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kona elkahuna https://www.konaworld.com/products/el-kahuna comes in 3 sizes of small frame, has front suspension, 2.25" tires, 11-46 sprocket set. Shimano mid drive. On sale this week $2500 if any dealer stocks the size you need. The website does not list weight. The ecoco without suspension and...

Electrical horsepower to watts is 746 according to Thomas Glover. I have worn out a 1300 w ebikeling hub motor and am now riding a 1000 w Mac12t motor. Both are geared hubs. Those were totally adequate for carrying 330 lb gross up 77 hills up to 12%. I used the 1300 w ebikeling motor on three...

Read post 1 about the error code when OP hits a bump, and the weeks delay to receive a new battery mount. My Dorman .250" flag terminals (insulated) never ever drop power to the controller. Also check your specialized dealer about the cost of a second battery, versus the cost of an extra...

If you want to avoid the patented specialized fall out battery but still want to shop off the bike, try a yuba combi https://yubabikes.com/compact-cargo/ , a blix packa https://blixbike.com/products/packa-electric-cargo-bike, or a momentum pakyak...

Welcome to the site and low carbon commuting.

Not too bad in So. Indiana. The worst deteriorated berm, Ste Hwy 3, was repaved last summer. Nicely matched gravel edges, also. Frankly I would like to see less spent on pavement and more spent on locking up and caring for crazy people. I do not have a problem here but I had to abandon Texas...

No reason you cannot reduce pressure on a 2.3" tire to ride off-road slowly, if your weight is under 260 lb. For 23 mph back on road, you then can boost the pressure back to 55 psi limit. Especially when you load up the back with groceries, yard chemicals, or lawnmower fuel. Keep tires at...

Roger the inutility of fat tire bikes. They drag more than 55 psi tire bikes, making unpowered ride very difficult. Note the 30 or 25 psi limit on the tires. Waste of watthours if you do not ride in powder snow or on a beach with fluffy sand. Some posters have complained of poor streering of...

I read at 1000 wpm and listen at 80 wpm. Guess which media I prefer?

Florida sunshine bridge now has rock islands built around the piers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Skyway_Bridge See the CNN story. Rock islands protecting piers are not required by NHTSA but obviously should be. Florida bridge was taken out by a ship 44 years ago; a Greyhound bus...

I have one electric bike. A yubabikes bodaboda cargo bike, equipped for hauling groceries or sundries. With spares tools water weather gear it weighs 94 lb but since I do not operate a car, no lifting problem. It is too long to fit the bike racks on TARC busses. ~11000 miles on it. I keep a 3...

At 172 cm height I find "one size fits all" bikes do not fit me. I checked canyon website and I would have to download a pdf to read dimensions so I will leave that up to you. Then you can go to a bike store and have your fiance sit on similar sized bikes. Ideally you would visit a store that...

I am planning to take the ebike to the solar eclipse April 8. 50 miles round trip to Seymour IN from my summer camp at Marysville. It is mostly flat so the battery might make it both ways, if the wind is not too high.

11000 miles without spoke or cable adjustment? That is what I have put on my yuba.

Besides the # of spokes, some bikes have spokes made of car batteries & old wire in the "steel". Some have pure carbon iron steel. Guess which kind stretches more? Country of origin does not determine quality, my yubabike came from China and the original spokes are 11000 miles old and never...

altitude-activities is in slovenia, northeast of Trieste IT. Fairly off topic. Took me 10 clicks to find out.

I find the 400 lumens of a catseye totally adequate on road. https://www.modernbike.com/cateye-ampp-400-headlight It straps to the handlebar, and will snap off to be hid in the pannier when I am parked shopping, eating, working or meeting. It flashes brighter once per three-quarter second to...

I climb up to 15% with a 1000 w geared hub drive on the front. I carry 60 lb groceries, the bike with spares weighs 94 lb, I am 160 lb. It will start from a dead stop with no help and pull up to 6 mph on that grade. If I hit the grade at 25 mph it will be at 10 or higher at the top (100')...

Here is a report of cougar attack on two hikers in California. https://lite.cnn.com/2024/03/23/us/mountain-lion-attack-leaves-one-person-dead-and-another-injured-in-california/index.html

I was happy with my unpowered bike, but summer winds picked up in 2018 and it took 6 hours to ride 27 miles into a headwind. TOO MUCH EXERCISE! My first conversion kit installed on a Huffy Savannah cruiser, the battery would not climb any hill. Got my money back for that battery. Steering was...