Recent content by mclewis1

The end of the stays where the axle is positioned is still often referred to by most folks as the dropout area even though there is no drop out capability. The popular geared hub motors have a cassette compatible freehub, are usually sized fit into 135/7mm spacing and accept an HG 10/11 speed...

Assuming the All Axle motor would be suitable for her ... No external speed sensor, it's built into the motor Wires usually go on the underside of the stay, and you try and color match the ties and wraps required. It's not going to be an invisible setup, you're really just trying to minimize...

Grin's aptly named All Axle Hub Motor. Choice of axle type (thru or quick release), dropout widths (135-170+), cassette type (HG or XD), different stator widths, and onboard torque sensor option. It's a DD motor so is a bit heavier than most of the smaller geared hub models ... but you get the...

Thanks for the link. I had poked around the Continental website a while ago and for some reason hadn't seen the weights (too many products). The Ruban has a narrower version available, the eRuban has fewer size options ... but just about all the Continental tires seem to be "e" capable...

Poking around various Cdn sources (I've looked at 5, mostly eastern Canada) I notice that the Rubans are actually all eRubans ... and even if the product name/title on a web page says Ruban the detailed description includes the paragraph on being ebike compatible. I'm assuming that Continental...

With most torque sensor setups and some smarts you don't need to have a separate cadence sensor to measure pedal cadence. Just looking at the output of the torque sensor against a time period will tell you what the pedal cadence is. Counting sensors to compare ebikes is a bit of a fools game...

Yep, I and I think a lot of other folks would for example love to see 45nrth offer the Khavas with a little more width (currently they are 2.1"). While there are a lot of bikes with 40-50mm/1.5-2" tires It appears that there are also quite a few that can handle 55-60mm/2.2-2.4" tires.

Indeed, this is exactly as expected. ICPs work best on ice and smooth hard packed snow (and probably no other tire is better in these conditions), and 4-5" "fat" tires (something like the 45nrth Wrathlorde/childs) are needed on deeper soft snow and uncleared trails that have a mix of conditions...

My riding is urban/suburban streets and paved multi use trails. The winter conditions are lots of snow with temps well below freezing and occasional short warm spells with rain. My bike helmet gets a flexible waterproof rain cover, this keeps all the wind out. For temps down to just below...

Studded tires on cars aren't entirely banned in Ontario ... for the past 10 years or so they are just geographically restricted for use only in Northern Ontario during specific winter months. They are legal to use in many other provinces (Quebec, Atlantic provinces, etc.) during the winter...

I stayed away from the discussion about elastomers, rubber compounds and cold conditions. This gets into the quality of the winter tire (studs aside) both in the material and the lugged construction and it's something that can be very subjective over a wide variety of winter conditions. In...

The Spiker pros are indeed great tires but their suitability is totally dependant on the conditions you intend to ride them in. As mentioned they are excellent on smoother hard surfaces (packed snow, ice, etc.) but like most other studded tires you have to be really careful on very hard smooth...

Nice, I like the build choices. So the Soma is effecively a suspension geometry enabled version of the Ogre? I've not had personal experience with the Maguras but I've heard about similar issues (with not enough retraction) in some configurations. So far I've not seen any consensus on what to...

I'm just nodding with the other comments. I'll add a few items with a strong DIY flavour. 1) Common (to the various Hailong/Reention) mounting points so other mounting aids (Grin Triple Bob, etc.) could be used. 2) Further to m@robertson connectivity comments - XT 60/90 and Anderson Powerpole...

Likely. Honeywell is one of the old brand names put up for sale and used by a variety of companies around the world for different uses (and nothing to do with the original Honeywell company). Their ebikes were most likely just a bulk purchase from a big Asian factory and over time they could no...