2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

[JGcycle]

Nice boat

It is the Coast Guard's boat--awaiting the floating dock to be installed for the boating season.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Taking An E-Bike KOM with A Public Share E-Bike on A Long Forest Segment?!

I could not believe someone could make a 13 km gravel forest segment in 30:34 riding an extremely heavy and primitive city e-bike limited to 25 km/h, as it gave the average speed of 25.6 km/h! I knew the guy, a popular person in the Warsaw gravel cycling community.

He marked his ride as done "on a Veturilo"! Obviously, that made me miserable. I even briefly considered taking a train to re-take the Course Record

The matter got clear on Sunday evening, when Pablo posted his video. No, it was not a Veturilo

It was a Raymon Norza Pro, a German gravel e-bike with a Bosch SX motor

'I thought it made no sense. I changed my mind'. Unfortunately, the video is in Polish only.

So, Bosch E-Bike let some gravel cyclists of Warsaw test that e-bike. As Pablo said, he hadn't seen any use for e-gravel in the flat Mazovia. However, he soon discovered how useful a lightweight e-bike was:

• Priceless when it came to the daily commute: you could mount a rear rack, carry a pannier, and come to work dry
• Helpful in the terrain, against increased rolling assistance, inclines and headwind
• Giving the certainty of returning home from a ride even if the cyclist was tired
• As good as a traditional gravel bike for workout. Either the OFF mode or pedalling above the speed restrictor.

He took the segment record totally unintentionally! He decided to give the Raymon a very fast ride on the Poligon, only relying on the assistance when the bike was slowing down below 25 km/h. And well, the average speed was what he would actually achieve on a pedal gravel bike!

Why did he put "Veturilo" as his gear? Hah, just a generic bike type he uses for any e-bike ridden by him! Again, no bad intention!
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It is so pleasant to see a hardcore competing gravel cyclist getting convinced by e-bikes, and talking about the e-bike so competently! Bravo, Pablo!

 

[Chazmo]

What’s a KOM?

 

[edobici_forza]

It was a Raymon Norza Pro, a German gravel e-bike with a Bosch SX motor

Haha Stefan! that Raymon Norza Pro makes more sense! Bosch 600W 60Nm mid-drive.

Well, at least you held a KOM! I never even try, as I live in an area with intense cyclists. and laugh at segment KOMs that are 25% of my time. I won't even try. I only see it afterwards on Strava.

Oh, I forgot, my rides are private so even if I did somehow have the fastest segment time, it would not count towards a KOM, but obviously I don't care about that.

 

[DaveMatthews]

What’s a KOM?

Strava King Of (the) Mountain

 

[Stefan Mikes]

What’s a KOM?

Anyone with a Strava subscription can create a segment, which is a section on a map. Now, the best rider on that segment takes a segment record:

• CR (Course Record), which is the best result regardless of the rider's sex
• KOM (King Of Mountain), or a male record
• QOM (Queen Of Mountain), or a female record.

To separate different activities, Strava maintains different segment types:

• Ride segments
• MTB segments
• E-Bike segments

(These could be more, idk). As the user creates a segment, it is based on an actually ridden course and on the activity type. If a newly created segment overlaps another of the same activity type, the new segment is rejected by Strava.

I still hold 23 E-Bike CRs, especially where e-bikers usually do not ride (I gradually lose these records to stronger e-bikers, especially in the mountains where e-biking is popular).

 

[Stefan Mikes]

that Raymon Norza Pro makes more sense! Bosch 600W 60Nm mid-drive.

You can only get these parameters at the cadence 100+ in the specific SPRINT mode of the SX motor. Bear in mind that Raymon was limited to 25 km/h, so Pablo rode mostly unassisted! And no, he took both the CR and the KOM

I got that e-KOM on a gravel group ride on a Vado 6.0 (which is equivalent to the U.S. Class 3). My brother rode a Giant Trance E+ derestricted. He would have won (as always) but he missed my sprint on the 7.33 km forest gravel segment

Oh, I forgot, my rides are private

Are they I could see your latest activity on May 17th

 

[fooferdoggie]

Horny goat

 

[Chargeride]

Anyone with a Strava subscription can create a segment, which is a section on a map. Now, the best rider on that segment takes a segment record:

• CR (Course Record), which is the best result regardless of the rider's sex
• KOM (King Of Mountain), or a male record
• QOM (Queen Of Mountain), or a female record.

To separate different activities, Strava maintains different segment types:

• Ride segments
• MTB segments
• E-Bike segments

(These could be more, idk). As the user creates a segment, it is based on an actually ridden course and on the activity type. If a newly created segment overlaps another of the same activity type, the new segment is rejected by Strava.

I still hold 23 E-Bike CRs, especially where e-bikers usually do not ride (I gradually lose these records to stronger e-bikers, especially in the mountains where e-biking is popular).

QOM isnt a good word, it sounds rude to say.

 

[Chargeride]

The Frankenstein bike fork stem.was 1cm too short.
Fixed it with this, seems very strong.

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