Recent content by jabberwocky

I understand what you're saying, but in my experience overseas companies selling cheap stuff aren't reliable sources of parts. Or reliable sources of service in general. I wouldn't even be optimistic about them covering stuff in the warranty period. When you're shopping at the bottom end of...

I'm honestly just impressed that a $1500 electric scooter lasted 6 years. Marketing language aside, their warranty says one year warranty on the components and lifetime on the frame. And its a pretty weak warranty; they don't cover labor to replace anything or shipping anything back to them...

Thats basically where I run it. Two inches down from the elbow on the inside of my arm. I do have a few friends who like to run them on their upper arm, mainly women with small arms. If its being finicky picking up a heart rate, try another spot.

I've used one for several years. First one died after 18 months or so, Wahoo replaced it, second one has been solid. Replaced a Scosche Rhythm that died twice and I elected not to try a third one. IME the optical arm bands are a little more finicky to get accurate readings out of than the old...

Kickstarter/Indiegogo have their place, but I would always be extremely skeptical of any crowdfunding campaign that is basically "we, a small company you've never heard of, will totally be releasing a product that is better then [every product from large established companies with decades of...

I personally think its extremely foolish to crowdfund an ebike in 2025. Theres so much readily available on the market. Theres zero reason to crowdfund one and take on that financial risk. There is no guarantee you will ever get anything with kickstarter. If the modern slate of ultra light...

I'm old enough that I remember doing rides with printed cue sheets. :) Circa 2010 with my old edge 305, which didn't do mapping in any way. I would map the ride with RidewithGPS even back then and then type up a cue sheet with the turn mileage to do the ride. I don't think I even had a smart...

For sure, if your phone works for you thats totally great! Its an additional thing to spend money on. Everyone will probably have a phone with them anyway (I always do) so if the phone works you're saving yourself effort and expense.

I've snapped mounts in crashes a few times. Depends where you mount it. But if its on the bars and you endo, it will likely be one of the things hitting the ground, and on a lot of my MTB riding the ground is jagged rocks. :) I think the tabs on the garmin quarter turn mount are kinda...

Advantages of dedicated units over a phone are: -Considerably better battery life when tracking. -Units are much more durable and much less expensive. -Accuracy is better with dedicated units, though phones have gotten a lot better. -Interface is really designed with exercise in mind. -I...

Kinda impressed that theres a routing system reliable enough to just... use... for bike rides. I use RideWithGPS for planning, but I've always planned the route myself using heatmaps and street view and such and just exported the file to follow while riding. I guess its been a long time since...

Topeak Morphs are great. Not as compact as some options, but they have short hoses and footpegs and can get a tire up to pressure reasonably quickly. They also sell spare parts and rebuild kits so you can keep them going. My oldest Mountain Morph is almost 25 years old. I also have a few...

A quick search says yeah, downhill brake system: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/specialized-confirms-brembo-brakes-on-gravity-team-bikes-for-2025.html https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a65102712/brembo-brakes-coming-to-a-mountain-bike-near-you/ Does look like an in house project. Specialized...

They look like pretty standard 4 piston brakes. Shimano SLX calipers or older Codes. I wouldn't be all that surprised if they were basically rebadged Shimanos or something, with a red coat of paint and the Brembo name on it.

A friend who worked at a high end bike shop always called S-Works "dentist cycles" because like 75% of the people buying them were rich dentists. Brembo brakes are perfect for that demographic, their bike can match their other mid-life-crisis-on-wheels!