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Post up if you ever do test install the speed sensor with spoke magnet. If so don't forget to check and make sure your wheel diameter setting is correct for your bike wheel size. FWIW I wanted to test my 48v5ah yard tool battery with my 48v tsdz2. The tool battery is only 43v nominal (rated...

"The sucker is saddled with an over priced, under performing, heavy piece of shite." Sounds like acrimonious hyperbole, but whatever. Bottom line it looks and specs as a very nice bike at a reasonable price given the market. Maybe not your preference but that doesn't make it a bad choice for...

BTW testing my 36v without the speed sensor didn't seem to affect assist one way or another but without it the motor would shut off every few minutes unless actively pedaling (as when descending long grades). That was with the xh18 display, very annoying. You can always hook your speed sensor...

I live on a mountain and all of my rides involve pulling long steep grades. If I lived in an area with flat terrain I wouldn't even bother with an ebike. My 48v tongsheng has very similar assist as my 70nm Yamaha pw-se which is quite powerful. It's hard to understand how it wouldn't provide...

Ride in the Columbia River gorge yesterday

I don't get the acrimony. The bike you pictured is a sweet bike that I'd be more than happy to own or ride. I looked up the vado 5.0 SL and it supports up to 28mph, doesn't supply the power that a tongsheng can but at a reported 33# and marked down over $1200, for someone not interested in a...

if that's the case there's something wrong with your tsdz2 setup

Once I ordered Rayban frames from Amazon and had Costco do the lenses. When I had an in house optical insurance benefit I still went to Costco because even with the benefit Costco was less expensive and great service and product as always.

The only thing that has stopped me from buying is what my wife would say, and me knowing that she was right.

Weight is the only real reason that I've semi seriously looked at buying a carbon. One review indicated that the bike I'm interested in weighs in at 19ish# which is about as heavy as I would want. Feb 2020 I was riding my BH/Yamaha gravel bike in Saguaro East national park near Tucson without...

FWIW: Not the bike frame that I'm interested in but a bikesdirect carbon nonetheless From a person who went from an ebike to a bikesdirect carbon https://robrobinette.com/Motobecane_Immortal_Disc_Pro_SL_Gravel_Bike.htm here's a recent one with the same frame as the one I'm interested in but...

Their web site is sort of sketchy. I bought a mountain bike from them several years ago, it was an excellent bike with good components that arrived in perfect condition with no adjustments needed for hundreds less than any comparable LBS bike. I'm not a mechanic but I've never come across any...

My wife is cleared to drive as of this week but with the wet forecast (love the rain, not complaining) and short days (meaning long nights in a backpacking tent) I'm not inclined to try it this year. Maybe in the spring when the Snoqualmie tunnel opens, although my wife might be having surgery...

https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/gravity/gravel-bikes/gravel-cf-express-discbrake-carbon-gravel-bikes.htm

I know that place (!), although I've only been there a couple times to ride from Orting to South Prairie (now extended to Buckley) and parked at that park. I used to know of some closed road, closed due to damage from a flooded Carbon River (?), open to hikers/bikers, at a park near Carbonado...

I've almost clicked buy on this full carbon 1x11 a few times.

Not sure how good a Qiroll is on hills but only adds 1.6kg with the larger battery and cut weight over 5# vs the Boost wt you quote. I'd like to try one, almost bought a used Qiroll pro on ebay but ended up passing on it. Qiroll on what looks like a carbon frame, from the Qiroll site.

Nexus 3 speed hub and Nuvinci n360 also had very good chainline with my TSDZ2. No experience with Bafang but it might work similarly well and give you more than 1 speed for climbing. Nuvinci is too heavy IMO and 3 speed, while durable, has limited range but maybe something like a 5speed might...

The c3 display provides a true 5 levels of assist for the 48v which is all I've used it on. Level 5 on the 48v 750w version provides about the same feel of assist as my Yamaha pw-se equipped gravel bike. 36v 500w version has less max assist but still good. If I had to choose between my two...

I bought mine (a 48v 750w and a 36v 500w) from eco-cycles. I think they might tweak the settings but I'm not sure about that. I'm not interested in trying to program them myself, they have worked fine right out of the box. Not clunky, level 1 is low assist but definitely helpful on hills, I...