Recent content by speedub.nate

After you purchased the Tomberlin @Nesdon , another one was listed the next day. I don't know how these bikes with so few miles can be so scuffed up, but these carbon frames have delicate finishes. This one is also listed with an EP8 motor (I'm pretty sure it's an E6100 based on Tomberlin's...

Ah, yeah, I dodn't know how long ago you left Alameda, but two years ago a free cross-estuary service was started between Alameda Landing and Jack London Square, a three minute trip on a 30-capacity yellow pontoon boat called Woodstock. It can carry a dozen bikes. The nice thing about you...

It is. But the Android app doesn't work (known bug according to my Enviolo contact) and the iPhone version works, but it's terribly inconvenient for any on-the-fly adjustments. I'll give you an example: I got off the ferry into a pedestrian plaza, the sort of environment where you might...

On the front tire, absolutely. And I've already played with the rear since I had to put the bike together when it was shipped to me, and it's a more conventional slip-in, bolt-on type of arrangement, very easy to work on and no fussing with having to adjust tension on the belt. I took mine for...

Yep, this is not exactly the most practical bike. From a purely functional standpoint, pick the Priority or lots of other options out there. Lol! Yay! Congrats! The only real proprietary part may be the front hub, but I'll bet there's a source for knock-off Lefties that confirm to some sort...

Oh, and on that note, with the Tomberlin being the identical bike, it's at least 2 years newer (2023) if not three, meaning hopefully a fresher battery. And zero miles on the odometer, vs. the 500-some on the Radiant Carbon. The Radiant Carbon is listed as "524 miles since 2023" but it's...

I rode the Serial 1 at Sea Otter... gosh, 5 or 6years ago? (and still have the T-shirt, BTW!) ..and remember liking how that bike operated as a pit cruiser, unaware of the Automatiq shifting system at the time. In fact, both of my sons fell in love with that bike, but of course they were quite a...

I have the Enviolo also on the Electra I mentioned above, and I micro-adjust it constantly during a ride. I hear what you're saying about the motor sort of erasing the need for fine / narrow gear shifting, but since it's there, I can't help it. Enviolo sells a 4-way wireless button controller...

Agreed, the proportions look like an oversized balance bike! 😆 Oh, and I haven't measured, but bottom bracket height seems very low. Pedal strikes guaranteed if I try to pedal through turns.

As it turns out I am an n + 1 guy BUT I rEaLLy thought my bike silo had reached its overfill limit. So then this funny looking "blue thing" shows up on Upway's site and piques my curiosity (photo at the bottom). Turns out, after some back-and-forth emails with Enviolo, it's their early version...

Here's an image I screencapped from a recent demo ride video on YouTube (link below). This is from 13:29 in the video. The first image I flipped so the parts would line up with the second image. Up top / left side is what I believe is the sole drive motor (2nd image shows the driveside output...

I still don't know if the Also. TMB is an eCVT. There are various videos and photos of the magic drive box open, showing the gear halves (unconnected input and output shafts), and I see a somewhat normal looking planetary arrangement. But it rides like one, there are no gear steps, instead a...

Just a quick follow-up to this observation. Apparently Also. is disabling the throttle in order to make this bike Class III compliant, but what they've done is remap it to make it a "boost" while pedaling. So maybe think of it as an on-demand ramp up to level 10 while accelerating when the bike...

That's going to be something to watch! We all know what a derailleur drivetrain looks like. And most of us have a good idea of the complexity of a Rohloff or Nexus hub. Or look up a cutaway video of the Pinion MGU, and you'll see this similar level of complexity and switching gears, with a...

Maybe "traditionalist?" Meat & Potatoes. Stick & Rudder. Cable & Housing. The part I struggle with is acknowledging the departure from a bike that can be easily maintained with off the shelf component parts. But I've been drifting that way anyway with internally geared hubs and hydraulic...