Recent content by Ebike Noob

It’s handled the power great, and the extra gears have been invaluable where I live. I don’t ride as much as a lot of people though so I don’t have a ton of miles on it yet. It’s only been about a year since I got it installed. No issues so far though.

@jjonesx86 Yes, I did end up going with the Rohloff, specifically this model: Rohloff - TS DB OEM XL 170mm - 32h - Black The bike shop that I had do the install ended up having to build a new wheel for the hub, I think due to the number of spokes, so it ended up being a bit more expensive than...

Does anyone have experience installing supernova lights with a Bafang ultra? I have a crosstour. I had a bike shop order the lights for me, now they’re saying they’re incompatible with Bafang motors. But I can see that Pushkar talked about using these lights and I think offered bikes with them...

Thanks for quick response, @Deacon Blues! Is it bad form to continue the discussion here? Maybe someone else will find it useful some day. Happy to move to PMs if that's more appropriate. Why wouldn't the Rohloff fit? I thought it was an option for the crosstour, and in one review I found...

I bought a ready-to-ship CrossTour a couple of years ago, and I haven't ridden it very much because it came with the Sturmey Archer 3 speed IGH, and I live in a place that's hilly enough for that to not really work. I'm wanting to upgrade to something else but I'm not sure what my options are. I...

I really enjoyed my first ebike, a Specialized Turbo Vado 5.0, but unfortunately it got stolen. I'm looking for a replacement and I want to get something that's really nice, hopefully something that would exceed some of the Vado's capabilities. Two of my higher priorities are range and speed. I...