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I'm considering swapping to a larger front chain ring on my Giant Revolt, but only when the chain needs replacing. At that time I'll make a decision to go for either a 46 tooth (2 teeth larger) or a 48 tooth (4 teeth larger) front chain ring. On my commute I'm always in the lower part of the...

@Stefan Mikes already mentioned the Velvet Underground (RIP Lou Reed, Stirling Morrison and Andy Warhol) - the Velvets influenced so many bands... It's said that only a few people bought Velvet Underground records, but everyone that did formed a band and made music... ...the Velvet's legacy is...

sorry foofer, there's not enough punctuation in your post for me to to understand what you're saying... ...did you mean you can't maintain 25mph (40km/h) due to the route, but others still pass you?...presumably unsafely? Apologies - I really struggle to understand the context with books that...

I'm a newbie to e-bikes - 6 weeks in to ownership of a mid drive Giant Revolt and loving it! As @MinnBobber discusses in his original post, mid drives have to transfer all motor torque through the drive train (front chain ring/chain/cassette etc) - so those components suffer additional wear and...

BCD is 104 with 4 bolts and the current chain ring is 42T with loads of room between the chain ring and chain stay. The OEM crankset/chain ring on my Giant is FSA, and they have plenty of options for larger 1X/narrow/wide chainrings. Riding today I was paying more attention to the rear gear I...

I find the same on my Giant Revolt - on pavement with any slight downhill grade I'm in the smallest cog on the rear with an 11-42T cassette and 42T front chain ring...slight inclines and I'm still in the smallest 1/2 of the cassette...a bigger front chain ring would be handy for me... Hi Ravi...

I’m new to e-biking and my Giant Revolt feels like a tank at low speeds and carrying it up stairs compared to my carbon acoustic road bike (my ebike weighs around 20kg compared to my 8.5kg acoustic). I do like the 45mm wide tyres on it...good in the wet...and disk brakes compared to rim brakes...

I bought an e-bike, as the hills are getting steeper and my knees are getting creakier - but I didn't want a "throttle" bike, just pedal assist up hills. I tried several pedal assist e-bikes, but they didn't have enough "assist" for me. If you want an e-bike that has enough assist to get you...

upgrading major components on bikes has always been incredibly expensive. If you could find a crashed/wrecked bike with the right motor that fits it might work. IME, there are some bits that are too expensive to swap out, and better to just upgrade the entire bike... ...front shocks on a...

I completely get that REI/Cannondale advertising a class 3 bike and providing a class 1 bike with the CX motor is wrong and a major PITA... ...but it sounds like there's no easy (or quick) solution, and the price is good, and the CX motor has a good reputation... If the Bosch CX motor is as...

I asked Siri just now and it pointed me to other websites without an answer...maybe Alexa would be better... ...and of course there's apps available that convert degrees to %...or Google searches... ...the purpose of this thread was to help people understand how to convert between degrees and...

1 month of ownership tomorrow for my Giant Revolt E 2020...my 1st e-bike. It was googling the Revolt that found this thread, and it was reading this thread that convinced me the Revolt was a good fit to my requirements (mostly pavement commuting and getting back into social group rides with...

I used my iPhone to measure the steepness of the hill I live on, and it gave me the angle in degrees, not the %...but when hill steepness is discussed on forums etc, it's usually in %. It's not hard to convert between degrees and %...but you'll need a smart phone/scientific calculator that can...

Unfortunately I don't think they brought them into Australia - I could only find the Topstone Neo carbon 4 and the Topstone Neo Lefty 3 - both too expensive for me :( The specs in your link for the Topstone Neo Carbon 2 you bought says it has the Bosch CX motor 👍 - looks like an awesome...

Hi Stefan, For me I was looking to replace my road bike with an e-bike, and maybe get on some (road) group rides again. Nothing to do with air drag - all to do with image :oops: I haven't done a group ride for 5 years or so, as I've gotten too slow/fat/old to keep up. The barrier to entry...

The Topstone Neo Carbon Lefty (https://www.cannondale.com/en-au/bikes/electric/e-road/topstone-neo/topstone-neo-carbon-lefty-3?sku=c62151m10lg) was what the LBS recommended to me after some test rides of hub drive and mid drive e-bikes left me underwhelmed on their assist up hills. Awesome...

I should have said, "you can choose to drop the intensity with an e-bike" :)... ...one of my creaky knees decided to flare up...so no group ride this week :(...but faced with the option of walking to the bus stop at either end of my commute vs an e-bike ride to work just "rolling over the...

have you considered only charging them to 80%? less range but longer battery life Mike

My primary mode of commuting to work for the last 15 years or so has been by bicycle. Up to the last 5 years or so I used to love it - it was a highlight at the start and end of the day to look forward to. As I got older the hills got steeper and it became a chore and painful on my knees on the...

I love Micah's videos As @Timpo says you likely have a 52V battery, not 48V - ie likely 14 cells in series @ nominal 3.7V/cell = 51.8V rather than 13 cells in series @ nominal 3.7V/cell = 48.1V (Micah's video explains that nominal 3.7V/cell is a bit of a stretch, and 3.6V/cell is more realistic)...