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It's not that hopeless if you apply the data available to you from your own cadence performance on previous bikes with known gearing and wheel diameters. Knowing your own power output from a bike with a power meter also helps. That's always the trade-off, isn't it? Having some idea of your...

No motor, right? I think you'll need 2 calculators — one to get ground speed from rider power, and a second to get gearing from ground speed and desired cadence. This is the power vs. speed calculator I trust most: https://www.gribble.org/cycling/power_v_speed.html Enter your body and bike...

Sorry, didn't read the whole OP, but I'd give cadence strong consideration in any gearing decision. Your legs have an optimal cadence range for power output, and so will your new mid-drive motor. My legs and mid-drive motor both generally agree on 80-100 rpm, but my old knees demand a minimum...

Just engineering curiosity. Good luck on your exam.

Curious, what makes that frame UCI-illegal, and how essential was it to the frame's ebike mission?

If Rad's circling the drain for the reasons stated above, have to wonder how Aventon's doing these days? I have ~40 mi on a 2023 Aventon Level.2 and a test ride on a Pace.3. (No experience with any Rad.) Both Aventons strike me as well-designed hub-drives and solid values with a large national...

OMG, that first shot needs to go on a poster! With some motivational slogan like, "There's a beautiful ride on the other side of that puddle", or "C'mon, how deep could it be?"

SoCal is crawling with Rads, too. I see more school kids than adults on them, but parents hauling young kids on Rad cargo bikes are a pretty common sight. A very popular choice for surfboard transport as well. The vast majority here have 20" wheels with 3" or wider tires. Guessing a good half...

Every time I fantasize about adding a bike to the stable, I come to the same conclusion: No room for another bike. But even if there were, the 2 bikes I already have pretty much cover the riding I realistically want to do. The old torque-sensing hub-drive commuter, my 1st ebike, is still good...

I think there's a corollary: Maybe you can't afford another bike right now, but you should at least have one more than you can store.

Fingers and toes crossed.

In addition to the fun of riding however many miles I manage to rack up in a given year, it's also fun to come up with excuses as to why I didn't ride more. Like the 10 days of prime riding time lost to alien abduction. (The food was so-so but loved the guest suite.) Or the time those pesky...

That sounds a little ominous. Are you OK?

Yesterday, the missus and I did a 21 mi coast, lagoon, and hill ride with brunch and coffee stops as rewards. Negative caloric balance was NOT achieved, but we did climb 74 ft/mi in the process. The rolling coast ride came first, with a tasty brunch stop for machaco tacos on the sand at...

Sorry, have no answers for you but hope you find a solution. Also sorry you're stuck with that 100W cap on rider power (Pr). Another member recently reported an 80-90W Pr cap for medical reasons. Just out of curiosity, I'm going to try some coast and hill rides with a 100W Pr cap on my...

Why? Both seem to have what they need for their exercise routines. Besides, the friendly one says it's way too scary to ride outside the neighborhood, so not a promising convert. And the other doesn't strike me as a guy who takes suggestions. I often ride 12-15 mph laps in the same neighborhood...

Two 60-something guys regularly ride exercise laps on unmotorized single-speed cruisers in my flattish neighborhood. Never see them together or on other bikes, and the friendly one told me that it's his only riding. Cardiologist's orders. The unfriendly one always rides with his arms folded...

Thanks! Really enjoyed that. First heard the name Coppi in connection with Pogi's successful 2025 attempt on his standing record of 5 non-consecutive Giro di Lombardia wins. Also enjoyed the short bio below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fausto_Coppi

Similar things go on in the beach towns north of San Diego.

Definitely hated his TV persona. You just don't treat people that way. And sadly, what happens on TV tends to find its way into real life. We also tried one of his restaurants while passing through Vegas. I didn't want to give him a penny, but the missus was a fan. Put down my fork halfway...