Yep, the shift cable broke. Brought it to my LBS, seemed like a quick fix with the bike being ready within a few working hours.

The GRX shifter of Creo Comp SL has been a bit wonky the last several weeks. When downshifting, I had to hold it to shift down instead of the usual snappy click. And today, at the end of my ride I'm no longer able to shift. When I push the whole brake lever to the left, it doesn't have the...

Went with the Redshift seatpost mostly due to esthetics and also it's discounted on Amazon. Plus, if you want a bit of seat post available for accessories like lights then the redshift will have a few more inches of seatpost available. Really like it, don't need to stand up on the bumps as...

Anyone know the specs on the Quick-E+ (1) stem and (2) steerer? Thinking of replacing it with a REDSHIFT suspension stem and they have sizing for: Stem lenth in mm and degree (6% or 30%) Tube steerer size either 1/4 of 1/8 Rough sizing of the Quick-e stock stem seems 115mm but unsure about...