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Urban legend...as I said before, the energy the rotors must dissipate is the same either way. Your way means the rotors will get even hotter when you intermittently use them. There's not a lot of decent, non-anecdotal studies done on bike rotor warping, but the consensus seems to be that...

Generally approved by whom? This has no basis in science or actual field testing. Much better to not get an excessive speed to begin with. And, what do you do when you release the brakes to cool? Hold on for dear life? Seems like we've gone the full circle...

In that case, you may have a chain that's too long or a derailleur that's not working properly. Have you checked to see if it pulls out the slack in all gears?

You can over-shift on either chainring in the front. Get your bike off the ground and check the shifting. Limits are easy to set, but don't forget to check the limits with all usable gears (i.e. smallest front and rear, or big and big...)

Ice-tech? Who knew? (not me obviously). Thanks for the idea!

Am few things....first, in a car, "riding the brake" usually refers to folks who use their left foot for braking, and leave it on the brake pedal even when they don't mean to brake. This wears out brakes petty fast. Second, it should not matter on a bike whether one steadily brakes on a long...

Isn't it an easy fix to avoid throwing a chain? You've checked the limit stops on the derailleur?

Problems are: 1. space on the bar 2. thickest part is in the middle, you'd need a bushing and 3. The wires to the light are pretty short.

Due to changing health, I wanted to raise my handlebar to relieve strain on my shoulders. Ordered a Santori adjustable handlebar stem from Amazon, delivered yesterday. Unfortunately, due to the odd way Trek mounts the headlight on the 8s, it wouldn't fit - the headlight band on the bar keeps...

Nyon is a very different experience from cobi.bike. If you like ride stats, information on climbing, rider and bike power, altitude graphs and such, Nyon is for you. If you like pretty maps, maybe cobi.bike. But oddly, the ride stats that cobi.bike displays never translate exactly to Strava...

where do you get the "picky" idea? I have a cheap Xoss armband bought from Amazon last year. Connects with no problem. You can also load a day's rides either individually or together through ebike connect, depending on certain settings in your Nyon. Sounds like you haven't yet explored all...

You find going to ebike connect and clicking a link burdensome? Sigh... HRM that work with Nyon are a dime a dozen. Glad to see that there are people who like cobi.bike. Or are you just venting as usual? for the record, my switch to Nyon has given me a peace of mind that eluded me the...

Did you mount the stem forward or backward?

Now this is a good reply. :D Let's just add that some folks may need a throttle for fitness, medical or health reasons, but they should be aware of the compromises, mostly in bike choice and LBS support. While I'm at it, do you know which throttle ebikes are sold and supported by LBS? That...

Only dumbs*its willingly stop going up a hill. The few times I've had to do it in an emergency (a few times a year...) my mid drive w/o throttle did fine helping me get started. I just dial in assist to match the steepness. I've avoided the throttle controversy because of the level of...

It uses a hub motor? How is it for climbing big hills? Nice bike though....

The phone mount for the smartphone hub is an invitation to disaster. Once my phone popped out but was saved by the charging cord. From then on I used an older phone that I could afford to lose. You don't need a cell phone connection for the phone to work. While rayray's comment may be true...

Ahicks gave as good a description as I could. Motor RPM don't give you any useful information, because, depending on your gearing and pedaling (or throttle?) your motor could be spinning fast but producing very little torque, and therefore very little power. Remember that rpm x torque = power...

I care about my RPM, not the motor! Motor power? Yes. RPM? No....

Snoop, all good advice. I'm finding some posts about longer/higher stems. Anyone have experience with a higher stem on an 8s that they'd care to share?