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Neither bicycles nor horses belong on trails. That's my opinion. The problem is not one horse or one bicycle, the problem is masses of them. The only environmentally sensible solution is to disallow them.

I'm currently running 65 psi in the tires. I might soften that a bit, because the roads here are terrible. I find that on the flats, PAS 1 is not quite enough, but PAS 2 is a little too much. Also, I feel like I am much, much higher up on this bike than I am on the Trek, but I'm not sure that...

The family that controls ABUS, the Bremicker family, belongs to an ultra right wing evangelical fundamentalist Christian cult called the Plymouth Brethren (Brüderbewegung), and they refuse to allow the women of the family and ownership rights or management positions in the business. The women of...

I am 100% a utility transportation rider, 0% a recreational rider, and furthermore, I don’t think bicycles have any business being on ”trails”, in the first place. Everything I have said here pertains solely to operation on public roads, not off-road trails, and certainly not multi-use paths. I...

Not at all. That’s not a correct analogy. If it’s not legal for me to go 30 mph on my ebike, why should it be legal for a stronger rider to go 30 mph on a conventional bike? Because he was gifted by nature with better physicality?

I just registered my new RadMission with 529, and I will be registering it with my local police department as soon as the rest of the accessories come in and she is ready to ride.

Maybe I will try hanging them below the bars.

https://www.bicycling.com/racing/a20037750/you-versus-a-tour-de-france-pro-cyclist/ Based on what’s presented here, which pretty much matches my expectations, a hard limit of 30 mph for public operation seems reasonable for all non-regulated classes of ebikes, throttle or no. Tour pros can...

On what basis, exactly? There is no logical reason to disallow throttle only operation up to the exact same limits as any other bicycle. In fact, I would say that the only reasonable means of determining any legal limit to bicycle speed would be to whatever average speed a typical professional...

I just got myself two Hafny E13 mirrors the other day. I mounted them inboard of the brake levers on my RadMission, and while I could wish they were further out, I did not want to move the brake levers inside of them. I, too, am also a motorcyclist, and whilst I have been riding my bicycles for...

The more ebikes are sold, the more they will be regulated. The only reason the cops aren't bothering much yet is because in the grand scheme of things, there are few ebikes actually on the road, so there are fewer people committing egregious violations.

The "regulators" are the police. If you go tooling around the roads on a DIY ebike at 50 mph with no license plates, rest assured that the police will pull you over and impound the bike as an unlicensed motorcycle. But, even you you gin up a way "overpowered" (ie, greater than 750 W) ebike, so...

Assembly was easy, the only defect was the inner chainguard is a little bent, but I can bend it back with my thumbs.

The RadMission with its 10.4 Ah battery pack is rated for "up to 45 miles", which every sensible person understands to mean "under ideal/optimal conditions" (no elevation change, no wind, minimal assist, light load). 20-25 miles in your situation is about what I think you should expect. You...

My RadMission just arrived. The Front Basket is MIA, FedEx tracking still says it's in Georgia. Hopefully, the rest of my accessories ship soon. I also ordered a pair of Hafny E13 mirrors via Amazon today.

At this point, I think it's safe to say that RadPower is a mainstream manufacturer, and they use Bafang motors across most (or possibly all) of their lines.

Today, the outstanding invoice I had was paid by my client, so I went to RadPower and ordered the rear rack, fenders, kickstand, and ABUS frame lock and chain. Unfortunately, mere minutes after I placed my order, I discovered that ABUS has a terrible history of discrimination on the basis of...

I was looking around for some elevation map sites, when I realised that Google Maps actually does provide elevation change data. The big hill between my house and downtown works out to a 9% grade. YIKES. 95 feet elevation gain in 0.3 mi. Going "the long way around" still entails a 0.3 mi...

After much hemming and hawing over whether or not I was going to purchase a complete ebike or attempt to build up the ancient but totally unused Surly 1x1 frame and fork set I bought many years ago and never turned into an actual working bike, I finally decided to order the RadMission Mid-Step...