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That's my assumption too. Based on previous experience it just struck me a little unusual when I first noticed it ... but it's a pleasant surprise.

Over the years on my "analog" bikes I've been used to rotating my tires yearly or so but interestingly my front hub commuter/grocery getter now seems to be wearing front and rears fairly evenly.

10am, +5C, slight breeze but with a frosting of snow everywhere from last night. So today it'll be a "normal" outfit of fleece, jacket, thin gloves, head band, etc. No need for anything too bulky ... yet. I still haven't put the snows (Kahvas) on the bike yet (also still need to "winterize" the...

I've been impressed with any of my dealings with FortNine (although I haven't had to do a warranty replacement on anything either) ... despite them being primarily a motocycle/snow mobile oriented supplier, but their inventory of ebike/MTB specific stuff just keeps growing.

Good true winter tires (those designed properly and made from low temperature rubber, and not just knobby tires) will work in quite a variety of conditions but generally are best suited when the snow is wet or on hard packed dry snow. When the snow isn't too deep relatively narrow winter tires...

You know showing off like that is just going to cause unrest in the ranks. 😁

I ride all winter on plowed urban/suburban trails and streets and always use studded tires (in my case 45nrth Khava 2.1" tires). I've noticed aggressively studded tires offer slightly less grip on bare pavement ... and it's a bit worse on wet pavement. It's even more apparent on smooth concrete...

I'd take a good close look at the front dropouts. If they look good (nice and thick and undamaged) I'd consider filing out the lawyer lips and getting a good solid pair of the tabbed washers like these instead - https://ebikes.ca/tabwasher.html. This way you'd have a nice solid and perpendicular...

You, and a lot of other folks Tom. The BaseRunner setup has pleasantly surprised me in a couple of ways, first in performance, and the second in simplicity in packaging and wiring. I have what Grin calls their 21700 battery case (ShanShan/Hialong) with the integrated BaseRunner controller on...

I've been quite impressed with the Shengyi SX front hub (and rear as well but that's on a different bike). It's a small 3kg/140mm package and Grin rates it as a 300-500w class motor. Coupled with a BaseRunner controller I can regularly run over 1000w through it (but not for sustained periods of...

What kind of rim brakes ... center pull or cantilevers? Are the rims alloy or chrome steel? If you ride the converted bike like the original then yes your brakes with some new pads and perhaps brake cables or just some good TLC will be fine. What most ebike owners find however is that their avg...

Lovely pic. Any idea what the bike as it sits there weighs? (perhaps sans cane and anything else in the bag with the exception of the battery)

Tom, That's kind of my attitude to the mid steps but I'm curious if I'm an outlier, plus not owning one I can only guess about it. The big benefit seems to be in stand over height, and not any ease in mounting/dismounting. It's not the kilt that would scare everyone. :oops:

I think any color Ortleibs count ... but the pink ones look great with the grey frame. Question - do you use the mid step as a true step through or do you swing your leg over like a full frame setup?

Absolutely agree, On it's own it's not worth much to him, as the standard refrain is (and has been) that NATO is the aggressor, etc. etc. I was thinking more about the potential impact of a new threat along with work by the Ukrainians once they have safe air cover. I'm trying to visualize a...

Did you notice the recent comments about Russia possibly buying a bunch of advanced Iranian drones? Even though it was downplayed the timing of that was right in the middle of the HiMARs successes and I don't think that was a coincidence. An advanced drone with stand off weapons (as opposed to...

So lets see if we can clear up some of the miss information ... First the gas turbine is I believe actually actually a pair and isn't being sold, it's being repaired at the most experienced location able to do so, the Siemens facility in Montreal. The original plan is to ship the repaired...

Oh Stephan, you certainly can. It depends on they amount of use, the type of ammunition used, how the weapon is maintained and the environment it's used in (dusty, salty, etc.), but you certainly can even with pistols wear them out or cause enough wear to seriously affect the accuracy even with...

I've always thought the Mixite frame style would make a good basis for a conversion. My GF is now looking at an alternative to a cheap heavy (but necessarily small framed) dual suspension MT style bike. She wants to be able to travel around with me plus be able to lift the bike into vehicles or...

SIOP of the far left/right. Find an issue that seems to fit a useful narrative. Cherry pick the facts to fit that narrative, or just misinterpret exiting facts. Weave a new narrative to create a wedge issue to fire up like minded individuals. Call any investigative analysis "fake news", and...