Recent content by mschwett

it looks like it’s some only attached to one bolt at the frame side of the linkage, and then the seatpost. but it looks like a lot of fussy bits of metal for $500!

incidentally… i don’t think any future shock version will get you what you want. i rode a few and found all very similar. they work great on rough paving like chipseal, the pavé of paris roubaix, or for fast descents on small gravel. not for rocks.

i think you should lodge the appropriate complaint with the road builders 😀

to be fair, the s-works levo 4 that this appears to be exactly the same as (motor, battery, groupset, wheels etc) is $11,499. so it’s a $500 pair of racks.

you can’t say exactly without knowing how much power you’re putting down, but in sport on a Vado or creo SL you’ll be drawing perhaps 160w from the battery. if your climbs are typical Northern California roads they’ll average 6-8%. let’s just say 8%, which is around 11 miles of climbing. for...

which is why they’re heavily regulated, inspected, registered, insured, require drivers to be licensed, and there are entire police forces (like the highway patrol) dedicated to enforcing those laws. personally i would rather see bikes continue to be relatively inexpensive, freely available...

which has a lot to do with wildfires, decommissioning nuclear, the environmental impact of hydro, and environmental policies around fossil fuels. and very little to do with the cost of solar or wind. and yet, it still costs me less to drive our EV than a comparable gas vehicle, and our electric...

but you referred - specifically - to the grid. at this point you’re just arguing with anything you can to back up your position that fossil fuels are the future. california and texas comprise 70 million people across diverse landscapes, climate zones, and politics, and generate around 35% of...

and i think you don’t quite understand the dynamics of energy supply and demand. you don’t need weeks of battery for a solar plant in a sunny place. you only need enough to store the excess daytime peak, which mostly gets used up in the evening as the sun goes down and people get home. evening...

rea read what he said. solar PLUS battery backup. the grid doesn’t give a s*it whether the electrons are pushed by a dynamo or the sun or a battery, it just cares when and how much. california and texas have significant quantities of these plants, with the largest around a gigawatt plus...

not sure how effective this will be, but probably a good thing to have less cheaply made and badly supported batteries out there https://localnewsmatters.org/2026/06/09/sf-lithium-ion-battery-ban-advances/ I wonder what certifications they’ll use, and how they’ll prevent foreign shippers (or...

they listen and read, without independent thought or analysis, media which has a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. lies, partial truths, and exaggerations play into their identity politics and they genuinely believe the s*it they’re being shoveled tastes good and is nutritious.

haven't done one of these rides outside the city in quite a while. it was really nice to get out there, even if i a little bittersweet that i used to do these roads faster and without a motor :D the route. about 48 miles and 4,000 feet. it was a calm, perfect morning, warm in the sun and a...

not very often. takes around 300w to go 20mph on a typical large, heavy, flat bar, big tire class 3 ebike. say the rider provides 100, motor needs 200, battery needs 250. 500wh battery would last 2 hours, 40 miles of range. takes 650w to go 28mph. same 100 from the rider, 550w from the motor...

few if any roadies riding like d-bags on the west coast. the majority of the dangerous and entitled behavior comes from those in automobiles, as do just about all the killings of pedestrians or cyclists.