Recent content by mschwett

idk if android is similar to iPhone but i bet it is, and the location services are provided by the OS using best-available information, including maps, wifi proximity, cell pings, and (mostly) GPS. you can definitely get good location without cell service and i'd be very surprised if android...

fun as hell, no doubt. pretty much any fast, nimble open air vehicle is going to be a blast. i have an electric scooter that my daughter and i ride to school most days, i’m sure it’s illegal in some way… but we ride in the lane, like a car. they definitely don’t belong on shared paths and bike...

i literally couldn’t ride anywhere unless i drove there first 😂 i’ve found that there’s something inherently different about going uphill - the same power output always results in a higher heart rate!

glad you appreciated it! its hard adjusting to 1) staying so much closer to home and 2) never ever riding hard. a few years ago this would have been a very short ride and I’d have done it on the aethos in less time at 220 human watts… today on the addict I kept my average output to 130w or so...

i haven't done one of these in a while because i've not been able to do the big rides i liked so much, but it was such a beautiful day i figured i'd share! this ±32 mile loop has about 2,000 feet of climbing, and a cool mix of urban, park, coast, hill, etc. the first few minutes are too steep...

wind blowing down a hill is just horrible. it’s quite rare here since the hills tend to block the wind, but the occasional hot, dry “diablo” winds which blow out of the cursed Central Valley and set everything on fire make for miserable hill climbing in parts of the Bay Area. I got stuck in it...

for road, no. definitely not, unless you need more power. the creo 1 had good geometry and clearances for road. if you’re feeling the itch to upgrade, maybe a new one piece cockpit, tires, saddle? carbon cranks, lighter pedals? I enjoyed all those upgrades on my creo. if you’re reallllly...

so many of the reviews of the HPR40 bikes are from the UK, it’ll be very interesting to see how the motor fares at 25+ kph. in the UK these motors are basically only for hills. even with my much reduced output / exertion levels I go faster than that with no motor, and I’m certain all the people...

the statistics from marin county i referenced are the injury rate, not the total number of injuries. of course total number of injuries is a meaningless statistic without knowing how many riders there are!!

those are nice rides. my experience is a little different in that i was always relatively fit/athletic but have a heart condition which strongly encourages me to limit activity. so i actually started with ebikes, then decided i didn't need them and went to an analog bike (s-works aethos) but...

not really relevant whether it's a concrete wall, steel light post, aluminum car, etc. it's certainly unlikely to have a head-on collision with a concrete wall, but whether you hit the ground obliquely or a car door directly or a pedestrian, your kinetic energy goes somewhere. speed causes more...

not a great point for a few reasons : 1) motorcyclists usually wear protective clothing, full face/head helmets etc 2) motorcyclists have to be licensed and motorcycles have to be registered and insured and are usually pretty skilled operators of their vehicles 3) there are always exceptions...

e-bike absolutists are in such denial about everything you’ve said here, which is all true. a child’s tricycle can probably go 30mph if you drop it off a cliff, it still doesn’t mean that the average acoustic bike out on the road is routinely going 20+ for long distances. the dramatic increase...

mine typically detects bicycles…. but they have to be gaining on you. ride faster :)

what a strange article. a lot of work for a fake review of a fake bike. the bike described would be great, i'd definitely prefer a rigid vado to the boat anchor front forks they use, and the 3.0 having more torque is great... but the first image is absolutely AI generated (nanobanana) and there...