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There's running red lights, and then there's doing it badly. “Well-behaved women cyclists rarely make history”

Victimless crime 🥱

Hey did you ever find out what's causing this? It looks like you have the CF 9 model - any thoughts on the CF vs the AL 5 model for sale? I'm not an expert on motors, and I'm surprised that a motor would both put out less power AND drain the battery as much or more.than the more powerful motors...

I use tubolito, ~600 miles on front wheel, no issue. Mtb size though. S tubo

Why do you think the Contis are not durable enough but the S works are? The Civante is ~20-25 lbs heavier than a pro peloton bike, it's insignificant. Torque is an issue for the drivetrain, not really the tires. And the cycling pros put out lots of torque too I'd also be very wary of buying...

Yeah one recent annoying fad is these companies crowing about how they're recycling batteries - which is better than not recycling, but it's nowhere near as good as extending and repairing where safe and practical. They do not want any incursion into their high margin battery business model...

This is often illegal nonsense. Which Bosch among others has violated. https://pirg.org/articles/illegal-warranty-voiding-highlights-need-for-ftc-action/

The funny thing is I had no issues with a carbon fiber road bike on 32mm tires. It must be the bike/hub motor weight and the crude aluminum frame. The Canyon Precede ON CF and the Grail look very tempting...

Thank you, yeah I'm planning to get one but I also realized a lot of that harshness is coming through when I'm partly or fully standing on the pedal, at which point the post won't help. But maybe sitting on the post will be a lot better than standing now.

I ride a hub motor bike and it's a very active experience. In addition to pedaling and braking, I'm frequently adjusting throttle, gear and assist levels. It's not for everyone, but it's about as manual as you can get. I've never ridden a Bosch but the main downside of my bike, a juiced ccs, is...

Canyon is selling class 3 Bosch for $3k. Unless a used old Bosch is ~$1500 or less, it's not worth it. And those are hard to come by.

No. That's a lot of money, and you can easily stay under $140 per year in maintenance costs. You also don't know how much you'll be riding it. The bike shop will tune up your bike at no added cost initially and that should go a long way. If you were a serious road cyclist with a top shelf bike...

Deceptive. No throttle on the class 3.

Also, beyond just this bike, the whole online scene for reviewing ebikes is massively hyped and inflated by brands paying influencers, sending free bikes, etc, to the point of it being illegal (not disclosing their content is sponsored). So the straight dope has to be gleaned either by closely...

Class 3?

Great writeup. Your first two sections apply to any fat e-bike. It's no coincidence these are almost exclusively the province of D2C brands - because a bike shop will educate you on why fat ebikes are usually a bad idea, vs say, a 2.4-2.6" tire which is the norm for flagship urban ebikes, and...

Marathon Efficiency or Conti Contact Urban. Many of the tires people cite here are lower quality, heavy, or needlessly knobby.

They're laying off employees again https://www.geekwire.com/2023/rad-power-bikes-lays-off-employees-for-the-4th-time-in-the-past-year/

False.

Good point. I was thinking of the electrical parts which have a three year warranty vs the 1-2 for most other bikes. Yamaha does 3 on the frame too which is lower than just about any of the conventional bike brands (but still better than the likes of Juiced, Rad et all). Frame failures are rare...