Recent content by Jeremy McCreary

Review of the new LEGO road bike set by a roadie and bike tech YouTuber, ending with the all-important wife approval test as to where to put the finished model. (He fared much better than I will.) As LEGO prices go, a good value. No idea where I'll display it, but we have one on order for my...

Absolutely! Boring the pants off people with things only I'm interested in happens to be one of my centers of excellence. Ebikes, cycling, pro racing, science, math, ships, LEGO, pelicans — the list goes on and on. Just ask my wife.

Breakaways had a lot of success in both Giros, too. Is this normal?

Short answer: I mostly ride my Class 3, 240W 38 lb Vado SL 1 under 20 mph. But I use assist above 20 mph often enough that I'm glad to have the option — most commonly on descents or when the zoomies strike. Details: I obey bike speed limits and often go even slower. But I also enjoy speed when...

Stage 9 of the women's 2026 Giro did NOT disappoint. What a ride by Vollering! She put almost 3 minutes into Van Der Breggen on a stage that on the day before she described as "not a stage to gain a minute on". And a fine sprint by Longo Borghini at the end. This year's Giros — mens and womens...

Agree, at this point, I can temporize or do something radical for a long-term solution. No good middle ground.

Sanity check: New 40 mm Tracer in front, old 38 mm Pathfinder in rear? Is this crazy? Got confirmation today that my SL 1 EQ will NOT accept a 40 mm Pathfinder in the rear with the fender in place. And that LBS says a 40 mm Tracer will be no better. So to get the bike going again, my regular...

Tomorrow's Stage 9, the last in the 2026 womens Giro, should be quite interesting. Stage 8 left GC leader van der Breggen only 50 sec ahead of 2nd place Vollering. And Vollering had clearly intended to work on that gap during the 32 km lopped off the end of Stage 8 due to an ice fall hazard...

Great summit finish in the womens 2026 Giro, Stage 8. Vollering and van der Breggan got there first after a steep gruelling 18 km climb of the legendary Finestre, the last half all gravel. For once, the immense effort these riders put in showed at the finish. Van der Breggan looked totally...

All I can say is, the world would be a better place if all bionic superhumans looked like Sandra Bullock. No clue about the movie, but definitely 80s hair everywhere. I regret a lot of things from the 80s, but skipping this movie isn't one of them.

You know, it IS time! Just remembered my uneasiness with steep loose-on-hardpack descents on the Pathfinder tread with its center slick. So, if the 40mm Tracer TLR fits, I'm going to give it a try.

In another EBR thread, I learned that my tire clearance bottleneck is the screw that holds the rear rack to the rear fender. Push comes to shove, it might be possible to shorten that screw. It also bodes well for the fallback of rotating the front 38 to the back and puttingthe new 40 up front...

Thanks, will check them out as a Plan B.

Thanks — a good backup plan!

Tubeless Pathfinder Pro tires no longer available in 700x38 mm size My SL 1 EQ (with stock fenders) has run tubeless 700x38 mm Pathfinder Pro tires since 2024. Unfortunately, the rear got damaged today and has to be replaced. Problem is, the 38 mm size was discontinued when the Pathfinder Pro...