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5 gears and 316% ratio is something usable! They used to have 3 gears and 166%, which was not really much useful. Anyone knows what "automatic shifting" means here? Is it cadence based? Is desired cadence configurable?

Totally agree, the risk is here for sure. But how otherwise small companies can enter ebike market where big players are for decades? They have to innovate, offer lower pricing and attract enthusiast. Yes, not all of them will survive, but those which do will bring something new to the table. As...

This is the e-bike/e-moto company founded by Erik Buell. You can check out Wikipedia for details if you don't know this name. Also they have pretty good about us page. However what I consider much more important, they already has a successful kickstarter campaign, delivering what was promised...

That is why I explicitly specified this: properly sized bike. Don't buy something which doesn't fit you well - this is rule #1 for sure. High probability, however as I already mentioned above - we need some progress in this area and we need more motor + gearing integrated systems. I really want...

This never stopped companies from selling their bikes. Try to find some parts (or better spare battery) from Serial 1 / Harley Davidson ebike or get it serviced at LBS! However they are being sold pretty actively, including via Best Buy. While Fuell being less known and advertised is doing much...

Can't agree more, however pretty much any properly sized bike can be adjusted to particular person pretty easily with no/low cost (i.e. for better grips or saddle).

what is so special about these "made for riding long distances" bikes? Those Flluid 2/3 ebikes looks pretty descent for such rides - otherwise it doesn't make any sense to ride with 2x1kW batteries all the time: as far as I understood from their web site, there are no cover for batteries...

Why? People ride centuries all the time and doing this on capable ebike is even more fun!

Some people build things with 5kW or 10kW hub motors and still call them "ebikes" - I think these things can do it and probably faster than 12mph, however I would never call these monsters bikes.

BBT-69.4 Please note, some hubs (probably from early batches) were coming with hex nut instead (38 mm socket is needed).

Looks like they don't have many in stock - I got at least one on backorder...

Yes, that's the one precisely. My bad, I checked https://propelbikes.com/product-category/parts/brand-specific/gazelle-parts/ and it came empty. Thanks for sharing the direct link!

Looks like they never put Purion on these models in Eupore - all the bikes twins for those available in US got Intuvia in Europe. However Kiox is a bit upgrade over Intuvia as well. Good catch. Might be EU vs. US version difference however. Thanks for sharing - last summer I checked pretty...

This is new generation of Bosch ebike platform. It includes new drives, controllers, batteries, display units, app, etc. and completely incompatible with legacy system. One of the key benefit of new platform for end users is an ability to perform lots of operations by owners instead of...

So, from what I noticed in addition to Smart System adoption (with much better display now) are new design of battery cower (probably will be stronger - older versions tend to break easily and replacement is extremely difficult to get, at least in US), Magura brakes (instead of Shimano before)...

Gazelle make great bikes, no doubt here. There are no MY2023 models yet available in US, so no hands-on experience, but previous generation models are fantastic. I have both C8 and C380+ and have nothing bad to say about them at all. I think with SmartSystem they should become even better. Do...

I honestly find wheel building and truing process very calming and meditative. Once I invested into proper stand and other tools I have no issues building new wheels as needed. I built new wheel once got new rear hub year+ ago, then re-build front one with new hub (6 both mount instead of...

My trusted C380+ looks pretty different from stock now :)

Gazelle Ultimate C380+. It comes with Gates belt and Enviolo from factory.

Oil leaks is the biggest issue this hub has. That is the reason they originally instructed to put 100ml of oil into hub, but later changed it to 25ml - when you put 100ml there it was leaking a lot. My original hub was getting leaks starting first oil change and sometimes it was really bad (like...