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“walk mode” looks a little tenatative with that particular equipment!

Holy smokes, never mind the bike trail, the drive over and back is worth a day by itself. 400 kilometers? Easy and apparently worth every one of them.

Here’s the view from about 800 feet up on the Helderberg escarpment south of Albany, NY this morning. Even with the smoky air, it was a pretty good ride up today… only about 70 degrees and the humidity has finally gone away for a few days at least. Needless to say, on a good day this is a pretty...

I just had my first chain drop off the front ring at 3300 miles. Coincidentally, I have a new slightly smaller ring coming anyway, so maybe it won’t happen again. The new 1.2 motor is out in limited versions (the expensive ones) of the SL Turbo Levos. 50NM torque as opposed to 35, I think 320...

Big discounts on the Grails as well.

I’m between 5’11” and 6’ and am happily on a Large. I ordered it through my long time bike shop after trying out a higher end Creo in Large at their place. The owner and I had several discussions about the size I should order - he was leaning towards an XL, but I felt right on the Large. Never...

Rab, what a ride! I don’t know how you could even get on and off the bike there near the end to take those last pictures! And that is the best bike/pedestrian bridge lane I’ve ever seen. Nice job by the traffic engineers.

Damn, here I am again, three days in a row! I was going to knock it off today, but: So, today the flip side of the coin. A ride I take quite often, normally very pleasant and relaxed in a suburban/neighborhood area in a very attractive town. Ride is going well, having a great time. Now I’m...

Another sunny day, first day of summer. After yesterday‘s successful foray into Washington County, I pulled another new route out of RWGPS and took off for Poultney, Vermont, about 50 miles away to do it again. Poultney’s Main Street, Green Mountain College down there at the end: Today was a...

Well, that Orbea as a rear hub motor setup (as far as I know) is a completely different animal. There are other lightweight bikes out there though, but Specialized has for all intents and purposes created the market and pretty much owns it. Very Apple-like in a way. But the real reason I wanted...

Double dose of new today. Beautiful sunny day, heading for 80 degrees plus, so I found a route on Ride With GPS over in Washington County, along the Vermont border, with lots of gravel and a bunch of climbing. I love riding in Washington County, but have never been to this particular area (near...

Coincidentally I had my first chain drop ever on my Creo this morning while going down a grade at a pretty decent clip, maybe 8th or 9nth cog. Fell off my 42 tooth chainring. I noted a not insignificant amount of grime and crud on the ring that may have had something to do with it, though. It’s...

I don’t think you’re suppposed to do it that way! Best of luck and hope you’re on it again soon and reporting more satisfying adventures. Nice bike, great deal!

Go get em, Stefan! Pretty impressive undertaking, gotta say.

I’ve always admired that bike, Dave, from your pics… that rack is a hell of a good addition.

Thanks Bob, all good stuff. I’m going to go with the 38 and will report back once it gets installed and I go find some awful hill to ride it up.

I am in the same boat as you, just on the proper side of the country 😎 I’m planning on a visit to my friends at the LBS on Monday to have them get me either a 40 or a 38 for my SL Creo also, after a year with the 42:42 setup. It’s normally fine, but I would like a little more leeway on the...

That’s what I thought… I remember our discussions when I was getting ready to buy mine. I have the same setup, although I am considering dropping just a little more to a 40 tooth ring in front. I found myself on a 17% grade last week followed by an 18% gravel one the next day, and every tooth...

Hell yes. I did 43 miles the other day and over 30 of it was unpowered. The thing will run forever if it has to as long as the Clif bars hold out!

Am I hearing you right that you’re running a 36 tooth chainring on your Creo?