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Wow. I'm sure I'm missing something here but this new My Smartbike app. is absolutely wretched. The old Orbea app. was certainly not perfect, but it at least provided lots of information. The only good thing about this app. is that I'm no longer using it, so there's no need to have a phone...

Interesting. I have an Orbea Gain so it's not quite the same, but it is the ebikemotion system and when using the app it doesn't cause any huge amount of drain on either of my phones (an Apple SE 2020 and a Samsung Note 20 Ultra 5G). I always use it in the start activity mode, since I basically...

Hi. Lots of people charge their gadgets overnight so that it is 100% in the morning, and with most reputable products the item won't blow up or anything, but it will drastically reduce the lifespan of the battery. Some products have better bms that will mitigate this by reducing charging speed...

Hotpot im assuming you purchased using a credit card? If so quit wasting time with the seller, just call the credit card company and charge back the purchase. You'll be amazed how quickly the seller responds when the money they took from you gets taken back by the credit card company. By the way...

Looking at these pictures, these kids look like they're not overweight. In North America, the UK and more and more the EU where there is a virtual epidemic of childhood obesity why should anyone encourage kids to exercise less? Yeah you can get some exercise from an ebike but it's nowhere the...

Wow. Now I remember why I stopped posting here, it was certainly not my intention to start a war. It's a person's choice to buy whatever they want, some people hate Gains, others love them. I was just trying to give TForan some choices. Orbea is a well known maker of quality bikes (ebikes and...

Maybe consider buying a premium hub drive bike like the Orbea Gain? A lot of people here trash hub motors, but they've never taken a ride on a well made, more expensive hub system such as the Gain. It's a lot more fun to ride a bike that doesn't need constant changing - care of the cassette. I...

So JensonUSA where I purchased the battery (I don't have any Orbea dealers anywhere near me) talked to Orbea and they sent me a prepaid shipping label to return the extender battery. As soon as they got it they flashed some new firmware on it and returned it quickly. It took about a week but...

Had the same issue, barely used extender battery when attached stops assist, flashes purple. Recharging, etc. doesn't help. Returned to Orbea for a firmware update so we'll see if that works. The Bike itself has been trouble free but the extender battery seems half- baked. Wish I had never...

Oh there are plenty of incidents with "respected" manufacturers, including recalls from Pedago, and fires from Teslas and other EVs that have BMS systems that ebike manufacturers don't come anywhere near meeting. Saying that manufacturers should be liable simply for producing li-ion batteries is...

Taylor it's horrible about your friend, but what makes you think that wearing a helmet would have made any difference? What little scientific evidence there is seems to suggest that helmets are a talisma. Unfortunately they're not much help when one runs into a 2 ton vehicle. Kind of makes me...

Interesting conversation. I can only speak for the US but in the car industry it is easy to show that inexpensive Koread and Japanese cars are far more reliable and cheaper to mainrain than the German brands. There are still lots of people who have convinced themselves that the German cars are...

Jackson Hole is a great place for just about any outdoor activity, but as a Floridian keep in mind that they have to bike as much as they can during the summer, there's not going to be much biking there in the winter. Skiing and Snowmobiling yes, biking not so much. :)

How about bicycle and motorized bike because the moment you add and use non-human power it's a different thing altogether, kind of like taking a sailboat and powering it with a gas engine.

Hi Ebiker33. Exact opposite of you, here in SW Florida there are no hills at all, but constant wind since we’re near the Gulf. Anything above 9mph is noticeable and at 20 mph or so it will basically require the same force it takes to go 20mph to go 12mph, especially if you’re in a non-aero...

I had the Marathon Plus on an eGlide bike. I'm not very hard on tires and always ride on paved roads or bike trails. The back tire is still ok after about 1,700 miles with a lot of thread left, but the front tire had the side wall burst even though it still had a lot of thread left at about...

Interesting. I have yet to ride a mid drive that feels anything like a real bike because they get the q factor all wrong, but most people don't seem to notice. Since she has a lower budget and is new to this maybe she isn't aware of the increased wear and expense to the chain/drivetrain caused...

I hear you. If I had it to do over I wouldn't have bought one. Even though with a 21 mph cut off bikes in the US don't have the range yours do, my limiting factor here is the heat and humidity, not the battery. When the real feel is consistently over 105 f day after day during the summer there's...

On mine the batteries show separately on both Android and iOS. I'm glad it does, without that it would be a lot harder to preserve bzttery life by making sure you don't drain either battery too far.

I don't have a Radrunner, but I have a singlespeed ebike (eglide) and live in SW Florida (Venice). I also have a multispeed Orbea. Although I love the Orbea, for us in Florida a single speed makes tons of sense. They are simple and require almost no maintenance and make riding a bike a lot more...