Recent content by Mike TowpathTraveler

Well guys, I had to go out and check on the rear shock after I just ASSumed mine was a 110- Monarch RL...... D'oh...... it's a Monarch RT3......... 190x51! The Rock Shox Bluto fork is a 110mm stroke. I think....:rolleyes:

@Chazmo: I know that Electric Bikes of New England over in Derry, NH was at one time, probably the biggest east coast Haibike dealer. At the time I was looking in 2016, it was either them or Crazy Lenny, who was probably the biggest Haibike dealer of all. Link for Electric Bikes of New England...

Great job! :) We need more threads like this instead of the usual "I got a problem and took it to the bike shop for them to figure it out!"

https://www.specialized.com/us/en/turbo-levo-comp-fat/p/118334?color=208737-118334

@Chazmo: Whereas the Yamaha powered ebikes by Giant ARE proprietary (those Giant SyncDrives are Giant specific), the fat tired Yamaha or Bosch powered Haibike fatties are not. So if you have either a PW drive like I do, or a later PW-X or X2 Yamaha, any Yamaha part found on the 'net will work...

As for the Specialized e-fat, that was a Brose mid drive. And at that particular time, the Brose mid-drives would suffer internal belt failure. I still have my 2015 Specialized Fatboy, analog drive. It's a well-built bike; but I noticed that Specialized sure nickle & dimed you on the components...

On Norco's website it appears their last model was built in 2023. I don't know the current state of Shimano mid-drives as to their reliability. But not long ago, these mid-drives suffered inexplicable failures by what appears to be through no fault of the bike owner. They just flat out and...

@Gionnirocket: Great stuff! Please consider doing a rebuild thread with lotsa pics!

Yep, the Robert Axle thru-axle will not work for hub drives...... or skewer axles, for that matter, too. The OMM Phat Sherpa I got for the H-Bike required that I bend out the downstays so it would fit the OMM through-axle mount brackets. Not sure what this site has done lately in regards to...

I have that same shock on my H-Bike Full FatSix (110mm travel....not sure what your travel is). After reading your post last night, I looked into the Rock Shox Monarch RL rebuild PDF on their website. I like to think I can take care of alot of issues on my rig, but taking this shock apart &...

First off, when it comes to bicycle components like Brakes, Shocks, Tires, etc, a Haibike is no different than any other ebike or analog bicycle. For parts like that, I like Universal Cycles as well as Ebay. For the electric drive system, you have to differentiate manufacturers of the drive...

I really, really seriously doubt I am getting through to those MTB'ers and Fat Tired Bikers who venture off into deep sand...... or get outside with 4-6 inches of snow on the ground; but here goes: An added bonus of a Presta tubed or Presta-tubeless set up is that the actual tire valve is held...

Never had a problem with Presta's since I took to them in the late 1970's. To each, their own.

She pushed her ebike for 20 miles...... good grief. The story, as typical of today's journalism, is lacking in the details; such as what brand ebike it was or why she elected to push rather than pedal her e......bike. I get it..... "she was in deep sand or too tired to push it any further". I...

@J.R. nails it with this post. So many good brands have exited our US market in the past 5 years and that void was filled with questionable junk from Mainland China. Those name brand bikes were outfitted with good components, ensuring great rideability and a long life. The good thing is that...