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The Smart system is a work in progress right now. Even though it was announced over a year ago, companies like Trek don't seem to have widely adopted it. As of today, Bosch doesn't even offer navigation on the Kiox display. They say "Available in the future.", whatever that means. Hopefully...

Seacoast ebikes is NE from you. We're NW, ABOUT 60 miles via route 2 west and other roads. Takes about 90 minutes +-. Fall colors are starting to pop, so it's a good time to come out and explore. If you subscribe to ride with gps, I can show you some routes.

Welcome. If you want some suggestions for rides in SW NH, let me know. I live at the base of Mt. Monadnock and ride locally most every day. We have great rides on local roads, which have very light traffic as long as you stay off the numbered roads. Lots of elevation changes to give you and...

Even well known manufacturers can leave customers in the lurch. There's been threads here about motor problems and the unavailability of replacements, either the whole motor or parts. Batteries? Controllers? Who knows? No one (no manufacturer) has committed to making parts available for any...

Agree! I'm just not sure which are better, by and large.

Even a crappy lube, one that attracts grit, for example, is better than no lube at all, at least in most cases. There's a whole field of science here called tribology, focused on the study of friction between surfaces. I'm no expert in this area, but have a rudimentary understanding of its...

Like your dad, my birthday is next month, turning 73. Thank you for taking the time to let us know here how this sadly turned out. I can only imagine how difficult this is for you and your family. All too often, on discussion boards, people vanish and we have no idea why. And we only know...

Nice!

Clever marketing. The most important factor is to get lube into the wear points on a chain, the pins and rollers. The nature of the lube is secondary - it matters of course, but not nearly as much as just having lubrication, even a mediocre one. Keeping a chain and drive train free of grit...

Heck, even water would work, kinda, in a pinch. Any poorly compressing fluid would. But the OP isn't in a pinch.

Heck, it's only your brakes! Especially if you live in a hilly area like I do, why not experiment? Maybe you'll find that baby oil doesn't work so well for that sudden stop and save the rest of us from a mis-adventure...if you're still around to tell us. Obviously I'm being sarcastic, but be...

This makes a lot of sense. The CVT IGH have somewhat lower efficiency, from what I've read, but as you say, an ebike compensates for that quite well. One of these days, I may spring for a belt driven IGH, but for now my chain driven, derailleur controlled Trek Allant 8s does OK. In fact, I...

It's interesting that with the smartphone hub, I battled bluetooth connecting to my HRM constantly, but with Nyon, never. I don't think the problem was my phone, but rather the interaction between the phone and cobi.bike, but who knows. It's well behind me.

Yea, once I dumped the smartphone hub, my life has been much more pleasant...can't believe I put up with that dog as long as I did.

Wasn't even aware of it, not that I could have gone 1000 miles in one month.... at least your post makes a bit of traffic for Trek here. Otherwise, Trek bikes get very little mention. Wonder why?

why do you dislike derailleurs so much?

Lovely series of our beautiful New England. Vermont is much more open than our part of New Hampshire, isn't it? For example, my rides are mostly through pretty dense forest to the edge of the road, with homes scattered back into the forest. Not nearly as photogenic....

Any chance the website spec is out of date? Wouldn't be the first time, would it? OTOH, it makes little sense for Specialized to use unique, proprietary parts in this location on a bike. Not as if you get any real uniqueness or vendor lock in.

I don't have any replacement parts. I'm just missing parts in my abdomen and neck, but my ebike makes up for it, as well as my age. We no longer have excuses like high headwinds (30 mph gusts in my area today) or hills. We just go and have fun!

Wish more folks would appreciate this. I think most of these opinion pieces are click-bait, to get more eyeballs. One thing Facebook taught us, unfortunately, is that the more inflammatory, the more extreme, an article or post is, the more people engage, leading to more eyeballs and revenue...