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Swapped out tires last night for some winter tires. I perhaps could have waited a bit longer as we don't have consistent overnight freezing yet --maybe next week -- but I had to break these in anyway (20-25 mi of easy riding on pavement to bed the studs). These are schwalbe marathon winter...

For any of you that have gone through a set of brake pads already.... did you just get another set of B01S or did you find any better non OEM options?

The shimano disk brakes on the dash are spongy for sure, though I've been able to get them adjusted to be able to lock up front and rear... You need to adjust both pad sides (one with the Allen key, one with the cable adjustment) and keep the pad clearance close. If my bike is any indicatation...

Look at velocity rims. I've got aeroheat's (same profile as dyad, but for 26in wheels) on a quad and the things are bulletproof. Most of their rims are v section, which makes them a touch more aero, stiff, look pretty nice, and don't have/need eyelets. A lot of them come in disc-specific models...

Yeah, it's a bit counter intuitive sometimes... if you pedal hard (contribute more of your own energy), you'll still end up going through battery faster, because the dash will push harder along with you! Easing up on the speed will definitely extend the range. I'm still running the stock tires...

The wheel builds on the three dash's I've seen (including mine) have been really bad, worst I've seen on any bike I've owned -- tons of hand-loose spokes, and both out-of-true and out-of-round. Even the disc rotors were out of true. The dealer I bought mine from should have tensioned and trued...

Brand new I think I could have squeezed 47 miles on PAS1 if I didn't go much more than 15mph. I know that only because in the first couple of days I had a problem with my brake lever that triggered the motor cutoff and limited me to about 15 assisted. That was a long slow commute day, but I...

Mine has been fine in the rain so far. Snow shouldn't be any different, but it's going to require a higher frequency cleaning schedule to keep ahead of the road salt. We'll see how much the cold weather impacts battery performance as well (though I'm probably already at the stage of needing to...

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I'd go and see the folks at New Wheel right in San Francisco and see what they have. I'm from the other coast, but stopped by their shop this past summer, it seemed like a decent shop. I think some bikes w/ hub motors would be fine depending on what you are doing, but they also had a bunch of...

Here's another one from Hase that is not quite a velomobile, but has most of the benefits. Assisted to 28mph. I don't know where you'd get these in the US. (Link Removed - No Longer Exists)

Also, just one more note on this... don't get too caught up on thinking that speed is the thing that will make you comfortable on roads. I think it's really more just about riding time and easing yourself into different traffic situations. I really think you have to be at a point where you are...

That's for something like these (a velomobile): (Link Removed - No Longer Exists) so just to clean up terms: I've been using "velo" as short for "velomobile". But "HP Velo" is short for HP Velotechnik, which makes the faired recumbent I showed above (along w/ other recumbent bikes & trikes)...

For the longer riding that you like to do the extra battery capacity is appealing. I may have to go to a second battery on my dash already as well. Look at specialized turbos too if you can, they were pretty nice, though not as many watt-hours as the larger stromer batteries (more than the dash...

I always point folks to this page at Peter White Cycles. To answer some of your questions: - if you need them they are worth it :). I'd say for ice there's no other option. If you hit ice on a regular tire, you are going down. Snow is a little different, you can get away with a lot on snow with...

If you were going to go for a non-intimidating recumbent, one of these with an electric motor conversion would be pretty interesting I think. The place where I got my dash carried hp velo bikes and did conversions for their recumbent bikes & trikes. (Link Removed - No Longer Exists)(Link...

just to be clear: velo definitely would help for weather (that part of my comment above was with respect to a 'regular' electric bike. Dry in the rain, and warmer in the cold (though can also be an issue in hot humid weather) Even for fast bikes: stromer, e3 dash, or a velo with a 20-28mph...

I think if you are not comfortable riding a bike on the streets, then going to a velomobile is probably not a practical option. Comments below are based on spending about a week of total time riding a few different velomobiles (no e-assist), I don't own one. First a non-assisted velo is going...

haha, cleaning it once a week is the best I can manage.