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Oh noes. That's a bummer. Thanks so much for sharing the pics of the motor removal process. The build quality of this bike looks as good in the parts you can't see as it does in the parts you can. That's my hallmark for good engineering and construction Sorry to hear your bike's cadence sensor...

What a concept! I've heard, "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em," but I've never heard, "if you can't hit 'em with your bike, get 'em to push you." :p I've put 755 miles on my Brooks B17. For a while, I didn't know if my butt was breaking in the Brooks, or vice versa. But it gets better all the...

Who's picking on whom here? You think I'm bad; you should see (and hear) my dog Callie. When she's out on her lead, if she sees Sammy (which is what I call anything that runs: squirrels, bunnies, chipmunks, etc) she's goes totally apeish**, At night, she sometimes sits out on the porch and...

I ride with a Road ID. I think it's a good idea. If the first responders scrape me off the road, they'll know who to call :). Allen

Greetings Team: I made it home again despite all the psycho chipmunks on my route. (There were two more of them today that wanted to get up close and personal with the Grey Ghost's tires.) So I just added another ten miles. I'm feeling pretty burned out and I work Saturdays for free, but I...

The original gel saddle. ;) Allen

Yes Ken, I've got my eyes on the prize. I find myself locked on the horns of a dilemma here: I know we need the rain, but I'm loving the fine biking weather. Today promises to be another day in paradise. Getting ready to pilot the Grey Ghost to work and back. See y'all tonight (with another ten...

I don't know about you but a few months ago, I was complaining about the cold; I guess it's always something, right? Just the same, it was 79º F when I left work today. I liked the shady parts of my route the best. If this keeps up (and presumably, it will) I'm going to start wearing my mesh...

Well, Jim Turner and his colleagues at Optibike seemed to have figured this out: That's a touring triple on this Allroad's 500-watt mid-drive. I don't even use the small chainring in my extremely hilly neighborhood. (I guess I'll keep it in reserve in case I find any trees that need climbing.)...

Well here's my (perhaps useless) opinion: My reasonably priced Optibike Pioneer Allroad is a mid-drive and, first off, I don't mind shifting its gears. To get up the hills behind my house and get to work I need them. The gearing allows me to keep its motor in the "happy zone," and do its job...

Hey Team: I had a really nice commute to work and back but I almost hit a suicidal chipmunk on the way home. Look out chippy! Hope he had spare underwear in his back pocket cuz' I missed him by this much… Another ten miles for the log and I have a meeting at church tonight so I'll put up...

That's like the one about the two guys flying through the air; one downward bound, and one heading up. The guy coming down yells to the other, "hey, do you know anything about parachutes?" And the guy going up says, "no, do you know anything about lighting gas water heaters?" Allen

Greetings croo' Thank you for the prayer Ken. As usual, the big guy was looking out for me. Home again, home again; jiggity jig! Just rolled up to my cottage with another ten miles on the Grey Ghost's odometer. Logged in to the National Bike Challenge tout de suite and updated our...

Wish me luck. I'm going to be a reluctant eBike commuter today. The WX forecast sucks but I have no choice but to bike into work (my boss is taking his car to Torrington to be serviced). Oh well, I don't reckon I'll shrink and I'm bringing a couple of plastic grocery bags to cover the dashboard...

Church this morning and AA meeting this afternoon. Six miles logged in for this new week. I saw my darling Grandchildren today, which reminded me (as if I needed reminding) that I have so much to be thankful for. The attached image is of Laila and Colin enjoying that most rare commodity in...

Same here Ken. And all my other fellow eBikers. I've met the nicest people at EBR. I feel like we're all neighbors. And, in a sense we are. When Brambor talks about sea kayaking from Hermit Island on the Maine Coast, it reminds me of the time my (former) wife and I took our four kids and...

Hey Team: I just got home from work and logged my ten mile commute. It's so much fun riding with you all. Allen

Another picture perfect day for bike commuting in the quiet corner of Connecticut, so I racked up my ten miles. Just logged them on the National Bike Challenge website. I work every Saturday, so I'll post another ten tomorrow I reckon. Go Team EBR! Allen

Rock, diggity, dog! Today was another stellar day for bicycle commuting and I remembered I forgot to log four miles for a meeting at church last night. So another fourteen miles logged today for Team EBR. Go Us! Kicking a** and taking names. Allen

Just rolled into my road from work. Perfect weather for biking. Logged into National Bike Challenge and put in my ten miles. Allen