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Because Maine is so under-represented here, I feel I need to post this photo, taken on top of a hill in New Gloucester a few days ago.

That’s great mileage, I have to say. At best, I get maybe 55 miles on a full tank riding in Eco only, over moderately hilly terrain (today I rode 32 miles with about 2,200 vertical ft). But, to be honest, I flip on Tour for maybe 25% of the time, so realistically my range is about 40 miles...

Yeah, we really need 1 kilowatt batteries!

Congrats on your new ride! I hear that once the bike lanes open on the new Tappan Zee bridge you’ll be able to do a 35 mile loop up the Palisades, across the TZ, down through Irvington and Hastings-on-Hudson, and back across the GW bridge... I think some biking group is designing a specified...

Exactly! Somebody should do a study on this topic!

Great… This is exactly what I have been doing and I just wanted to confirm that it is better to wait until the last minute to fully charge a battery and then use it, rather than charging them fully immediately after a ride. Thanks!

Yeah, I have to admit I also found the price to be a bit steep. At least the shop knocked $300 off the list price. But once the pain of the $$ wears off, there’s no looking back! The bike is just great, especially since I swapped the nasty saddle for a Brooks I had on another bike.

Hi Catbiscuit, I don’t mean to complicate your bike purchasing process, but if you’re looking for an electric gravel bike, could I suggest that you check out the Bulls Grinder Evo? I bought one about two weeks ago and have ridden 300 miles on it so far and really enjoy it. The key...

Well... I had read somewhere in this forum that you could increase the number of charges that a battery pack could deliver in its lifetime by 50% if you didn’t charge it more than 90 percent... and that you could double the life if you didn’t charge more than 80 percent of capacity. But I like...

Here’s a question about battery charging that I’ve been wondering about: If I top off my battery pack first thing in the morning, right before I go on a ride, is that significantly better for longevity than topping the pack off the night before? Does charging to 95+ percent harm the battery...

I don’t think being reverent is one of the requirements for a scout anymore. Remember, several years ago they removed the requirement that scouts have to believe in God, a.k.a. the big guy in the clouds

I bought a Bulls Grinder Evo a few weeks ago and have been loving it. It’s an aluminum drop bar bike with slightly flared handlebars and 40c tires… wide enough to handle rutted dirt roads with aplomb. Plus it has a suspension fork that you can lock out or adjust the dampening effect on. It’s a...

The irony about condemning tuning is that it is legal and not dangerous... and definitely not irresponsible, so long as the tuning simply raises the assist speed from 20 to 28 mph. I live in Maine and here, as in most states, Class 3 pedelecs are legal on roads. So, if you want to transform...

Biffo1262, Doesn’t the magnet on the wheel have to be aligned with the sensor mounted on the chain stay? If you move the magnet elsewhere on the spoke, it wouldn’t trip the sensor to display your speed. And no matter where on the spoke one fixes the magnet, even if the sensor were moved to...

The bike actually does come with racks and fenders, but the OEM racks could accommodate only panniers and not a trunk bag. I didn’t need a heavy duty rack, so I installed the Blackburn… I was just looking for a place to mount my tail light and a rack to support a trunk bag. The motor is...

Rick, Like you, I recently was focused on identifying an ebike that could handle both pavement and gravel. Plus, I wanted drop bars and an assisted speed of up to 28 mph. $5k was my maximum budget. I whittled my choices down to a Giant Road-E+ Pro and the Bulls Grinder Evo. The creaky motor...

So.. since the Grinder Eco is not that common, I thought I'd post a few pics of my latest ride. As I wrote earlier, I removed the OEM rack and fenders and installed a Blackburn rack with the 8L Ridewell Trunk bag (nice design, not too big). I installed a Supernova E3 Taillight 2 (where do they...

Because I believe it’s very important to lead a balanced and healthy lifestyle, I rigorously discipline myself to think about cycling no more than 90% of any given day.

Is the only negative result of Bosch’s delimiter detection capability on its new firmware updates the fact that it will invalidate the warranty? I read somewhere that if you reinstall the delimiter one or two more times after detection, the firmware will turn your motor into a...

It’s always a relief- and these days somewhat of a novelty- to have the federal government enact a policy that is sensible, humane and environmentally benign.