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Here is a picture with the rear panniers installed. Sorry about the dirt on the bike, I should have washed it before the photo shoot, rookie mistake. jeff

Here are some pictures of my upgrades. An up-close image of the front caliper and rotor upgrade. This shot lets you see the Rock Shox upgrade. It really does make the ride much more enjoyable. Here is a detailed picture of the cockpit. Left to right. Ergon grip, XT brake...

I decided to upgrade the Deore components to XT. I think the only additional change will be to add a 40 or 42 Sprocket in the rear. Here is the list of my current upgrades. FRAME SET Front suspension Rock Shox - Paragon Gold WHEELS Skewers Delta Cycle KnoxNut Skewer Set DRIVETRAIN...

I made two recent upgrades that you might find of interest. Rock Shox Paragon Front Fork Body Float seatpost. Just like my car, I'm never finished adding/removing/modding parts. jeff

I love my XM700. Have fun! jeff

I did some math on the setup. There is lots of overlap with the smallest and largest sprockets readily available sizes. Still might be a fun hack. With new digital shifting solutions that move the front derailleur for you, it give some extra speed at one end and lots of climb at the other with...

I've seen three or four difference cog sizes for the front of the mid drive. Most bikes use a front derailleur to switch between cogs. Has anyone ever hacked a Bosch mid-drive to have multiple front cogs and a front derailleur? Just off the top of my head, there is probably not enough...

My wife and I rode the "Guadalupe River Trail" three weekends ago. It travels through a few homeless camps that might make people uncomfortable. Also there was at least one point where we had to go onto a street to find the next section of the trail. The San Francisco Bay Area should have the...

Well I ended up switching out the shifter and derailleur from Shimano SLX to Shimano XT. I got much easier shifting but still not super-easy. I also "joined" a Kickstarter for an electric solenoid based shifting system that is supposed to ship in the spring. It replaces the long cable from the...

After I signed-up for the eBike connect application and rode my bike I got this cool chart! Very nice!! It helps to know that I'm doing some of the work :) jeff

The Nyon I got has 8gb of flash. The US is broken into states, I downloaded all of them. Still have 5gb left, I don't know what else I can use the extra flash for. jeff

Did my first ride with the Nyon on Thursday. I got lost and the GPS did what it was supposed to :). They have a very nice "Get me home" menu selection worked like a charm. I was able to purchase an iTunes gift card for the UK from e-bay than sign in with my "English" me. I then purchased the...

My guess is that most of the noise we hear is from gear lash. There are some very cool videos on youtube about how the air gets pressed between the teeth of the gears. There are also some cutaway photos of the gears, google can be your friend. http://papers.sae.org/911943/ jeff

I did purchase a Nyon from Europe and it was delivered in about a week. Installed it without any issues. I even "needed" the map as I got seriously lost the first time out :). I'll put the COBI on a different bike if they ever get the firmware working. jeff

You don't need to keep your bike super secure, just more secure than the bike next to you ;) I replaced my skewers with "Delta Cycle KnoxNut Skewer Set". Not a perfect, but better than quick release. jeff

Another hitch... I am not allowed to use a US credit card in the British store so I cannot purchase the "Custom Riding Modes" or "Topo Range" in app purchases. The "eBike Connect" app for the iPhone is free so downloading it from the British store was simply a matter of creating a new AppleID...

I purchased a Trek XM700+ a few weeks ago. I wanted to get the Nyon system that is available in Europe installed on my bike and was told "It won't work!" I purchased it anyway and just installed it... Works great. The only hitch is that I had to create a British iTunes account so I could...

Our throwaway society gets to me too. Even apple has realized that screens and batteries need to be replaceable. jeff

Do people still just "pluck" their spokes to check for tension? I saw a gauge sold by Park Tools, is that something that plain ol' bike owners purchase?

Water intrusion is always a problem with electronic and mechanical parts. My son lives in OR, his office lets employees bring their bikes inside. Where I work, we have a bike locker inside the parking garage. Some people just bring their bikes to their desks, or park them in a long hallway...