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There are some small, high end part manufacturers in the US, but I don't think its possible to assemble a complete bike from US components. And even those small manufacturers are likely using at least some imported materials. Just for example, China is by far the worlds leader in aluminum...

Things are gonna go from bad to worse for the bike industry. A lot of industries, really, but our little corner of the economy is not in a good position to absorb a massive tax increase. Bike companies don't run on huge margins and are already suffering a collapse in demand. A chaotic economy...

Whats funny is many of the people who were local early adopters of the modern gravel movement rode converted MTB hardtails. Start with a 29er hardtail, swap a shorter stem and alternative bar of your choice (drops, jones H, whatever), rigid fork and slick tires and boom, gravel bike. I know...

Its a really good question, and one that doesn't really have a clear answer. Historically there has been a variety of bike categories in that space between road bikes and mountainbikes. Touring bikes, endurance road bikes, cyclocross, monster cross, etc. Gravel is the hot (relatively) new...

I know, I'm being tongue in cheek. Its not totally unheard of, the occasional person runs a suspension fork on local gravel rides, but most people just run rigid. I don't really get the point of these super light short travel gravel forks; if you really want front suspension, get a real fork...

PLEASE UNIVERSE LET THIS BE TRUE. I mean, except the suspension, I don't care about that. Not that a 30mm fork really counts as suspension. Hopefully the real website sucks less. :p

Their website is atrocious. I couldn't find geometry on it. It doesn't look super relaxed but its hard to tell in pics. Frame design is aping GTs triple triangle. Full power mid drive and good size battery is a plus IMO. Otherwise, eh. I'll reserve judgement until I see better pics, full...

Oof, yeah, I missed that. Light road ebike is definitely something you want decent torque sensing on.

Honestly its a pretty good deal if you want a light, low assist ebike. Sram rival groupset with hydraulic discs, carbon frame and fork, offered in two reasonably specced builds (road with narrower bars and rims and road tires, or gravel with flared bars and wider rims and tires). Its hub...

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.