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Interestingly enough I was helping a friend by and ebonite so I tried out both the Haibike Urban Plus and the Stromer St1 at amego cycles last week. Both are awesome bikes. My impression of the Stromer is that it feels great to ride but perhaps less “bike like” than the urban plus due to the...

I think the big bens are a great choice. Still really loving them this week. Would like to hear your feedback on the big bens when you get them. Ice tires sound pretty cool, I like the idea that the 584 rims can give you a whole different class of tires. For the most part they salt the roads...

People keep talking about how much maintenance mid drives have on broken chains and sprockets etc. Actually the reason why I purchased a mid drive over the hub drive is that the rear wheel is the same as a non-motorized bike and can be easily removed and worked on either at home, at a local bike...

I will relay my brief experience with a couple of e-bike tires to give the newbie perspective. My bike came with 42-622 Smart Sam tires and my impressions was that they felt pretty unstable and my bike was basically torture at high speed. I added a body float suspension post and that was a huge...

Hey Johan, No issues with the fit of the supermotos on the chain stay. I have about a 6mm on either side. I bought the 27.5 rims off kijiji for 120 so I didn’t feel so bad about buying rims. Having said that I also fitted the 50-622 big bens on the 622 rims and they are awesome as well. I...

Thanks Alaskan for the kind comments, your bike looks awesome too, love the colour matched rack . Cube cross hybrid pro Allroad is the model. Yes I had to up the size of the fenders from the original cube 50mm to planet bike cassidia 65mm fenders so that I had full coverage. The tires are 60mm...

So here’s the finished product with fat 29r fenders added. I’m loving this for the streets of Toronto in spring (also known as construction season). The whole bike no longer rattles going over cracks, potholes and manhole covers.

Hey Will, Thanks so much for this info! Really appreciate the response and I’m happy to hear from a reputable dealer that my motor will not be damaged by this change. Also, coincidentally I purchased those super moto tires as a package from scooteretti online shop (I was the one asking about...

Awesome, I appreciate the feedback on this. I was originally looking at the Big Ben plus 622-50 and had them on order last week but somehow they lost the shipment. Tried to reorder but now they have no stock. Will definitely consider these formy original Alex Rims when they are back in stock.

Thanks for the sanity check...I agree, total BS but I wanted a second opinion. I thought of just changing the tires for 622-50 big bens and I might still do this eventually for my 622 rims for fun. As of now I’m completely sold on the 584-60 supermoto x’s. I had a ride this morning and I am so...

It’s not a speed peddelec, I’m in Canada so those are not technically not legal. I did not get a certificate of conformity for my bike or a range of tire size. I get that in a high speed application there may be more strict regulation.

Yup, I told him the diameters were essentially the same and he was going on about how bosch calibrates the motors precisely for each wheel type even if the diameters were the same. This is the part that really seems like total BS. In any case I just went for a ride on the super moto x.The ride...

So I am looking to change my tires/rims on my e-bike from 622-42 (smart sam) to 584-60 (super moto x). According to the Schwalbe site the circumference of the 622-42 tire is 2230 (710 dia) and for the 584-60 the circumference is 2240 (713 dia). Assuming the wheels fit my frame, how much of a...

Yeah, thanks for the logical response. I can definitely get an air shock with rebound and damping adjustment and lock out with the same geometry and travel for $500 CDN.

There was higher end model of cube with what seems like (at least on paper) a better fork. I think I probably should have spent the money up front, but here I am so I’m moving forward and trying to correct the situation. Manufacturers make different models for different applications. It seems...