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Competition is good! I think they are trying to dance on the line between not being irresponsible and making advocacy more difficult with competing in the power game. Avinox just doesn't seem to care as much. Yeah, no idea what Shimano is up to. The EP8 released in 2020 so its coming up on...

Not really a fan of the power wars, especially in the MTB world. Access is iffy already. I've never felt my steps 8000 bike was really lacking for power. Other than that, they are pretty compelling and price is good. Large battery options, ant+ output (I assume, the previous gen did). I...

Depends what kind of runs you do, but most of my friends with cargo bikes have kids, so they are a: sometimes transporting kids around, and b: buying more groceries than people who don't have kids. It works for them. I'm definitely not looking down on them because they are riding a...

The deeper level of funny is that actual elite cyclists don't prescribe to that. I know several very dedicated cyclists with cargo bikes (as in live partially car-free, ride like 10k+ miles per year and are competitive local racers). None of them are riding anything particularly fancy in the...

Cargo bikes are a niche, but a popular enough niche that most manufacturers these days seem to feel its worth having one to sell. I suspect its a steadily growing niche (especially e-cargos) for people who live in semi urban areas. 15 years ago you either had to do a european import or a Surly...

This is such a ridiculously silly thing to even think, much less put into writing. Its a very standard looking e-cargo bike. Why would a LBS selling a cargo bike (a very common type of bike that is popular with people who use bikes for utilitarian purposes) make you feel bad?!

Creo 2 has very average general purpose geometry, where it would be reasonably competent at a variety of road/gravel type riding. Its not really dedicated gravel geometry, its not full on road either. You can dress it up and market it a lot of different ways. Smart, as you said, from a...

I'm always amazed when bike shops have crappy service. In the age of good DTC bike brands, the entire value proposition of a local shop is service and being able to inspect/ride before purchasing. If you can't treat customers well what the hell are you doing? Sure it is. Its a sub brand...

Bike industry is getting killed. But hey, maybe our nascent world oil war will increase demand for ebikes! :p

Gotcha. Yeah, in theory whoever actually paid the tariff would need to try and get it back. Whether thats the ali seller or whoever they used to import. I'd say the odds of them actually collecting a refund from the US are small, and the odds of them refunding you are statistically zero. :p

I see no indication that the current admin has any interest in that. If the stolen funds will ever be dispersed back it will be a fight. Which will hit smaller companies more than larger (hiring lawyers and investing resources will cost money now, against a potential return likely much later)...

I mean, the government illegally stole millions of dollars from them. Any company with the resources is going to try and get it back. The sad thing is smaller american companies probably don't have the resources to do much about what was stolen from them. The costs of navigating the legal...

I disagree, he should absolutely fly a plane. He should take that jet Qatar bribed him with gifted to him, load it with all his true believers and see if he can make it across the Atlantic.

I think the new Levo 4 is a unique 60v system, where the Vado is a 36v. So unless the charger can adapt to different voltages it makes sense that it isn't compatible. Its easier to dump power into a higher voltage battery quickly (which is why electric cars have been moving to higher voltage...

Salsa apparently had the same idea and somehow thought it was something people would buy... so they made one. https://www.salsacycles.com/products/wanderosa-c-apex-eagle Full suspension gravel bike with extremely progressive geometry (65d head angle!). Fazua Ride 60 mid drive with 480whr...

Ports were never setup to assess and figure out tariffs for every package that comes through (which is why the de minimus exception existed in the first place, it costs more to administer than you actually collect on millions of small packages). And the current administration has no interest in...

Sure, but the OP said 15kg (33 pounds) in panniers doing 4-7 day tours with 120km (75 miles) of riding a day. Thats not a huge load, but 30 pounds is a decent amount. Even if the rack mounts it has work, the main issue I'd have with something like a Creo is its a low power bike with a small...

I mean, I definitely won't argue that Spec has the best marketing team that money can buy. :p Creo definitely has more mounts than your average road bike. It may have enough to do light touring. Really depends what you want to carry and how you want to carry it. It isn't a touring or...

I'm talking about the Creo 2. AFIAK Specialized has not sold the original Creo for years. It does not have all the mounts you'd get on a touring bike (lol? can't tell if you're joking). It doesn't even have upper mounts for a standard rear rack. I'm sure you can kludge something together...

What sort of touring? Unsupported? Did you want flat bars or drops? Whats your anticipated load like? A few criticisms of the Creo four touring is that 1: it lacks the sorts of mounts tourers usually want, and 2: Specs SL motor doesn't have the best reliability record (which is somewhat...