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To be fair, that could be achieved by changing nothing on the bike but upgrading the battery to newer cells. They charge $1200 bucks for that battery so they can definitely afford to use the latest and greatest cells.

Judging Yamaha off their concept bikes seems silly. They are designed to be weird and attention grabbing. As I said earlier, if they actually put something into production with these techs I suspect it will look a lot more conventional. Their actual lineup of bikes they actually sell are...

Eh, I don't really believe that you need to make conventional bikes to understand cycling, though I'm sure thats what brands that spend a lot of sponsorship dollars would like people to think (that is, after all, the primary reason to spend sponsorship dollars). The bikes Yamaha is making and...

In the US they are relying on their extensive motorcycle/atv dealer network, which has the upside of already being established and widespread, but the downside of not having experience with bicycles. YMMV. The dealer local to me is very enthusiastic about ebikes (I follow them on FB), so I'd...

Yamaha makes a pretty extensive range of actual bikes, in addition to being a motor supplier to other manufacturers. No idea how popular they are worldwide, but they are definitely pushing into ebikes hard in the US.

Bike segmentation is like half marketing anyway. I mean, if you do a specific thing all the time you can ride a bike optimized for that one thing, but there is a ton of overlap between road endurance bikes, gravel bikes, cyclocross bikes and touring bikes. Ebikes blur those lines even more...

Its a "gravel bike" only in the sense that using the word gravel helps build buzz for a concept bike because its the popular thing in cycling now.

Its obviously not really targeted at traditional cyclists, so the slightly strange appearance probably isn't a negative. Its far from the goofiest looking ebike I've seen, in any case. Yeah, if your riding buddies are gonna judge you for having a bike that doesn't look traditional (and you...

Generally bike lanes are the same as the other traffic lanes, i.e. they are on both sides and it is expected that traffic stays right and only goes one direction. Occasionally you get (usually separated) bike lanes where both directions are on a single side; they will generally have a dividing...

Jeeze, definitely some incredibly thoroughly prepared people here. Every non-mtb bike I own has a small pump (usually a topeak mini-morph) mounted under a bottle cage, and a small saddle bag with a multi-tool, spare tube, patch kit and chain link in it. If anything on the bike beyond that...

Data says that ~13% of all trips are done by walking or bicycling (from the National Household Travel Survey 2017 data), per link. Pretty sure we spend a much lower percentage than that on non-car transportation infra.

As someone with a lot of friends who would qualify as pretty elite roadies, the true hardcore roadies actually tend to be pretty polite riders when they are on paths, though they rarely ride them. The problem people are usually weekend warrior wannabes. People who spend big money on fancy...

A few articles from the ongoing Shift'23 Conference in Bentonville, Arkansas. CPSC Commissioner: New e-bike injury data 'really concerning' CPSC commissioner: We are ready to consider e-bike regulations The first article is pretty expected IMO. Despite the slightly alarmist headline, the...

Or Surly, or Xtracycle, or Propel... Once you're spending enough they are mid-drive. This... is not really true. Bike chains/drivetrains are very strong and drivetrain loads aren't really that much worse than normal bikes (and probably less than MTBs) unless you're loading hundreds of pounds...

Cost, basically. Cargo bikes already cost more to manufacture and store/ship, so if you want to hit a "reasonable" price point its hard to find the budget for a mid drive. As you go up in budget you'll find they do switch to mid drives though. I can't think of any "high end" manufacturer that...

It really depends on what you mean by "trails". Utah obviously has plenty of doubletrack, paved paths and easy singletrack where pretty much any form of bike will be ok. Utah also has some of the gnarliest trail in the world (the Whole Enchilada and the Portal Trail are both in the state) and...

Both Trek and Specialized have extensive dealer networks. No chance you can't throw a leg over both of them and see how they actually ride? If you have a lot of experience on different bikes you can kinda get a sense of how they ride from a geometry chart but theres no substitute for riding...

In the mountainbike world (where they really care about suspension) things are mostly air these days. Air forks/shocks are more easily adjustable to accommodate a wider variety of riders, and the way they ramp up helps prevent bottom out on drops and big hits. Even the downhill/freeride world...

Generally when someone says a bike is slacker they mean the head tube angle is shallower, which pushes the front wheel out and makes it turn slower than a bike with a steeper head angle. This makes the bike more stable at speed and less twitchy at slow speeds. Looking at your chart, they...

Number of pistons on the caliper is only a small part of the total braking force equation. For instance, the most powerful brakes in my collection are the Formula Ones on my mtb, which are two piston brakes. They are just two giant pistons, designed for downhill racing. I have 4 piston Avid...