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That sounds terrifying. I had a much milder version of this happen to me once when I was riding on the sidewalk, making a fast right turn from 89th St. onto Madison Avenue. The north east corner of that block had a double-wide sidewalk that no one used, but it created an odd wind pattern which...

On the power side, I bet 40nm is plenty of torque for a bike that light-- at first I couldn't believe the listed potential range, but when I thought about it, it seemed less crazy. I mean, I guess... if a 47 pound 250W 40nm eMTB can do about 45 miles with 4,500 feet of vertical, it makes sense...

A "fiddler"?! First of all, I'm a violinist! Secondly... Kidding! I mighty argue thqt this has to do more with the kind of terrain I ride than my own proclivities-- there is a reason I don't see a lot eBikers in the hills, and I think it's because it's just too much going on for most people...

I should post this in a Canyon or Bosch forum as well, because I think this is important: Why you probably really need a remote for the Smart System and priorities for selecting one: After riding the Grizl:ON for a couple of weeks, I am more and more convinced that the remote is a real...

The F150 sounds like a fine choice in your situation. 3.5 L definitely the way to go. What are you gonna do? Sucks about the health situation. Could happen to any of us anytime. I can see why it doesn't look good for you for eBiking moving forward. Maybe that's it for you; you have to play...

Could be... but I note that @Mr. Coffee (back in 2018 or so) calculated that speedometer error on his Bosch CX line was in the low single-digit percentages. I could believe it's off by 1 MPH, but I think it's just as likely that because the wheel size is odd (28 inches, which I love, as it...

A few more little surprises: This bike really excels for street riding. If used carefully, pouring on the power only for sprinting to stay ahead of traffic, ascending hills with moderate assistance, and shutting off the power occasionally on flats when there is no traffic, the battery...

This is fascinating-- and goes a long way towards explaining the record-trading phenomenon in Europe that folks in the US know very little about. In 2020, I was stunned when I was approached by a boutique US record label who wanted to master, release, and distribute vinyl copies of songs one of...

Ha! Stefan a B52s fan?! Outstanding! One very odd thing a friend of mine and I noticed purely by accident: Rock Lobster sounds almost the same at 45 RPM vs. 33 and 1/3. The next morning, we cued up the album again, convinced that this idea was an artifact of... little pieces of paper we had...

Oh, it's probably in my top 20! Julie Hagerty kissed me once, in the middle of Broadway on the upper west side-- and not on the cheek, though it wasn't like we made out or anything! I'd done a very, very minor job on Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy; maybe we said a few words on the set. Someone...

When I saw that feature listed, I KNEW one of y'all was gonna give a Bronx cheer and start razzing us mid-drivers about throttles! Shoulda figured it would be you! 🤪

This is super helpful... but has a few omissions, and a few things don't seem quite right. There are a few things I have to think about more, but... Standard Modes (Linear Assistance) The Assistance factor is fixed for each mode: ECO: 60% TOUR: 140% SPORT: 240% TURBO: 340% To this, we can...

I remember when I was 14 years old and too cheap to buy lighter fluid for my Zippo. My buddy's dad had a rusted drum full of kerosene in the basement. It would work in the Zippo, but I quickly got complaints about the odor. Not very stealth if you're trying to smoke at that age. The...

I hear you on that. I am a little under 6 foot one inch, and I used to be 6 foot two. On the sizing tools, for two of my bikes, I've been almost between sizes, just over the line where I'm clearly a large. The Grizl:ON, in particular, was harrowing, because I know they run large, and there...

Hmm... the sx may have different parameters for adjusting than the cx. I can adjust: Assistance (I think it means the max power listed for each mode, but it's still not quite making sense) Dynamic (the amount of power it delivers when you start pedaling.) Speed (top speed for each mode)...

I may experiment with that. I'm using Turbo as my highest power mode, not Sprint, but I don't think Sprint would make much difference currently because I'm just using Eco, Tour and Sport for fitness ride, but that might be an interesting strategy for longer rides. My estimated range based on...

Funny this thread popped up again-- I just lugged Nightmare's motor for the first time 15 minutes ago. Total bonehead move, was thinking about something else or looking at the display... I was in ninth gear or something, way too high a gear, in Tour, the second level of power assist, on a...

Went back to stock. There's a little gap between Eco and Tour, but I did seem to use roughly 10% less battery power, and my own output was not much greater. I might add a little bump to the top end of Tour, as the gap between Tour and Sprint is a bit larger than I'd like. It's an interesting...

The biggest bummer in my neighborhood was when the local Food4Less shut down. I loved that place! There were people in line from EVERY walk of life. A lot of middle class blue collar, lots of seniors and very young people, I was somewhat in the minority as being white collar middle class, but...

Charge, your photography has improved a lot since I last was checking this thread more regularly-- and it wasn't bad at all back then, either. This looks like the Caspar Friedrich exhibit I saw at the Met in NYC a few months ago. The trees-bleeding-fog thing does seem a bit like North America...