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  1. Stefan Mikes

    getting a regular bike after my battery fails?

    You mean, the shallow one, and the deep one?
  2. Stefan Mikes

    Rumors, from the inside

    Whenever a TREK customer needs assistance of Bosch E-Bike, it is TREK that has to ask Bosch E-Bike for a favour. Whenever Bosch invents a new model of the motor or a battery, TREK has to design a new e-bike model and send it to the production. With Specialized, it is the motor manufacturer to...
  3. Stefan Mikes

    getting a regular bike after my battery fails?

    You see, I own both the Di2 Deore and the Di2 XTR shifters. Do you think you know it better? The XT and XTR shifters are less different
  4. Stefan Mikes

    Rumors, from the inside

    Specialized is not TREK. TREK has tried most the systems available. The last failure was the Fazua. Specialized tries to own the system after the bad lesson they learned from that Chinese start-up (fortunately, I've forgotten the name*) who tried to make the electronics for early Vados and Comos...
  5. Stefan Mikes

    getting a regular bike after my battery fails?

    No, no, Di2 XTR is more advanced than Deore or XT. It has two distinct positions: click or push down to the 2nd position.
  6. Stefan Mikes

    getting a regular bike after my battery fails?

    I know this. The XTR has two positions: a short click for single and the full way down for multishift. I have set the multishift for two gears at once, it's enough for me. I also moved the shifter to the left so I only need to touch the paddle with the tip of my thumb in the normal hand position...
  7. Stefan Mikes

    American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric

    Thank you! So you guys still carried the M-14 then? All very interesting!
  8. Stefan Mikes

    Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

    Thank you, Chris! (As you may know, I am a fan of Liverpool, been twice there).
  9. Stefan Mikes

    Rumors, from the inside

    We know nothing. Specialized 3.1 motor had come as a big surprise.
  10. Stefan Mikes

    Rumors, from the inside

    The point is, the architecture of the e-bike system must be such Specialized could include the e-bike into the Specialized app, and the motor manufacturer would accept the dominating role of Specialized per agreement. So Specialized could build its own infrastructure around the motor. TQ provide...
  11. Stefan Mikes

    Rumors, from the inside

    Specialized has never let an e-bike motor manufacturer to become its master.
  12. Stefan Mikes

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

    Łódź Sigh(t)s :) The third time in Łódź Heights this year! Only a few of you might know our largest Poland's province of Mazovia with Warsaw was not Central Poland. The latter term is reserved to Land of Łódź, located at the intersection of N-S (A1) and E-W (A2) motorways and with a mighty...
  13. Stefan Mikes

    Carrying photography gear on a ride

    Guys, there's a single thing that makes me resign from any kind of a traditional camera: the lack of geotagging. What I solely photograph today are the scenes from my rides. After the ride is completed and I've processed the photos, there are two things the jpg file must contain: the timestamp...
  14. Stefan Mikes

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

    Meanwhile in Central Poland (that is, Land of Łódź. Mazovia with Warsaw is not Central Poland).
  15. Stefan Mikes

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

    It was one evening when I entered a live music tavern I used to frequent at those times. Girls hurled at me for the welcome, kiss-kiss. "How come you are blond?" everyone asked. "Well, because I washed my hair?" -- a general laughter. Turned out, I got partly grey in a very short time! I was...
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    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    Saturday, the third ride in the same area. It looks I would be riding the hills alone. The objective is 103 km, SUB 5 (gross ride time). The new name: Łódź Sights Łódź Sighs :) Radars, singletracks, Premium Grass, murals, stores, inns, taking photos, all eliminated. Premium Gravel included...
  17. Stefan Mikes

    American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric

    You're taller and younger than I, Cartridge :)
  18. Stefan Mikes

    American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric

    @spokewrench Just a quote from a Polish military spy movie "Jack Strong" :) Besides, think we would have never met and share our stories if not the internet. And e-bikes :)
  19. Stefan Mikes

    Just for fun...

    The Englishman who turned into a German and made his career in the "In Germany We Don't Say..." is now spending more and more his time in Poland. Liam Carpenter is really obsessed with our Żabka franchise of convenience stores :) It is indeed a phenomenon! Given the supermarkets and other big...
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