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10 gears here + rear hub, and I probably routinely use about 5-6 of them consistently. But my ebiking habits have definitely changed over 23 months and I now routinely stay in the lowest assist level for entire rides, only bumping up to level 2 briefly sometimes (of 5) for a pesky short hill...

I replaced my stock pedals with the SPD type -- they have clip/bracket on one side of the pedal, and a traditional flat on the other side. Ostensibly so I could wear regular shoes for a quick ride -- or else put on my clip shoes for those longer rides... (The release is the one-motion, rotate...

Wait - you mean the world of cyclists is not (gasp!) a single, defined, homogeneous set of uniform preferences universally shared and emphatically agreed upon by all?! :p

Back in the saddle after slacking-off for 10 weeks!

@David Berry -- SOOO looking forward to seeing some Oz scenery in person later this year! Love taking in your pics and wondering where I might end up getting in some biking time... I MUST make it work, so I can claim my first international biking miles this year ;)

While I've got a class 3 / 28mph assist limit non-throttled ebike, I can't recall a time I felt I needed the assist to 28mph (other than for fun/testing it out) on one of my rides. For the kind of riding I do regularly -- a mix of paved multi-use trail leisure rides (often populated enough that...

I agree with your commuting "surprise". My first bike had the visible gear indicator dial, and I grew accustomed to seeing it, primarily as a reminder that I was in the wrong gear to start up smoothly, after coasting to a stop sign following a sustained pedal run in a higher gear... When the...

The weirdest thing I saw on my latest ride (no pic) -- was probably the vaguely familiar sight of pavement passing beneath my rolling wheels and my pedaling legs...! After being contentedly single for many years, during which I happily devoted my free time to anything I damn well pleased (such...

Nice pannier bags! What make are they?

Hi @Toad@lj1 -- there are numerous forum threads here on mirrors, if you use the Search feature (at top right of the website, when viewing on a PC browser) and search for "Mirror" in the titles, you'll find them. Lots and lots of reviews/suggestions/brands -- clamp-on's, helmet-mount...

Huh. That seems to me a rather strange lesson to draw here... it feels penny-wise and pound foolish to me to say all LBS's are now not worth your future sales business (while, I'm assuming, you still wish them to stick around and remain solvent for service work) simply because this LBS didn't...

I fell in love with my ebike immediately upon seeing it online. (I think I first encountered it in a "Makers" series of videos about small businesses; it was focused on the team at Vintage Electric in California - I was not looking for an ebike at that time.) It rattled around in my head for a...

I'll only chime in that my bike (not a Rad) had a noticeable front wheel "wobble" if I attempted hands-free at reasonable speeds (say, under 13mph). I don't routinely ride hands-free, but now and again on a long straight flat, its nice to sit upright a few seconds, hands-off. Ultimately in my...

Interestingly, I had my biggest non-maintenance/surprise sort of issues on the ebike well before 10,000km. Got those resolved under warranty, and it has been smooth sailing since then; at 11,700 km today. Given the heftiness of the frame, and a direct drive hub motor, I can’t really foresee...

I rode last winter down to about 26f. I wear prescription eyeglasses, and so a pair of goggles that fit over my glasses was a brilliant addition to my gear, below about 44f to keep my eyes from tearing up in the cold wind. I ended up with a large pair of ski goggles by Head, which fit and gave...

I can't imagine biking now without my mirror. I find myself, occasionally, inadvertently glancing downward to my left (where the mirror would be) -- but while I'm WALKING and about to pass another pedestrian...!

10th best month (of 21 mos biking) and 4th best of 2019. But had hoped to do better :( 396 miles, 20 biking days, 14 commutes (of 19 possible). 54 of the miles were on my pedal bike.

While I've drooled over the few carbon bikes I've picked up now and then at the shop -- I recently read an eye-opening article about how fairly dreadful the production of carbon fiber bike frames is today (not to mention apparently how prohibitively expensive it is to attempt to recycle the...

Last 2 days I've had to drive the car into work. It is only 5 miles one way. (When I bike it, I take a route approximately 7 miles in the morning and approximately 15 to return home.) I couldn't believe how quickly being in a car, subject to car traffic, got me wound up. Traffic lights timed...

Post some pics once you get to it!