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You know they actually make chocolate-coated espresso beans?

Nescafé Clasico which is the powdered kind they sell in Latin America is actually not that bad. It beats most supermarket instant coffee like Folgers and Maxwell House.

Why would anyone buy a $2000 bike from REI and not become a member? You pay the $20 lifetime membership fee and get 10% off the price in the form of the annual dividend. So on that one purchase alone you come out $180 ahead.

I have done a TON of bike touring on regular bikes over the years. As a coffee addict, I’ve tried most of these methods and have finally settled on this for my morning coffee fixes, combined with frequenting whatever coffee stands I find along the way, along with McDonalds/Dunkin Donuts, etc...

You can also use any sort of Velcro strap of the sort that come with laptop power cords to keep the cord bundled up. Just keep it wrapped around your stem or someplace out of the way when not in use, and use it to cinch down your front brake lever when parking. Velcro does a more secure job of...

And it looks like the 2022 version of the Vado has really upped their game in terms of racks and has re-designed the front end to take an optional front rack as well. The rear rack is substantially more robust and with near double the weight capacity as the 2021 model so it is supposed to be...

Yep. Clark County is way behind Western Oregon when it comes to bike routes. I would make a day of it and check out some of the rides east of Seattle sometime. There are some new trails on old railroad tracks east of Seattle that I want to do. I'm not sure if it is e-bike legal...

Honestly, biking around Camas is rather disappointing. The rural roads are exceedingly narrow with steep ditches and virtually no shoulder. The streams and rivers in the area mean that there are few through roads that get funneled across the same bridges. So if you get out into the rural...

It also looks to be about half the price of a new Tesla Model 3.

How so? The 2021 fork is listed as a Suntour NCX E25 with 40 mm of travel which must be some sort of proprietary fork that Suntour makes for Specialized because that particular model is found nowhere on the Suntour web site and the photos of the 2021 show no model markings on the fork. It is...

No, I don't miss the difference between them. The differences are pretty obvious. I'm just not sure which one is most suited to my uses. If I'm honest with myself it is the bike that will most likely get me on it at 6:30 am on a dark, cold, rainy, Pacific Northwest morning to ride 11 miles to...

OK, so it's really basically the same bike then as far as I can tell. I haven't seen the 2021 5.0 in the wild. I only test-rode a 4.0 SL which was nice too.

Interesting to find this thread. I was looking at Vados today at my local bike shop and am interested in the 5.0 or 5.0 SL. Not exactly sure yet. It looks like the 2022 models are almost entirely new bikes. Especially with the 5.0 model. The SL is less changed apparently. Just studying...

We are neighbors then! We live on the top of Prune Hill next to Klickitat Park. I have intention of doing more exploring of the logging roads above Camas. Looks like a lot of good riding up there.

Thing is, I can justify a new ebike for me for year-round commuting but I'm not going to buy them for the whole family. So when we do recreational riding with the wife and kids I'll be taking my regular bikes. I have a very nice titanium cyclocross bike with Ultegra components and nice Compass...

Oh, for sure. But test riding over in North Portland this morning, there aren't any hills like that within riding distance. We have hills like that in Camas but not on any ordinary commute route I might ever tackle. To find stuff that steep I'd have to get lost in some suburban subdivision...

Well, had some time today so I did some test riding. Rode a Vado 4.0 SL, a Gazelle Ultimate T10+ HMB, and a Bulls Urban Evo. I concluded that I BY FAR preferred how the Vado rode compared to the others, which was a revelation. It just feels nimble like an ordinary bike and the riding position...

No, I probably don’t. Although my longest commute is over some long flat suburban arterials with lots of fast traffic and I’d like to get through it as fast as possible. I just dislike the notion of a vehicle that is neutered by regulation. We don’t do that with cars. You don’t buy a Tesla...

By the way. Every ebike I see comes with platform pedals. I have Shimano SPD pedals on all my current bikes and 3 pairs of different SPD shoes. Do people commonly use clip-in pedals on ebikes or is there some reason I’m unaware of as to why I’d want to keep the platform pedals? I’m assuming...

I don‘t think that model exists anymore. The new ones have rear suspension. Unless I’m missing something on their web site. This is their current lineup of Class 3 bikes sold in the US: https://www.bullsbikesusa.com/ebikes/espeed.html