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I 100% do not blame you. :D

Yeah, the small Cannondale has an almost 55cm eff tt despite its smaller standover (which is 15mm longer than my 50cm motobecane, and I'm 4" taller than you). Maybe they are speccing really short stems, but I suspect its like you said, sized for longer torsos. I also think its designed to be...

I hear you. Only other option I can think of is to get your non-electric road bike of choice and install a torque sensing mid drive kit like the TSDZ2B. Definitely not as clean looking but could work. At the very least may give you a few more years for the market to potentially open up.

Yeah, you're under the typical small bike geometry design height. I checked the smallest Creo 2 and its about my size, maybe slightly small (I'd be between the 49 and 52). You're a few inches shorter than me so it would be iffy to get it to fit. You may be able to with a short stem. Your...

Grips are like saddles, very much personal preference. What some people love, others hate. I've had so many friends who love the ESI chunky grips for MTBing. I tried a set and hated them. LOL. I mean, all bar ends are abominations, in the sense that they are second best solutions to a...

Interesting about Apex. Theres definitely some personal preference with how the mechanical groupsets work. I'd definitely recommend a test ride on a sram bike to see how you actually like it. Not trying to talk you into it, I've been happy with my 2010-era Sram Red but thats a rim brake bike...

Talk to your local shop about what you want and see what they can do. If the bike comes with mech sram and you want electronic sram it shouldn’t be a ton of labor since the calipers and hose can be reused and srams electronic is wireless so no running wires through the frame to hook everything...

Specialized almost certainly doesn’t, but your local shop should be able to. Will likely be fairly spendy.

Yeah, for sure. The Explore uses the same motor (Syncdrive Life) and comes with a 42t chainring. I suspect it would fit a 42 or 44, but you'd have to check for that motor and frame combo.

Hanger has to be pretty bent before it causes consistent issues, but its an easy thing for a shop to check and fix. I do suspect the chain is a bit long, based on the one picture that was posted (which had the chain in the large cog in back and the derailleur wasn't highly tensioned as I'd...

Things to check: -Make sure chain is short enough that the derailleur is still tensioning it when on the smallest cog. Shift to the small-small combo and feel how much tension the chain has, then shift to a middle combo and compare. -Check for tight links. Sometimes things can kick up and hit...

People who are used to motos often flip the brakes on their bikes, at least in the US. I have a few riding friends who started in motos and they mostly flip the levers so the front is on the right since thats what they are used to. All on mountainbikes, I don't think I've ever seen someone...

Its possible that someone who is told to hold on to the bike no matter what may try to hold on while going over the bars, but generally the first instinct is to let go so you can get your arms out to try and catch yourself. Which is why broken collar bones are so common in OTB crashes. OTBs...

I had a nice set of Dianese upper body armor (elbow, forearm, shoulder, back). Absolutely wrecked it (tore the elbow cup right off) in a crash. Patched it up myself and wore it a few more years. I think I snapped a carbon DH bar right in half in that crash. The big protection advancement is...

I'll go on record and say that everyone should make their own decision about how much to pad up, and judging people for wearing whatever protection they feel they need is incredibly stupid. I'm a highly experienced crasher. :p I was a skateboarder for 10 years or so before getting into...

I don't know whats failing, but I know hes had his motor replaced several times. To be fair, the shop cheerfully does it every time it dies, and he has other bikes to ride (including a standard Levo) so the downtime doesn't bother him. Dunno that MTBing is that abusive on the ebike components...

Specialized has had a lot of problems with the SL motors too. I have a friend with an early Levo SL and I think hes on his 4th motor. Honestly, all the lightweight low-power systems seem to have lower reliability than the larger full power systems. Which makes perfect sense, because they will...

On the mountainbike, usually yes. Especially when riding more technical trails. On the road or gravel bike? Nah. On the electric skateboard? Lol absolutely. I have a few sets. An old set of Roach Rally FR pads from my DH days. A set of Troy Lee Combats, and a set of Leatt 3DF knee/shin...

Probably some truth there, but the US is still a huge market and it sure seems like Specialized and Trek sell plenty of road-ebikes all around the world, even in places where assist speeds are absurdly low.

Their PW-XM motor is listed as 5.75lb, which is about 1.45lb heavier than the SL motors (4.3lb) Brose makes for Specialized, or 0.65lb more than the M800 Bafang (5.1) that powers some light road bikes. Its theoretically possible to make a pretty light bike with that motor if you work on keeping...