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The market is so depressed, anyone trying to sell an ebike for the foreseeable future is in for a rude awakening if they think they can make more than a small fraction of an ebike's sale price back. People want the freedom to do as they want, but when the reality of the market hits them in the...

I haven't watched the video but I think I can guess what his reasoning is. I am sure those building owners do not ban UL certified heaters and hair dryers etc., so where's the risk if the UL certification takes the ebike battery back into the mainstream of consumer appliances? Especially since...

Another genius who has repealed the Laws of Thermodynamics.

It might be hard to put into the trash bin if its on fire :-) I try to never, ever look for a price deal on batteries and only buy from vendors whose reputation I have already vetted independently. But if you are stuck in a proprietary platform, I get how thats a tough spot to be in or get out of.

So many people are clueless about this, and tighten pedals to a torque spec in the 40 Nm range, which makes sense to the legal department of whoever is selling pedals, but mechanically is ridiculous. Just-snugged pedals are a secret I have always tried to give away, but there are seldom any...

Read the labels @PCeBiker posted... Permatex silver is not for wheel studs? Pfffft... every tool kit in a race track paddock on test'n'tune day has a little jar of that stuff somewhere, and it goes on the wheel studs. The copper stuff is supposedly for brakes, usually as a 'disc brake quiet'...

Markel is the insurance company that is the policy behind almost every agent-sold policy in the USA. Markel also sells directly. There are two other players in the USA market at present: Oyster and Sundays. Sundays Insurance is a recent transplant from the UK, and that policy is an absolute...

Your wheels should both be rotating freely forward. If they aren't then the first culprit to look for is your brake pad alignment. Make sure the pads are not dragging/are centered, and that you don't have a warped rotor messing things up. Basically exactly the same thing you deal with on an...

Anyone who has had product shipped across an international border, that is pricey (like an ebike) has dealt with what seems to be an incredible racket run by the shipping companies who rake in a small fortune on added charges; never mind the whole customs duty thing. EVERYONE in the bike and...

Talk about a DIY solution... Stuff like this is why I do my own from the ground up. https://www.elecrow.com/yamaha-mid-drive-motor-dongle-to-use-3rd-party-batteries.html?srsltid=AfmBOooCQbfTketAMOHynsv5z-0U_YrA9SzyG4pfasU0bVbfMEATabcP

@Dewey has it pinpointed. You guys focusing on the battery issue are right too... it only affects the sales and rental industries (albeit *profoundly* with the implication that any bike rental outfit will have to literally trash their existing fleet by Jan 1 2026). What really matters is the...

Looks like they are in the process of changing Flatout marketing. The Amazon Flatout store shows all the old formulae as 'unavailable', Flatout now has the Quick Strike Small Tire (bicycle) formula rated only for 1/4" holes. Thats probably the sucky stuff that used to be separately branded...

The original Quick Strike was branded and packaged differently as an entirely separate product... and it got bad reviews. I have no idea if its the same stuff that sucked when it was released or whether they reformulated it when they rep-packaged it with Flatout branding. It will work great...

Upgraded my Bullitt recently to use Surly Corner bars. I think this is about as clean as a 2wd system is going to get. KT LCD4 display on the left for the front motor (set to show numeric voltage). DZ40 on the right for the BBSHD. Bars are open and available for different hand positions...

Yes although the Flatout people have told me the Light Equipment version that is stocked at Home Depot is just as good on a bike. For a 26x4.x tire I would use a half-bottle of the stuff. Sounds like a lot but that is the manufacturer rec. 16 oz in a fat tire means you can have a flat, lose...

Well of course nothing in this world is truly thornproof... -resistant but not -proof. The answer to this question is a moving target. It depends on what day it is, almost, and what wheel we are talking about. Remember also I use Presta valves on almost everything which changes things up...

Worth mentioning: I ride with full-finger gloves for safety in a crash. Not for ride comfort. I've had my hands saved as a result of this, wearing deerskin gardening gloves. Didn't save my wrists on impact, but the palms and fingers of those gloves were scored terribly. My skin stayed...

C15 seldom actually works. I have yet to find a display that has the setting have it do anything.

If only goatheads are the problem, I would do tubeless. I would definitely NOT do Stans or Orange Seal as both are inferior to Flatout as a tubeless sealant. I went thru a construction site once when I was living in Fresno and came out the other side with no less than 100 goatheads. I counted...

I use two different styles of Ergon winged grips (the version for angled bars, and the straight bar version). The angled ones are noticeably more comfortable. Also I use Wolf Tooth Fat Paw and Mega Fat Paw silicone grips. After using both, I prefer the silicone Wolf Tooths. I have wrist...