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Hey J.R. and the rest of our team. 80 miles in one day…not hardly. I went 40 for the workweek, and when it didn't update for a while, I put it in again. (lolz). Rode another ten to work and back today (Saturday) and tomorrow is church and an AA meeting, so I would have another sixteen to...

I'm in too. I commuted to work four days this week so I racked up 40 miles. Working tomorrow, then church on Sunday, so there's another fourteen. All told a 54 mile week. This is fun. Allen

Greetings: Way to go man! When you say one bar of battery left, do you mean on the King display on the handlebars or the indicator on your Allroad's battery? Glad to see you're enjoying that Optibike. I'm so psyched that Winter and mud season are over in these here parts. It feels nice to...

Sweet week for bike commuting in the quiet corner of Connecticut.

Yeah Shea, some of us poor wretches live in parts of the country that get seasons, including Winter with—on occasion—snow a**hole-deep. I commute to work as much as I can (even in Winter) here in the quiet corner of Connecticut, so the Bar Mits have totally rocked my world. Brambor is a...

Try one of these: I put one of these Buckshot Bluetooth speakers on my Optibike's handlebars. I can hear my tunes from my iPhone and traffic with my helmet on. The best fifty bucks I ever spent at Amazon. Allen

I think one reason aluminum is so widely used is that it lends itself to hydro-forming. That process allows varying tube diameter and even shape. For example the down tube of my Optibike Pioneer Allroad varies continuously over it's length. By the bottom bracket it's round; at the stem end it...

How about installing stops fore and aft? I would think ty-wraps would do the trick. Allen

Hi Mike: Yeah I hope you end up choosing the Allroad. I gotta' say I am so glad I did. I guess the price has gone up a couple hundred bucks since I got mine, but I would have happily paid the new price. It's a super machine that really inspires confidence. The Allroad is a climbing fool...

Hi Kris: I put a pair of Wind-Blox on my helmet straps and they help cut down the noise appreciably. I have a little Bluetooth speaker (Outdoor Tech Buckshot) on the handlebars of my Optibike. I can easily hear my music from my old iPhone and still hear cars when they approach me from behind...

Dropped my Optibike on the ice three weeks ago riding to church. Studded tires have their limits. Looking forward to mud season. big-time.

Hi Grench: With regard to fenders, I installed a pair of Soda Pop fenders from Portland Design Works. They don't have as much coverage as might be nice, but they were cheap and very stylish. Since they're made from recycled soda bottles, they have a modest environmental footprint too. Here's...

Sweet. Your bike sounds just like mine. I gather you've got some studded snows on that puppy. I mounted a pair of studded Hakkapeliittas on my Allroad aka The Grey Ghost. It looks like you've got a little less snow in Kansas than we do in the quiet corner of Connecticut, but my road is...

Hmmm… It was 14º F when I rode in to work on Monday (5 mile, 25-minute commute). My feet and hands were warm for the first time on a cold day thanks to my Columbia Men's Bugaboot Plus II XTM Omni-Heat Cold Weather Boots (whew! thank you cut-and-paste) and those aforementioned Bar-Mitts. So this...

Welcome to the forum man: Wowzer, I truly had no idea eBiking was so huge in New Zealand. I think the Pioneer Allroad was a good value, but you are certainly right, the Bofelli looks like a dead ringer for last year's Allroad. I'm not sure how Bofelli does it but it looks like a really...

Glad to hear you found a way to keep warm Noreen. I wish I'd had a heated vest back when I rode a motorcycle. But I was a lot younger then, and I could take a lot more adversity. I just put a pair of Bar-Mitts on my Grey Ghost at the end of last week and I'm loving them. I got some incredibly...

Thanks Phronesis: There was no Pioneer City when I ordered the Allroad back in September. And even if there had been, I would have gone with the Allroad because of the unbelievable hill on my commute. I need the triple chainring up front. I can get up my side of Brinton Hill (going in to...

Hey Nick: Life is too short to count the studs in one of your tires for a nutburger from the quiet corner of Connecticut. I think the model number of your Hakkas reflects the number of studs; I know that's how it works for the W106 and some of the other models. As a PSA for you and other...

Hey Shea: Good on ya' man! At the rate you're going, you'll be able to hide behind telephone poles soon. I bet you feel super too. Best/Allen

Welcome Nichen: It will be nice to have your Northern European perspective here. Part of Sweden is above the Arctic Circle, no? Your days must be pretty short I bet. I too run Hakkapeliittas on my mid-drive Optibike Pioneer Allroad. I use this machine to commute to work whenever the weather...