Recent content by Marcela

I put a 36t chainring on my Como 5 and Vado 5. ;) And left the chain guard off.

There's my grocery getter. The front pizza rack had it's ears trimmed, and the basket was from wally world, holds gloves, coozy, pant ties, misc. stuff. The satchel around the steering neck holds the cable and padlock, they are heavy and don't ride the pizza rack because of. And then to the...

I found seat height recommendations a little conservative on the Spec site, but generally good. Prior the seats were higher.

I pedal my Como quite a bit without assist. Find no problems, it is a heavy bike with fat heavy tires, so take that into consideration. Definitely takes more than a lighter bike with narrow tires. 25% assist I found useful to emulate normal bike action. I found the front rack on the Como...

welcome from Lawrence.

This is what happens when you don’t buy Spec.

Same reason people run red lights.

And what is that standard?

Where's the standard to rate these motors? Spec can come up with however they want to rate it, at the axle, chainring, pedals?

Stilts. Keeps me away from the snakes.

For the guys test riding, Spec on their website has an input to find seat post length, usually associated with individual bikes and I find the output to be the same no matter the bike. My 33" inseam says from the center of the bottom bracket to the top of the seat should be in the 31" range, I...

I think I'm tired of the fat tires. I ride my old style steel framed 10 spd with the skinny tires and it is so much easier to pedal. The SL tires need to be converted to the Como and Vado platform. And the Haul ST looks to be on sale.

Here's my hauler setup on the Como. The bags are Bushwacker USA. Have hauled some pretty good loads mostly from the grocery store and they are reinforced by me to handle that, from the manufacturer they are kind of delicate. The Burley cart was also reinforced by me with some aluminum plates...

One thing I avoid now is anything with an air shock, unless I am convinced of the durability and lack of required attention, and availability of replacement parts.

Or the handlebars not straight.