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I was very tempted by the Carbo, but wanted to wait until I saw a review. I joined the Carbobackers Facebook group and, at least for now, I'm relieved that I didn't go through with it. The bikes are being delivered very slowly, to put it charitably. In most cases, the batteries were shipped...

Most bike shops tend to make more money from doing repairs than they do from selling bikes and bike parts. My experience is that they're happy to have my business and generally don't care where I bought the bike. The warranty/labor issue is a bit different, but my take is that most reputable...

Very individual thing, but it's a pretty good seat. For me, it was a mix of breaking the seat in and breaking myself in. You're going faster than you probably did on a regular bike, so the bumps are bumpier. I'm sure there are better/softer out there, but I'd think about giving it a chance...

I have the same bike and there should be a quick release lever where the seat post meets the frame. Yours seems to be missing. I'm not even sure how your seat post has stayed in one position. If there's neither a lever or bolt there, you're risking an accident to what most people consider a...

Welcome! I have the BMW Cruise too. So far, it's been great. I would mention that it's important to keep the chain maintained, because the mid drive can be very hard on the chain.

Ummm, I confess that I actually wasn't on my e-bike today, but wound up on a new bike trail, the Neuse River Trail, in Raleigh, North Carolina. My friend is on a regular bike and is recovering from a health matter, so my riding the e-bike seemed a bit out of line. We did about 20 miles worth...

Took my BMW Cruise in for its first service at 640 miles and learned that I'd let the chain got too dry and my rear derailleur had gotten a little bent ($180 for the tuneup and the new chain). I did 37 miles today on a cross between a commute and a workout from Durham NC to the southern edge...

Interesting, one of the reasons I bought my e-bike when I did was that my mother was in assisted living and suffering from dementia. She was staying maybe 4 miles from us, but across the interstate and along some bits of road that had no shoulder and up 2 significant hills. There's something...

After a few years with a trunk bag, I switched over to an Ortlieb briefcase pannier. https://thetouringstore.com/thetouringstore/ortlieb/ortlieb-bicycle-commuting-and-office-bag-panniers/ortlieb-office-bag-ql-3-pannier/ I like that it keeps my center of gravity lower, still has good heel...

Thanks for your very honest take on your experience! The bike looks very nice. Like some others here, I'm kind of glad that I didn't deal with the tradeoffs. I wouldn't consider any of those things to be minor issues.

Glad I could help. My frame is the medium btw, just to confirm. A bike that doesn't fit isn't a bargain at any price.

I get 31" from the floor. It's a sloping top tube, so it's a little tricky. It's a couple inches less than that closer to the front of the seat.

The dealer is actually a couple miles from me. I'm happy to help if there are questions, issues, etc. related to working with them.

I love New Bern. I take it that there's no real issues left over from the flooding from Hurricane Florence?

As someone who spent most of his life in California, I believe the paired management of water and fire in the west remains a serious problem. Much of California is essentially a desert and the state, especially the southern part, wasn't meant to support anywhere near its current population...

That's a heck of lot of exercise! So much for the e-bike as cane or walker thing :}

I actually moved away from a really good biking area which I assume would be a great e-biking area too (I never had one when I lived there), West Sonoma County in California. I lived in a town called Sebastopol, good place to retire if you already own property there, but housing's not cheap...

I still have 3 "acoustic" bikes. My wife likes to give me a hard time about how much space they take up in our garage. One I road across the U.S. in 1987, so I keep it for sentimental reasons. Interestingly, the 80's touring bike is also the most comfortable riding bike I've ever had. The...

How much do you still ride your non e-bike? I've ridden mine once in the two and a half months since I got mine, but some of that is the novelty of the new toy. This sounds terrible, but a lot of us here are 60 or older. Is the e-bike like a cane or a walker for people who still want to get...

The other end of the American Tobacco Trail in Durham, North Carolina. We had snow about a week before, so some of it was still on the trail along with several fallen trees. With my regular bike, I'd likely have stayed inside for the day.