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Fascinating! I wonder how different it would "feel" for me -- not because of adding the vibration handling/flex, but because their 2 available sizes are not a straight match up with my existing handlebar. Today: 700mm, 15degree backsweep, 18mm rise. BAM City: 620mm, 20degree backsweep...

I've been on Schwalbe Fat Franks this whole time (tire that came with the bike originally...) About 7,200 total miles biked now, with no flats (fingers crossed!) -- obviously not on the original pair of tires -- I've done replacements, as needed, when tread wears smooth. 99% of my riding is on...

Hi; @Bat. Yes, the BB which VEB sent me this past July was a different make/model than the prior 2 BB's on my bike (ie, the original BB went about 4,200 miles before issues arose; the replacement (same model I believe) BB went about 900 miles before issues -- can't be certain, but that one's...

Same here... about 16 months into my new ebike routine (and around 6,200 miles e-biked by then) I rediscovered my 25 yr old Bianchi 21-speed was still in my possession, utterly forgotten about, in a storage locker. Got it fixed up and back on the road... that bike totally defeated me when it...

Check your spokes too, for loose ones... I’m on a different bike with I suspect larger tires... was super wobbly if I tried to ride hands free... during a check at LBS, they noticed a good third of my rear spokes were startlingly loose. Tightened and trued up, hands-free riding instantly became...

I was hoping to hit 10,000 miles by my 2nd biking anniversary in March -- but that looks very unlikely now (given winter months with lower riding.) I had a strange thing just happen on my ebike -- I went to reset my trip odometer (like I do after every trip), only this time I apparently did...

I love that you call that a lazy month, averaging 54 miles per ride! It wasn't my greatest month, but then I was on vacation abroad for 11 days. I'd hoped to get my first internationally-biked miles done on that vacation, but my itinerary didn't cooperate in the end. So, Sept. ended up as...

Hi @DaveinMtAiry. Yes, I've ridden the length of it, down to George's estate and back. (There's a killer little hill at the VERY end just before the estate, that comes as a bit of a surprise!) It does get a little un-intuitive (but straight forward) as it goes through Old Town Alexandria --...

@DaveinMtAiry just drive on down one day -- you can park in plenty of places near (or even adjacent to) the trail... It is a nice, albeit popular trail, so it can be crowded in stretches (wish it would get repaved a few feet wider than now!) during nice weather. South of the beltway, it tends...

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No biking jerseys here yet -- though once or twice I wouldn't have minded a pocket on the back! Like @indianajo, I wear a screaming safety-yellow vest with reflector stripes seen in, from Dicks Sporting Goods I think -- I think it is stocked there for hunters? It more or less my year-round top...

I believe my bike comes in at 52 pounds out of the box. I've of course changed the saddle, added a bell, new grips, 2-3 small lights, I carry an Abus foldy lock, added a rear rack and usually commute with a biggish bag to hold a change of clothes & shoes, plus a full water bottle. I've never...

Just clicked over 6,000 accumulated on this current ebike, last week. With my first bike added in (before it died), I'm just a few days from 7,000 total biked miles; my rate seems to have lagged -- not sure I'll hit my goal of 10,000 miles by the 2-year anniversary March 2, 2020; averaging...

500.1 miles for me, making it my 4th best month (of 19) and my 2nd best of this calendar year. 99 of the miles were on my pedal bike; the rest on ebike. I had 24 days in Aug with biking; my 2nd highest number of biking days in a single month. I managed to commute by bike 13 of the possible 16...

Just a youngling here at 51... but it feels like oh, 35? Ebike since 49.5. Reunited with my original 1992 pedal bike a month ago, now on FAR better terms with it than when last ridden 25 years ago, and gradually incorporating it into rotation.

Just got an email about this product -- combining an insulated water bottle with a bluetooth speaker. (Don't have one, so can't speak to the audio.) But a potentially space-saving idea, if you only have room for say, 1 bottle cage...! combo bottle & speaker

No rack at all currently... with the front tire removed, the bike just barely fits in the back of the Prius with rear seats folded down. Works, but definitely a bit of a hassle each time, and then not much room for luggage or anything else on a trip, etc. Fortunately, being single I don’t have...

... I’ve always wondered about that... if the rack is for 3 bikes but the mfr says 35lbs each, what to make of putting a single heavier bike (say 50lbs) on it. Naturally, if there were ever to be any rack failure during a drive involving a bike heavier than 35 pounds, no chance of compensation...

@The duke -- I didn't have any immediately-prior experiences on a pedal bike, as a fresh comparison before getting the ebike -- just old painful biking memories from 25 years earlier. So I didn't know what to expect after 16 months on an ebike; but since the last 8 months of that ebiking were...

Took the day off for my birthday today, not knowing what I’d do... at a weekly coffee gathering with some other cyclists, they suggested I ride my age. I opted for km, but then realized I could probably just squeak out miles, too... a tick over 4 hrs of riding, spread out between 6:30am and...