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Just out of curiosity does anyone know the price for having the internal battery replaced by an Orbea dealer? Although I love having an internal battery in terms of looks, I know it's going to be expensive to replace and is best done by a dealer not just because of the work involved but because...

Sure, safety. The death rate for pedestrians and cyclists is the highest it has ever been. With very few protected lanes in most places and distracted drivers, whether you wear a helmet or not isn’t worth squat when you get hit by a 3 ton SUV.

You are of course absolutely right, and that's what I've been doing on the last few long rides. I think old age has addled my mind. :)

Hi. You're right, I looked all over the Orbea site and no luck, but since you have the water bottle holder the only thing you're really missing is the rubber band. The other locks are just part if the water bottle. So long as you make sure the battery is seated onto the bottom of the water...

Hi OrbeaScotland. The rubber band part can be ordered from Orbea, but honestly there's not much to it, I'm sure a right sized rubber band would work jusr as well. I've forgotten to put it on a few times, and it maxe no difference (although I was riding on paved trails). I'm nit sure what you...

Why stop there? Why not add ABS, safety harnesses, bluetooth links so you can't start it without wearing a helmet, safety lights for when your brakes are worn and so forth? Well maybe because some cyclists don't want a bike that weighs 50 pounds or more? By the way, since I notice you're from...

Yup, the documentation is pretty horrid, and it's not just the translated versions...the Spanish version is just as bad. :) I have a flat-bar which has the iwoc 3 and it really does make it a lot simpler. Although I've heard it doesn't work too well, another option may be to get a heart rate...

Hi Pemberton. If you have a smartphone and use the Orbea app. you can pretty much tell what level you're on by looking at the amount of power you're using. It still requires you to cycle through the levels, but at least you can get confirmation from the level on your phone screen. I have a Gain...

Actually I think either Mahle and or Orbra recommend it somewhere in their literature, but it's also the way lithium batteries work. There's no magic to it and regardless of what the vendor claims everyone is subject to the same laws of nature, but it's up to the owner to decide what's important...

Hi Oswald. I live in SW Florida where it never gets cold, but it gets hot and humid so I always keep my Gain inside the house. Unless your garage is temperature controlled they tend to get very hot in the Summer, which theoretically is not good for the lifespan of a lithium battery. Since the...

Cruise ships are hardly random samples of the population. What was the average age of the passengers - I have a feeling that if it's like any normal cruise there was a high percentage of geriatrics and when people get to a certain age just about anything will kill them; the flu, a cold, a fall -...

I hear you, it is a really huge problem, but what seems somewhat surreal is all the people saying that you can't put a value on human lives - yet societies do it all the time. Over 50k car fatalities a year, but we accept that as the price for having relatively affordable cars and mobility. One...

Where were all these bleeding hearts when the US infant mortality rate was soaring through the roof and people in lower socio-economic classes were dying from heart issues at rates that make the number of deaths from coronavirus a rounding error? I guess it's like the folks in California and...

No there are ebikes with hub motors that can have their PAS power adjusted. The ebikeMotion system, for example, allows you to adjust the maximum power put out in each of the three active power levels from 0% to 100%, thus you can set level one to be 30%, level 2 to be 70% and level 3 to be 100%...

Hi Alex. Luckily the US is not the USSR. There's a reason why there's a 2nd amendment and there are lots of people with arms that limit the ability of the states to do what they want. No doubt it means that there will be a few more covid deaths, but to me that's an acceptable price over allowing...

There aren't too many survivors of the siege of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) during WW2, but ask any of them how human behavior changed when food became harder and harder to find. It will be interesting to see how the cuddled masses of wealthy countries react when they can't find their favorite...

Maybe try something like an Orbea Gain or Specialized Creo? They're quite light unlike R & Ms and other ebikes and ride like real bikes. Their batteries aren't meant to be used continiously but as a help when you really need a bit of help, so it's a great tool to get back to regular cycling with...

Sorry, didn't see that.

So here's something to think about that I don't hear mentioned. I'm in SW Florida and the local news is talking about farmers in the state throwing out tons of produce that has gone bad and milk because the restaurants and other buyers they had up north are closed and trucking is becoming...

Hopefully you're kidding. If not this is about as likely as us running totally out of oil by the year 2000 or climate change wiping out the human race. Here is what is much more likely. Like all pandemics this will eventually spread to most of the population and give us immunity. True, it will...