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UV exposure on untanned skin is the main concern. In Arizona the construction workers do not have an increased incidence of skin cancers but they has a good tan. On a bicycle the areas I have had burned was my scalp with the open slots of a bike helmet and now I wear a helmet liner cap for long...

The closest Specialized bike dealer is about an hour to two hour drive from my house, depending on the time of day. I bought a Turbo Creo SL carbon EVO bike there earlier in the week. The bike shop neglected to put air in the tires or have the battery charged, neither biggies but something I...

With my new Creo SL Comp bike I could not get the Bluetooth to pair with my iphone. No problems with a second new Creo so I knew the problem was with the Bluetooth unit incorporated into the TCU. Fortunately I had a size 10 Torx driver and could get to the module. It turned out that the factory...

The Wahoo Elemnt does have a Pause button so if making a stop along a route it can be stopped and then resumed for the remainder of the route. The 2020 and newer Creo bikes have software modified for compatibility with the Elemnt. I prefer to have my iphone turned off when riding.

Air drag is the primary factor where I have ridden. At 20 mph the air drag is 4 times as great as it is at 10 mph. A cross wind has 2/3 the vector force of a headwind so a 12 mph cross wind is like riding into a 8 mph head wind. With the same effort I can go more than 5 mph faster with a...

I would verify the firmware installed on the bike. I bought an EVO a couple days ago and it had the current firmware but I also bought a Creo SL Comp Carbon non-EVO at the same time and the shop had to update the firmware on it to bring it to the most current release. The fellow at the shop...

Specialized puts the Pathfinder Pro 2Bliss Ready on their gravel EVO bikes and these 38mm wide tires have been successfully used in racing and customers reviews have been universally positive. The Pathfinder Pro provides less resistance when riding on pavement if that is important.

The regs make no distinction between an electronic device with a milliamp button battery and a lithium group 31 size car battery so shippers use the same process for everything. For an individual if the small RE battery is shipped in a discharged state and properly wrapped and packaged I would...

Bad engineering by the product development people. As they say the devil is in the details. Better to provide a thin foam liner or wrap adhesive neoprene foam sheet around the RE if there is a problem with the battery pack. In my area the local Ace Hardware store is an excellent source for...

For our two Specialized Creo Comp Carbon bikes the cost with any insurance company is over $840 a year, whether it is Simple Insurance or Markel or our own homeowners insurance company, State Farm. State Farm actually classifies a Class III e-bike as a motorcycle and charges accordingly. Over...

I want an e-bike with a removable battery and a Class III one. Looking for a gravel bike as well and even determining which are Class III and which have a removable battery is difficult. Prefer to keep the price per bike to $6500 or less as I will be buying two of them.

For commuting I would want a bike with fenders and lights and a solid rear rack or at least mounting bosses for a strong rack. The Yamaha Cross Connect which has a 3-year warranty on the frame, battery, and motor. It has a weight of 49.8 lbs which makes it manageable to carry up stairs. The...

All the e-bike racks will support up to 80 lbs with no problems. It is when one needs a rack for two e-bikes that weight is a consideration. For RV use I went with bikes with cargo type racks instead of the lightweight racks one finds on regular road or city bikes. The Radpower bike RadRunner 1...

Decide whether you want fenders or not and whether it is important to be able to remove the battery for charging and how heavy a bike you want to have and your list will become very short. Also local support is important as problems do arise with bicycles and more so with ones with a battery...

There is no universal practice for all manufacturers for all warranty coverage. The ones that only cover parts are the very worst as the labor is always going to be much higher than the cost to replace a defective part. The good companies see the defect as being their fault and they want to make...

Hey Dallant - my own brother had the motor replaced and not someone who made a comment on a website. Your experience is hardly comprehensive and saying that your experience differs really means nothing at all as you should realize but evidently do not. No way am I going to put $5,000 into a...

The problem at this point in time is there lack of reliable drive components as evidenced with the very limited warranties being provided by the bike companies. To say that you get what you pay for does not apply with current e-bikes if durabilty is the measure.

If the people at Bosch had an intergrity or concern for the reputation of the company they would have replaced the motor. My brother had more tha 100,000 miles on his Toyota engine and the head gasket failed. Toyota provided him with a rebuilt engine and extended the warranty for an additional...

No country is more protectionist than Japan so no surprise that they would want to keep out Chinese products. The Japanese have no issues with exploiting Chinese labor to make their products and then sell them into Europe and the USA. 10 years ago I was in Shanghai and nearly all the scooters...

Often with homeowners insurance I have had to submit receipts or a professional appraisal to get items covered under a special rider to the main policy. The extra amount charged has been less than a special policy. With e-bikes there is the cost to replace one that is stolen but also the delay...