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The roadie hate here is annoying. The irony is that the way many people here complain about roadies is pretty much exactly how many other user groups talk about ebikers. Entitled, shouldn't be on the trail, go too fast, etc etc. I've been riding the local MUP for 23 years now. No group...

There will always be people who break the law, but thats not an argument for not having laws. Not sure what you mean by trouble for other people. The licensing for motorcycles has been around for my entire lifetime. All thats really changed is we added some laws around ebikes that said if...

I don't think any state allows motorcycles on MUPs. Just noting that if all you want to do is ride roads, you just need to meet the definition of a motorcycle in your states code and register/plate it and you can have as much power as you want and ride as fast as the law allows on roads. If...

If only there was an existing class of 2 wheeled vehicles that are allowed on all public roads and have no power or speed restrictions! :p

You're much more likely to lose the liability battle if you're riding a bike that isn't actually legal to be ridden where you were riding it. Its also much more likely that whatever umbrella insurance you have (homeowners or renters or whatever) will deny any coverage.

The Creo and Tributary are basically opposite ends of the e-gravel space. Creo is very much the lightweight racy bike for someone who wants something as close to a non electric gravel as they can get. The Tributary is closer to an emtb, much more relaxed geometry, more powerful motor and...

Do you want flat bars or drops? I'm assuming flat bars since you were looking at emtbs? What sort of assist are you looking for? A lot of the traditional e-gravels are much more to the e-road side of the spectrum (small low assist motor and small battery but a very light bike). Are you good...

USA manufactured source for motors? Controllers? Shifters? Derailleurs? Chains? Tires? Suspension components? Saddles? You can certainly assemble a bike in the US, and many companies do. There are some components that are manufactured in the US. But there are lots of necessary bike...

Heat distortion? The only time I've seen a tire like that was when a friend transported her MTB and didn't realize her trunk rack held the front tire in front of the exhaust.

I'm not familiar with how common it is and I don't see much fake Schwalbe stuff on Ali so its (hopefully) unlikely.

Given the issues you're having, I kinda wonder if you got sold a pair of counterfeit tires.

One thing to keep in mind is that many bike/part companies aren't really setup to deal directly with end users. They have dealer networks that are supposed to handle these sorts of issues, and the company support mainly works with those dealer networks to handle issues. I don't know if the...

Have you contacted the ebay seller you purchased the tire from?

You should be able to estimate wheel weight. Its hub+rim+spokes(number of spokes for your lacing pattern)+nipples(same). Theres variance in all those parts so the shop may not want to commit to a weight but you can come up with a working estimate. I did weight weenie wheels on my road bike...

Changing the tires to something lighter and faster rolling is the low hanging fruit, and you've already done it. Beyond that, you're quickly throwing money into a hole to make the bike ever-so-slightly lighter. Its your money, but I'm not seeing a lot of benefit, really. At least if your main...

I do like having some stats after the ride. I sometimes go back and look at old routes (I even have sporttracks 3 installed so I can pull up rides from before I started tracking on Strava ~mid 2010). There are times where I'm planning a ride and want to look at a route some friends and I did...

If I don't run them on my non-electric I definitely don't care about them on the ebike. :p I do run a wahoo cadence sensor on my trainer, and the trainer itself does power. I've never bothered with them on my actual bikes even in my roadie days though.

Lots of MTBers downgrade whatever Bosch computer comes with the bike to the Purion 200. Which is similar to the Steps 7000 display my eMTB came with (super minimal, clamps to the bar just to the right of the stem). My only complaint with the Shimano display is it only shows battery as 5 bars...

I've seen rumors over the past few years that Bosch is working on ant+ or it will eventually be included, but nothing has come of it. I kinda assume those are reps or shop owners blowing smoke up potential customers butts to try and sell bikes. I do find it perplexing; the customer base for...

The issue with Bosch (as I understand it) is their system flat out doesn't output ant+ data. So theres nothing for Garmin/Wahoo to read.