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  1. Stefan Mikes

    Phone Mount Suggetions?

    Peter, I can only see two viable options: Use an inexpensive smartphone on the bars and keep your expensive one in the jersey pocket, or Buy a proper bike GPS computer and forget all the trouble (Garmin Explore 2 is the least expensive of all classy bike computers). Once, I listed why a...
  2. Stefan Mikes

    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    I truly sympathise with you!
  3. Stefan Mikes

    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Varmia Gravel 2026: Full Report Friday, 19th of June 2026. Anyone who finishes the ride is a winner! (No podium for Ride100 or eRide 100; just a rally). Trattoria Mamma Mia in Olsztynek (within the event grounds). Saturday, 20th of June 2026. My brother Jacek (left) and my friend Pawel J...
  4. Stefan Mikes

    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Finished Varmia Gravel Ride/eRide100 2026! 36/62 overall, 3/4 in eRide format. Temperature from 26 C (forest) to 29 C (open space). Plethora of long climbs. Sand patches on descents everywhere. I attacked a long deep sand patch at the full descent speed of 45 km/h. My e-bike made a violent...
  5. Stefan Mikes

    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    In Olsztynek (Hohenstein), Varmia, Poland. My gravel rally starts at 10:05 CET on Saturday. https://varmia26r.bbtracker.pl/track/63876 My format is eRide100. Pawel J and my brother Jacek ride a 180 km Classic. I won before I even started! 😃 Varmia is a historical Polish bishopric immersed...
  6. Stefan Mikes

    Latest Bosch motor - and it’s not what you’d expect…

    I wait until the whole idea is abandoned. It is like Stellantis trying to compete with BYD.
  7. Stefan Mikes

    Electronic Drivetrain: Is it worth the hype?

    Has anyone already told you you're an eejit? A motorcycle has many times the power of an e-bike. Go spam elsewhere.
  8. Stefan Mikes

    How wide are your handlebars?

    Lamers use pipe cutters and Clik valves 😂
  9. Stefan Mikes

    How wide are your handlebars?

    It is so easy to use the pipe cutter :) This is what we civilised people do.
  10. Stefan Mikes

    Latest Bosch motor - and it’s not what you’d expect…

    I cannot express how much I do admire Bosch E-Bike. It is 2026, and the German brand just invents an e-bike HUB-DRIVE motor. Also, it is 2026, and the German brand invents the connection to Garmin computers. My awe for Bosch genius has reached its summit! I will never ever buy a Bosch E-Bike.
  11. Stefan Mikes

    How wide are your handlebars?

    I cannot help you are smarter than the whole bicycle industry.
  12. Stefan Mikes

    X35 Range Extender

    I wonder why you would think the Range Extender could "charge" the internal battery. RE is not a powerbank. Its role is to co-work with the main battery in an intelligent way. For example, both could deliver the energy in parallel. Or, attaching the RE to the e-bike with almost empty main...
  13. Stefan Mikes

    Do You Wear A Cap Underneath Your Bicycle Helmet?

    A cycling cap under the helmet is good for bald people or for people who sweat a lot. As the pro peloton wears cycling caps, I don't think the MIPS is much affected (or, perhaps at all). I wear balaclava in the cold season but prefer a better ventilation in the summer, so no cap.
  14. Stefan Mikes

    2026 FIFA World Cup

    No need to be Eeyore 😊
  15. Stefan Mikes

    Just for fun...

    @Chargeride your mate has visited Poland 😂
  16. Stefan Mikes

    2026 FIFA World Cup

    Hurray! @Chargeride you worried too much :)
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