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I had incorrectly stated in a post above that the TCD had a mileage estimate. The figure reading '127' middle left is remaining battery percentage. When using the range extender, apparently it reads as 100+%. So I guess 127% of the 320 WH battery. Odd. I would have thought it would read as a %...

I've been shopping wheelsets (for Vado SL 5) but so far striking out. Can't get much help from LBS so I'm not getting very far. I was looking to an aluminum gravel or all-road wheelset from Industry 9 but they replied to an email today and doesn't look like they have anything compatible.

I had never heard of Byways bike reviews so I pulled up the website: seems like they cover just about everything: "searching the byways for a wedding destination" is a recent article. I wonder how many e-bikes they've reviewed over they years and whether they've covered the full product...

Hey so I'm not the only one. My local supermarket has a crappy bike rack. So I hook up to the gas meter. One day a store manager was passing and said "you know we have a bike rack over there"?

What I read in the written review is that @Court thought it was one of the best bikes he has ever reviewed (not the best e-bike overall). What I recall from the video is that he said it is his favorite for 2020. I have the 5.0 and in my opinion it is a winner. To me, those bikes are...

I started a thread about this awhile back based on an NYC article about strongarm robbery of e-bikes from delivery riders. And pursuant to some conversation with some folks I know regarding whether e-bikes, as they become more popular, will attract more than your standard lock-cutting thief (ie...

https://cyclingindustry.news/last-mile-delivery/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/tech/cargo-bikes/index.html

https://cyclingindustry.news/new-motion-labs-claims-big-breakthrough-in-chain-performance/

Found this Topeak Cageholder. Looks surprisingly like the range extender battery. So if you aren't carrying the range extender and don't need 2 water bottles then it is a good alternative for carrying a wrench set, a tube, tire levers, keys etc.

Rotwild maybe? There has been some mention of it in a few threads. https://electricbikereview.com/forums/threads/best-bike-for-long-distance-touring.31869/page-4#post-283130

I use the Bosch protector for the contacts. I would have no qualms about riding in the rain. I haven't had to since commuting is cancelled due to Covid. You can see the Bosch contact protector thingy in this photo if you zoom. This is the way I usually ride.

I paid $1100 for the whole setup. Obviously the extra battery is the lion share of that cost. I planned out and setup my bike for commuting pre-Covid and figured I would need the extra battery during colder weather or windy days. Since we went to work-from-home in March (and is looking like it...

It fits unless you have a water bottle mounted on the downtube (or dual battery setup).

It is for the bike. The contact pins are on the bike, not on the battery. I have several and use on my dual battery bikes.

Well it is a new bike with new batteries - can the range really be so good? I fully charged the bike plus the range extender battery for a ride today. I enabled the Mission Control setting to 'fully use the external battery first' (paraphrasing). At about 17 miles, when the 160 WH external...

If you're looking for the magnet that is attached to a spoke on many bikes, I don't think the Allants have one. I think they are built into the brake rotor. Check @Court review: https://electricbikereview.com/trek/allant-plus-7/ Trek, Shimano, and Bosch probably worked together so that the...

Yes, I will confess I did chalk it up to the gear ratio of the Nuvinci hub. And then learned that @Ravi Kempaiah replaced the hub so I then chalked it up to gear ratio and/or defective hub. I did hear later that the Bosch software was probably tuned to the hub but it still seemed like a hub...

That doesn't sound like the hub - at least not the same as the hub failure I had on the 9.9s. It really sounds like something rubbing. I like the tire/fender suggestion.

I did a little experimenting the last two days. Almost identical rides - one on my Vado SL and one on my Trek Allant. My commuting routine used to be a couple of times per week on a fast bike and a Friday (weather permitting) on a slow bike. The slow bike would be a Class 1 like my Tern GSD or a...

I went for a short 15 mile ride tonight on my Allant. I was really trying to pay attention to the behavior of the assist as I approached 28. It definitely does not cut out at 26 but I was working to get to 28 - particularly because the wind speed shown below was headwind (Tour mode). If the...