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  1. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Tire liner shock! Weird!

    More simple wear and abrasion at the point of that overlap. I think @Chargeride has the solution: talcum powder.
  2. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Tire liner shock! Weird!

    I had my own Mr Tuffy liners wear a hole into the inner tube over a few thousand miles, causing an unanticipated flat.
  3. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Anybody tried Clik tire valves?

    I've been using Presta since the late 70's and I figure there's nothing out there that dramatically improves this valve. Since those days, I've personally seen so much as I moved in and out of bicycling and into other cardio-oriented sports/hobbies: Index shifting.....I bought into the Shimano...
  4. Mike TowpathTraveler

    New Jersey Would Be Foolish To Require E-Bike Insurance & Registration

    Prior to this ridiculous money grab, NJ abided by the the Class 1, 2 and 3 standard. This here is the typical knee jerk reaction by legislators who really don't know the Class standards, all while allowing the real perpetrators, the high powered electric bikes, to go unchecked.
  5. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Importing from North America Has Become Tough

    Stefan, it's been like that with me for a very long time with my Opel GT, trying to buy parts for it through German vendors. They simply will not sell to individual car owners. And I'm reminded again about the German company E-bike Vision, who make a 750wh external battery for us older class 1...
  6. Mike TowpathTraveler

    New Jersey Would Be Foolish To Require E-Bike Insurance & Registration

    It seems pretty clear to me. Throw out Class 1, 2, 3 ebikes as recognized by NJ prior to 19 Jan 2026; where no license, no insurance nor no registration were required as it does under this ridiculous sham law. ALL ebikes are now lumped together; requiring a license (Drivers license is...
  7. Mike TowpathTraveler

    New Jersey Would Be Foolish To Require E-Bike Insurance & Registration

    This is a pretty good breakdown of the new ebike law in NJ: https://www.washtwppolice.org/2026/01/20/new-law-requires-a-license-registration-and-insurance-for-all-e-bikes/
  8. Mike TowpathTraveler

    New Jersey Would Be Foolish To Require E-Bike Insurance & Registration

    Taken from a post on the MTBNJ site: This is in the bill: no low-speed electric bicycle or motorized bicycle, as those terms are defined by R.S. 39:1-1, shall be operated on the public highways or on public lands of this State unless registered by the owner Public lands would include the vast...
  9. Mike TowpathTraveler

    New Jersey Would Be Foolish To Require E-Bike Insurance & Registration

    Latest update as of 19 Jan 2026: the outgoing governor signed the ebike legislation bill. So now, Class One ebikes are in the same grouping as the high powered mini-electric motorcycles. So..... if I want to continue riding this Yamaha powered Haibike, pedal assist; I'll have to have it...
  10. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Buying a new old-stock Vado SL

    Would a mountain bike-style seat dropper post help?
  11. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Yamaha error 15 and drained batteries

    I'd recommend referring to page 2-28 onward of the X94 manual because within, there are specific procedures as to finding any recorded fault codes within the motor or display. There are also specific battery checks you can make and the manual explains how to do that earlier in the manual...
  12. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Yamaha error 15 and drained batteries

    Here's a video of our own Court Rye from back in time, explaining the newer model year 2016 PW display:
  13. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Yamaha error 15 and drained batteries

    I've enclosed a link for a free download of the Yamaha PW service manual X94: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/975488/Yamaha-X94-Series.html Within the manual and as you indicated, Error 15 indicates a bad display. But...... several questions you have to ask yourself: 1. Do you have the...
  14. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Zen Photon Ultra - limited version (Bafang Ultra, Rohloff Speed hub, Gates belt drive)

    Just wanted to piggyback on your post here..... As the only two factory authorized service centers are Propel and Peter White, I'd contact Peter White first. Why? Peter White has been building wheels for some 4 or 5 decades. So, with them, you have an in-house expert wheel builder on-hand who...
  15. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Zen Photon Ultra - limited version (Bafang Ultra, Rohloff Speed hub, Gates belt drive)

    @Cybersnow -- As a long time owner of a Haibike with the Yamaha PW drive, I kind of feel your pain in a way; 1- Haibike departed the US market several years ago & Yamaha ebikes has left the US market as well. For real dealer representation after the sale, I'm thinking now it's either...
  16. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Giant fat ebike?

    That's correct. Been a few years now. The leadership running that company is not the same as when they practically invented the e-mountain bike, along with the fatty ebike. I often thought if the original owners were still in place, they'd have never left the largest ebike market this side of...
  17. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Giant fat ebike?

    I'm really late for this discussion & wondering what you ended up with. As my ebike is a fat tired Full FatSix, I understand the desire to take advantage of the comfy ride those wide tires provide in any situation....... isn't that right @Stefan Mikes?:D lol. whenever there is a fat tired bike...
  18. Mike TowpathTraveler

    Yamaha battery seems difficult to source and is a tad expensive....

    Looking at the cover case and it appears to be like all the rest of those Chinesieum Yamaha clone batteries that have been out there for years. Folks posting on the Euro ebike forums did not report any favorable opinions of it, from what I recall.
  19. Mike TowpathTraveler

    In need of some help.............

    Don, I've done the same as well in requesting access to Matt's site through her daughter. I'm very much interested to read of Matt's thoughts outside of our EBR forums.
  20. Mike TowpathTraveler

    RIP m@Robertson - Tale of Two WHeels

    My gosh...... stumbling upon this sad news is truly like a hard gut punch. Being a fellow e-fat biker as Matt was, I enjoyed every post, every picture he put up for us. As others here have said, Matt imparted alot of wisdom and was certainly a calming influence for everyone to consider and...
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