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Well, after I bought my bike, I had to buy one for the spouse. She sounds exactly like your spouse. I bought her mid-drive class1-pedelec (it was a demo bike) and the Class-1 seems to be the correct answer in that the bike only helps when she pedals. That seems to be the "safest" mode for an...

You need to set your Sag. Basically get on the bike with full weight slowly and the fork should compress 25% of its range. Try that out and play with it as you want.

RE: According to KTM, the have addressed the issue in a couple of ways. Do you think the following prevents the problem, other than mud? I guess it does. The chain stay has a rubber protector but there are no marks. I don't hear it hit either. I can tell you the chain tensor has pretty strong...

@lumas I look forward to reading your reports...please stay.

Interesting. With my KTM bike, Bosch mid-drive, I have had no chain derailments. While I have not exposed the bike to heavy mud conditions (wherein other issues have been documented), I do expose it to high torque hill climbs and very rough trails, including high speed descents. And I commute...

@Lumos Nice report. Couple questions or comments. For water drainage, could you just cut away the plastic on the bottom to let the water escape freely? I hear your point about shaft flex, but that is common any many motor designs and I'm thinking the problem is a poorly designed seal. Hopefully...

@pxpaulx I think you are making some assumptions about riding styles. I have been riding very steep terrain and I use a 11-36 and wish I had even higher. Anyway @david lynch if you ride steep hills or trails I can highly recommend 36t at the upper end.

I was going to stay out out this, but I think we are losing perspective. 1) Any normal bike sucks in heavy mud 2)I will bet a dollar, that every ebike will have its own idiosyncrasy's with regard to harsh conditions. i.e. a sustained long hill is hard on hub drives, as is fixing a rear flat...

Okay, I think I have read all the forums. I have concluded ebikes for many of us are the helping with the proverbial "mid life crisis." Previously, coping with midlife crisis meant buying a Corvette, today perhaps a Tesla. But when I read postings like this: "Nice when I can keep up with the...

sounds like a good idea but I wish we had more members. I still read the regional forums for interest.

In my youth, I rode like EddieJ in the Canadian Rockies. It was brutal. I still have tires with studs somewhere the garage. I rode a steel bike called a Miyata Ridge Runner. Back in the 80's we would have "rallies" where the winners were the one's who could ride fast down the steep mountain...

Oh hi, Below are two drive sprockets with 600 miles on them from Bosch Gen 2 motors. My motor is Active line, they other sprocket is from EddieJ who as Performance line. Eddie's Sprocket.... Quite the difference in wear. Even the splines for mounting on the shaft are rounded. I...

Oh hi, I bought the cog tool from my bike shop. I'm going there to get extra sprockets, I could get one and send it to you if you have problems finding one. I also contacted Park tool and told them to make one :-) Actually they have a cog tool, but it is not clear if it is the same size. I...

RE: What are the expectation of electric mountain bikes, compared to normal mountain bikes? Hills? Yes, in fact a big Yes. Should be better that regular mtn bike. Rough terrain and vibration? Yes---just hit my speed record of 33.5 mph down a very rough and rocky road/trail. Actually I was a...

Yeah mine is 54x584. In looking at the chart (thanks BTW, I did go to the internet site but missed the 27.5 entry) it seems these tires are intend more for the commute side as they don't make them very wide.

I just replaced my pads, front and back. The rears had worn all the way down to the retaining clip, I am using these pads: Shimano XTR Race (G01A) Resin Disc Brake Pads. Thats what was on before. Braking is good, See how long they last. I noticed that both my calipers weren't aligned well, so...

I would like to hear as well. I guess the Shimano equivalent is this: SHIMANO CS-M770. In reading reviews on Amazon the SRAM does well, problem is I would like find reviews when used on ebikes with with mid-motors.

When will you get it? Looks nice. Since you in Europe did you look at the KTMs. My bike (KTM Macina Action Plus 27.5: https://www.damianharriscycles.co.uk/search/?e=pnf&q=Macina+Action+27.5+11+CX5+ktm+macina+action+27.5) seems like it would be comparable to the Cannondale. ( I'm still looking...

Oh hi, As discussed in another thread I mentioned I would inspect my motor. The bike I bought was a demo bike with 250 miles on it. It was clear that it was demo'd well as it had mud in all it's crevasses. I now have about 600 miles, and after reading about the various hardcore rides some...

Thanks for the link. Somehow she should have mentioned that normal bikes already go 20 mph and the mid-drives (which seemed to be the sole reference for bikes) require the people to pedal. The reason that this should be stressed is that an ebike vs a normal bike ...it is the attitude of the...