Recent content by BioWheel

Still using tubes as well but not TPUs - do you like them?

They're SS' - seem fairly similar to the pathfinders

Stefan - I should go to 38tooth but my bike is perfect as it is in my opinion. Changing anything is an issue for me. Just giving up my Pathfinder Probliss 38's has me worried as I transition to gravel king 40s this season. Every change has a minor affect and worried about the sum of all of...

Just wish WT would make a 104 BCD 44t - and Garbaruk doesn't sell to US. So, I replace my chain - a lot. Only get 5 or 6 months out of one or about 1500 miles. Starts dropping like crazy - thank goodness for clutch but can only do so much. Have thought about getting chain guard like a Creo...

I'm originally from Jersey and we called the sea - the shore. And now in North Carolina - it's the beach. Me - I head to the ocean, mostly. Can everybody sea that?

That's an awesome place to park. VSL is really the perfect bike.

I think it's the Dihydrogen monoxide. And what's wrong with squeaking a bit. Especially coming back from the beach.

Putting on new pads takes a couple minutes and it's just a screw and maybe a Kotter pin. And squealing can be the type of pads you're using. And if the pads are a bit wet.

Headset service. Was starting to sound crunchy and with good reason. There's a sleeve inside that keeps the cabling at the edge. The 'duckbill' had loosened up probably about 8000 miles ago and I reset the bearing load at that time and cleaned it. So it's taken several years for the stuff to...

Have a dropper on my LevoSL and like it. The frame sits really high for ground clearance so I need the dropper to get off/on. And - declines of course, great for that. For my VadoSL - I don't need it. I can mount/dismount since the frame isn't made for clearance and I just belly the bike...

Did it too! Even though I could see that it might happen and promised myself I wouldn't drop it. Murphy brought his law reigning down on me. I've also learned to cover any sink drain when taking something apart nearby.

Like everyone - I've struggled with mounting a tire to a rim. I've learned one trick that has helped me. There's a small well (indentation) in a rim. Runs down the middle. After getting one side of the tire mounted, put that side into the small well. Seems like only a small indentation but...

I own a Levo SL and it's big and heavy compared to Vado. Love it but not a road bike. I own a Levo SL and it's not a road machine - hardly. And agree with your fork comment - I don't like the weight in the front. With the Epic Specy though - they use a light fork in the front and back with a...

Maybe but I was at a bike dealer recently and frames now have small compartments near the motor or even in the top and bottom tubes built in. And batteries don't need that much service. Mine has never been removed and bike has 13000m.

Yes - ideally battery technology will get better and downtube will look 'more normal'. And I'm not trying to hide fact it's e-bike. Just don't want the down tube to be so rediculously big. Add some batteries in the top tube or near the hollow by the motor. I just want the lightest, most...