Recent content by rtp

I’ve done some longer haul on and off-road my trips included ing to a few ‘middle of nowhere’ type trips, and mostly found a workable balance of packing, although its always a challenge chasing ‘how can I lighten further?’ A couple of synthetic shirts, 2-3 socks and underwear + a rain/warmth...

Wow, long rant. So sorry, was actually trying to help with info, not imagine your needs are identical to anyone else’s. You should probably expect actual responses in posting on a forum, so while you can feel free to ignore my an other other well-intentioned posts you don’t care for, perhaps...

OMG, 112lbs?!? IMO, it won't matter if you're treating the bike as more of a 'moped' but that is super-heavy for an e-bike in general. A lot of the 'misc China generic bikes' that get re-branded by various vendors are at the ~80# mark or so with battery included, while the more expensive...

Normal - batteries don't maintain 100% charge indefinitely, they drain slowly. Technically if you're talking about over months, most store their batteries when not being actively used at less than full charge, typical recommendations ~60% charge. You can google bike battery storage for lots of...

I can't believe this thread is still going. I've run a small business before and sometimes the business is in the wrong, sometimes not. @roshan - I expect you'd actually sell more bikes shown the new color vs the 'China baby blue' and yeah, you probably should update the site pics IMO (maybe...

Absolutely on all the reasons. #3 is critical if you're doing something 'remote' like Alaska to South/Central America - good luck on a replacement belt. Worst case on a chain is everyone packs some spare masters and a breaker or hacksaw/multitool, or even some strong wire for 'total limp mode'...

Has to be a joke. Besides the crazy lights (and OK, why is there a pistol in a circle above 'cyclist' on the back of his shirt?!?), I'd almost be willing to wager he used to do looong dual-sport motorcycle trips, as the panniers and what might be a standalone GPS mounted left of the phone (or...

@Court made a post on the migration here if anyone wants to carry on their withdrawal stories or sees other specific, still existing issues. ;) https://forums.electricbikereview.com/threads/forum-migrated-please-report-issues.53757/

Forum upgrade that ran into some issues.. https://forums.electricbikereview.com/threads/forum-down.53718/

I was almost going to say 'at least it wasn't Foxpro' but that would have probably been an 'upgrade' over Access. I do not want to know who devised that system - might have been one of those 'here's a proof of concept' -> 'great, ship it!' bits, but no way in telling. And - at least you were...

On this - quite often it's due to underlying security bugs, and not just the direct software (e.g. the forum bulletining board software, which is probably still a combination of PHP (which has it's own versions and fixes), one or more databases like MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, SQL Server .... with...

Seems like alerts and alert history was reset, probably due to the restructured URLs - I am however still getting email notifications on watched threads and seeing them (all 2 of them, nothing prior to upgrade) in the alerts/notifications icon in the upper right, and the email link to one of...

You're giving me flashbacks.... (similar, used to mod and admin numerous forums, and do some custom code and maintain the infra as non-paid hobby). Guys - like M@ said, it happens. Even massive sites go down in entire regions or even worldwide (Google, Etsy, ebay, Twitter X that mess Elon is...

BMW has also had belt drive bikes for some time. It's an interesting callout RE: the belt drive, and as someone that's gone across a country or two before, I don't disagree with the claim on belt drives not being ideal, but - on bicycles, I suppose it's relative. Motorcycle chains by...

I'm sure the OP's long gone (did you buy one? How about a ride report?), but here's that awesome rear shock on the same ride - note the price. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/FA-688-750LBS-125mm-Bicycle-Shock_62422932645.html