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Giant rebranded the Shimano EP8 as a Syncdrive (just like they rebrand various Yamaha motors as Syncdrive Plus/Pro/whatever). If its a Shimano the product description says something like "Giant Syncdrive powered by Shimano". AFIAK no US spec Revolts did Shimano motors, but they've used them in...

Canadian Revolt Es were Shimano, at least for a few model years. US Spec Revolt E+ Pros were always Yamaha.

I would say no. The model legislation that most states have used doesn't say anything about throttles, it just says that class 1 and 3 have "a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling". Class 2 says they can have "a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the...

I... wha? Have been watching his channel for years. He does some of reviews of less expensive bikes and does his "fix up a bike for someone" series, but last I saw his main personal bike was a Revel Rail, which are several thousand dollars. Hes not an ebiker, but hes ridden several and done...

On my Giant Revolt E+ for general gravel and pavement by myself, I generally run Eco in stock assist level (which is 100% assist). When riding with other people on non-electrics I generally turn eco to 75% or 50%. The past year I've been running 75% more often by myself. The battery goes a...

Interesting and surprising that Brose is only 7% in Europe. I would have expected higher just based on their relationship with Specialized.

My wild-ass-guess is they are less buying the motors/dev team and more buying Broses business relationships. Yamaha never really made inroads with the euro brands. Giant is a huge brand worldwide, but this would give them a more widespread footprint especially outside Japan/Taiwan/US. The...

Sure. As noted previously, the Schwalbe first party parts aren't particularly expensive and its a simple swap to try. Just noting that its hard to see them becoming widespread presta replacements when they are patent-encumbered and only produced by a single manufacturer.

Lots of low to mid range ebikes have them. I think Rad started it with their first generation rover and companies kinda ran with them. Having a motor does mitigate some of their downsides; lots of rolling resistance and slow acceleration due to increased tire weight is directly counteracted by...

A video on Clik is totally on brand for Seth. He covers past and up-and-coming tech pretty regularly.

For sure. Their first party valves and pump heads are reasonably priced at least. If you have a small collection it could be worth a shot if you want to try it.

The main argument against Clik as a long term industry replacement is that it seems to be a proprietary, patent protected standard. Hard to imagine the industry as a whole jumping onto it when they have to pay Schwalbe to license the tech to actually produce anything, even if its technically...

Interesting. When I started MTBing in 2003, you could find schrader valves on entry level MTBs. I think my first bike (Giant Rainier) came with them. So even then, not totally depreciated. Pretty sure I have a few schrader tubes in the tube drawer, though I can't remember what bike they were...

I've taken drills to more expensive things. :p But I'm still not on the carbon rim bandwagon. I like carbon fine, but I've been a MTBer for too long to see rims as anything but a wear item, and therefore not a place to sink a ton of money.

I've used Presta for decades and haven't had any major issues, but they are far from perfect. The stems are weak and I have had rocks kick through the rims on my MTB and actually snap the stem in half. I've had the valve rip off a few times while removing the pumphead (super annoying when...

Lol! Theres a lot of truth to that. I do think the reason so many ebike brands have hopped on fat tires is its an easy way to make their product look less like a traditional bike. Which can be helpful if you want to market to people who don't like traditional bikes. They also fit the "look"...

Fat tires enjoyed a blip of popularity in the MTB world several years back. They had gone back to the niche for which they were originally developed (sand and snow) before ebikes took them up as a cheap way to make the bike ride more "comfortably". I think rad popularized this with the...

For L03A vs L05A, Shimanos compatability chart just says "*1 “05” pad is more durable than “03” pad in the same type by 40%". So still a resin pad, but a different formula? L03/L05 vs G05 is a different pad style (per the chart, though they look kinda similar). So your brakes must not be the...

I believe the BL-R3000 is the model number for the brake levers. You need to check the actual brake calipers for their model number. They look like Shimanos BR-317 in photos, in which case you want the G05A-RX Resin pads. You can pull the existing pads and check their model number if you...

Its still being sold, but not sure if its still being made. The Reign is more enduro than pure DH (so geo and build is more in line with the Kenevo SL than the original Kenevo). The general emtb market seems to be really healthy. Every manufacturer under the sun has at least one. And my...