Recent content by Catalyzt

I find it interesting that my Motobecane Ultra eAdventure, which weighs 46-47 pounds with a 418Wh battery and has a Shimano E5000 Class 1 motor, gets about the same range, and with the same elevation, as my 36-pound Canyon Grizl ON: CF 7 with the Bosch SX Class III motor. Both are will probably...

The harness looks great, but the reality is, I'll never wear one-- it's hard enough for me to get out the door as it is! I finally got sick of dealing with my mirrorless cameras on a holster... The Fuji XA5 is too fiddly with the touchscreen to shoot fast. The Canon R100 with a 28mm lens is...

The Checkpoint + is only 31 pounds in ML, which is pretty amazing-- and I think that weight is WITH pedals. Figure maybe 31.5 for a large. That is outstanding, though $8,000 is outside my price range. Can anyone explain how that pivot point in the rear triangle works? Trek's website is too...

We had a bad battery fire in La Verne CA a few weeks ago. Nasty business, a lot of evacuations. It's not like a nuclear power plant meltdown, but we still have a lot to learn about using this technology safely, I guess.

I have no answers, but feel your pain. I'm a mid-drive guy, not much use for throttles, but I prefer lightweight bikes with suspension. I wound up with a Canyon Grizl ON Fly: CF 7 and loved it-- carbon fiber, front suspension, rear suspension seat post, 36 pounds in a large, could be 34 in a...

While this is, indeed, a straight-up and full-on bummer of the highest order, I will say this: At least the LBS is being honest with you, or gives every indication of being straight with you, about both the strangeness of the problem AND the issues they are having with new staff. I really like...

Happy birthday, Charge! Stefan, I felt very much the same way you did until my medical emergency last summer when my heart stopped for 10 minutes. Now I have two birthdays-- and we plan to celebrate both every year! I'm in the final lap of 68 years old... but also one year old. I expect...

Well, here in Los Angeles, yesterday I saw what looked like a 12-year-old riding an electric motorcycle (no plates, obviously) sitting at a red light on Gower and Franklin, major avenues. He was wearing a motorcycle helmet, and sitting in the middle of the lane. I just wonder what he was...

You are way deeper into modding than I will ever get, so I only have a few tangential points to add just based on riding experience. My unscientific, back-of-the-envelope assessment is that the road you are riding on is significantly more challenging than the road Stefan photographed, though...

My usual average speed on my 4.1 mile sprint loop is about 11 to 12 MPH, highest average speed is 15 MPH on my run to my weekend AA meeting. That is also the run where I do have a stretch of road where, for about five blocks or so, I run around 28-30 MPH, and I do enjoy that a lot. The...

You sound like you have plenty of experience, so this may be obvious, but do you tilt your bike sideways-- e.g., so the left side is closer to the ground than the right-- when getting on? This is one reason I prefer lighter bikes. I'm 68 and 6" 1' (or 6" 2' on a good day) and 150 pounds with...

Thanks! A few folks have been following my progress. It's a bit of a mystery... the short version: ruptured pancreatico-duodenal pseudoaneurysm, my heart stopped for 10 minutes due to hemorrhagic shock. And I'm 68. Bit of a mystery how I emerged neurologically intact-- I was getting CPR the...

My first serious ride since I experienced clinical death for 10 minutes on 7/14/25. 27 miles and 2,880 feet of vertical on Nightmare, the Canyon Grizl ON: CF 7, 36 pounds, 60nm of torque. Did not go through Griffith Park, rode around it to conserve battery, but I had 36% left by the end of the...

Me, too! It was the greatest, I remember Dad reading the TV guide and announcing, "It's on again!"

A simpler, more hopeful time. A lot of memories wrapped up in that number...