Recent content by jabberwocky

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!

Specialized really locking up the "dentists with more money than sense" market. :p

Those with a butler think not experiencing people from all walks of life is an advantage. Generally it just makes them crappier people less able to empathize. They probably think thats an advantage too.

Because police departments don't even have the resources or inclination to enforce traffic laws on the roads they are already responsible for? You understand that setting up laser/radar and police patrols for MUPs (which have existed for decades without the need for such things) merely to avoid...

Nationally managed stuff (national park service, forest service, blm, etc) are slow moving, and many of them are hostile to regular bikes on natural surface trails. So electric bikes are difficult. Its a shame, one of my favorite places to ride is the George Washington National Forest...

It would be really nice (and would make logical sense) but a national standard just isn't how the US is setup to work. The hodgepodge of laws and definitions is annoying though. The 3 class model legislation seems to be what everyone is standardizing on (my home state of VA adopted it several...

I mean, euro law on ebikes is interesting but definitely not applicable in the US. :p As far as I can see, New York has its own (slightly weird) laws on ebikes. https://dmv.ny.gov/registration/electric-scooters-and-bicycles-and-other-unregistered-vehicles While class 1 and 2 are standard in the...

I certainly know people who have done commutes of that distance on conventional bikes. Its not what I like or not, if they don't meet the legal definition of an ebike (whatever the legal definition is in your jurisdiction) they are motorcycles. Or at least not ebikes. As much as people like...

I commuted for 15 years on a non electric bike, on a variety of roads and paths and rarely averaged much above 15mph and was completely fine. My commute was 22 miles round trip for much of that. I don't personally buy that ebikes only work if they are turned into motor vehicles; the point of...

Oh I get it. It sucks that ebike riders who actually follow the rules are getting caught up in the blowback (which seems almost entirely aimed at emotos pretending to be ebikes). But that is a predictable outcome when the general populace isnt really able to differentiate between an actual...

Don't know if it will pass and what enforcement would look like, but the main takeaway IMO is that ebikes have become so unpopular with the general populace in NYC that going after them this directly seems like good politics.

If you have a Giant dealer who is closer (especially if you like them) you can stop in and ask about that model/size and see what they can do. They may be able to contact the other shop and swap inventory (less likely if its a clearance bike but you never know). Or maybe offer you an...

I think its safe to assume that most of what you read on torque and power specs was probably written by a marketer, not an engineer. And theres a lot more to a motor system than peak torque/power/whatever. I would be wary of saying "I rode a bike I liked that said it had 50nm of torque so that...

Moto/4x4 trails have existed for a long time, and bikes like the Surron/Talaria would be great on them! But if you mean new moto trails at places that only have hiking and MTB trails, no, probably not. Most managing agencies and volunteers from other user groups have been fighting motos...

I've known people who swear by wool jerseys, even year round. I've always hated the texture of wool so have never tried them. But they are reasonably popular; some of the bike clubs near me do a wool option for their jersey occasionally.