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I have added 10 turns to the preload on my T10 and it handles the Ottawa potholes now. Not a full suspension but now fine as a city bike. The bike shipped with minimal preload that was bottomed out with just my weight on the bike and the fork was useless. It looks like Gazelle sources the full...

No squeak in Ultimate; totally different tube design. I should open a different thread title for the Ultimate T10 if I find any tips.

Just an update on the grease fix. I have 3000+ km and did winter riding with studded tires. The grease is needed on little alignment fins on the plastic cover that rub on the opening in the aluminum tube. Just don't handle it near the fins when removing the battery which I did to charge it on...

I just got this bike; previous ride Arroyo is now for my wife. I did find that the factory front shock preload was minimal and the shock was bottoming with just my weight. Postmoderne manual helped me remove wheel, undo fender bolt under shock, move the fender out of the way. Then a 4mm up...

The manual can be found here front postmoderne fork manual I did not adjust the play but rather added more preload by removing the wheel and fender and adjusting from underneath. If they fiddled with the play then it looks tricky to get right. Good luck.

The Arroyo frame is outside the rack and will be the first point of contact for any pannier. Road vibration will induce rubbing with the pannier. I could work on more protection but now that the bike paint is scratched, I don't care to protect the scratched paint. Just like a new car that waits...

Gabriella, The Ortleib panniers are all I have ever had experience with yet they are great. I will probably use them for the rest of my life; how's that for a rating! After over 2000km on the bike this year the left side one always goes with me to carry accessories and as the trunk of my...

Followup on the Ortlieb panniers; I love them but the bottom fitting is rubbing on the frame strut since it is outside and rubs at the bottom pannier fitting. Added some sacrificial tape to the frame strut for now.

We have road mounted radars in community areas that do publish a speed that is 2 km/hr less than my Purion display. So technically I will not get in trouble for having an illegal pedalec bike. And I just have to work harder to keep up with real road bikes that can average greater than 30 km/hr...

Light spread with a finger around outer edge of cover on the battery. Finger spread light and not visible on inner edge of aluminum opening in the frame. A slightly visible dab on the 4 guides that have a small ridge that was for sure squeaking. So far 150km and still have to just use my bell...

I lost a full water bottle on some bump somewhere; I did not even see it vanish as I was probably busy watching for potholes. I have replaced with the next size up water bottle and will add a loop of shock cord that I can put over the top of the bottle. Perhaps a real bottle cage is in the future?

Followup on squeak fix. The tape wore through at the contact points and then the squeaking resumed. I removed it and used a light touch of some teflon bike lubricant (white cream) around the outside edge of the battery cover, the guides on the battery cover that wore through the tape and the...

I originally thought a squeak over bumps in bike paths was in the seat but the frame is flexing and the integrated battery cover has 4 spots that guide the battery to stay centred. The plastic is rubbing against the frame when the flexing happens. Perhaps this is aggravated by the 1-5 degree...

Yes the AXA option is nice since you are using that lock/key anyways. I have a separate (another key) ABUS chain that I will take to lock the front wheel also when I plan on locking my bike for a long time. That way they need to angle grind 3 locks and that is a chore and maybe their battery...

I had to return Arkel panniers because the j-hook would not connect to the carrier design. I swapped for the Ortlieb Bike-Packer Classic and found that I could get the mounts to work. Mounted a PORTLAND DESIGN WORKS BAR-ISTA CUP HOLDER inside the handlebars because there are no bottle cage...

While waiting for the snow to start melting, I had a couple of short errands on a 2019 Gazelle Arroyo. Looking forward to exploring my city beyond running/walking range.