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I'm new to e-bikes and a long-time cyclist who also likes motorcycling but hasn't done much of that in a while. The thread about the Japanese response to introduction of fast illegal Chinese-sourced e-bikes, made me wonder whether I'm being too limited in how I think about the e-bike and maybe...

I would really love to take that tour on the Rocky Mountaineer.

Here's how I think through it: the standard method for a threadless bike setup is you tighten that top cap bolt to pull the fork into proper headset adjustment, not too tight, and on your bike that cap would be the RockForm so the bolt tightens the Rockform too. Once you have the headset...

Your thinking makes sense to me--to use a short bolt to secure the Delta Extension in a dedicated way that's not affected by the Rockform bracket. Then use an expander to bolt the RockForm to. Avoiding a star nut is good thinking because it would prevent access to that Delta extension bolt below...

There were 1" threaded steerer suspension forks made in the first half of the 90s--I have a little-used RockShox Judy from 1996 I would sell, but it uses a 107mm headtube. It takes a standard 22.2mm quill stem. Also have a very nice Marzocchi suspension fork with 1" threadless steerer I'd sell...

I always use an expander thingie or bung when setting up a threadless bike. They have never failed or caused any problems, and the ones I've used do come easily right out as you described. They are required for carbon steerer tubes I think, but I use the expander even in steel steerers that are...

Interesting development to me because I first learned about throttle-control e-bikes years ago from seeing fairly large family e-bikes made for kid-hauling and grocery shopping in Japanese urban areas. I suppose those are not part of this issue because they were likely compliant to regulations...

People have different expectations and preferences about this. I've ridden gravel bikes with and without suspension and vastly prefer riding gravel without suspension. A long-time cyclist, I only use front suspension or full-suspension for the most technical single track, and even then I prefer...

These are good performers in my experience. I like the version that has a reservoir at the caliper so they are self-adjusting like regular full hydro brakes. The self-adjusting capability of hydro brakes (with reservoir), is a key reason to prefer them, as m@Roberson pointed out. Adjusting...

Hydro vs cable disc brakes choice for me is about the fact that hydro disc brakes retract both pistons on each side (or sets of pistons). The reason this matters is hydraulic disc brakes set up with pistons at a reasonable distance from the rotor so there is no "chuff, chuff, chuff" sound as the...

I'd want it to stay a bicycle. An e-bike is a real bicycle that happens to be motorized, and it needs the proper safety features bicycles have (e.g. good brakes), or carry along (proper lighting for night riding). A lot of things can be added that make it a scooter or mo-ped or some other form...

Long-time cyclist, and daily commuter, I got an e-bike out of sheer curiosity and because I didn't want to wait until I required an e-bike to start learning about them. You all knew this already, but I found out e-bikes are plenty interesting on their own and take nothing away from the joy of...

I love how the Bosch system works too. And I agree bikes are more expensive for what you get than cars; I didn't mention cars so you may have been replying to Ravi's original post where he does. Joy is good, and I find joy in other e-bike systems too besides Bosch.

This is the very thing that kept me from buying another Bosch-equipped bike last month after buying my first e-bike in late March (a Bosch bike). Instead my second e-bike is going a different direction. I suppose I'm a poster-boy for that lack of battery education. My e-eduction has only begun...

My Bosch bike came with a 500wh battery and 2amp charger (new iZip in March). I've been stopping the charger at 4 out of 5 bars to get an 80% charge in hopes of a longer cycle life. I assume the Bosch's BMS auto shut-down happens at 100% charge. I think we're pretty close to a universal shape...

You're probably both right-- I'm in a dry mountain west environment and most sealants do dry out, but people coming here from east coast or NW report they never had to top up sealant. It's true there are multiple reasons to not do tubeless or sealant: the mess when you change tires or if a bead...

+1 but I'd recommend Orange Seal or Stans instead.

Ha! that's it. :-)

Curious why no one recommended setting up the tire tubeless? Most modern e-bikes likely come with tubeless-ready rims and tires(?). A little sealant inside prevents many/most flats by sealing thorn punctures, glass shard and wire punctures, etc., and greatly reduce the chance you'll be removing...

So true. It's almost like a data-nerd point of pride to have the best data and the worst display. I remember when OBED-II was new in autos and I got an early ScanGauge device to show me the data straight from the car's CPU data stream. That ScanGauge looked dated 20 years ago when I first put...