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    Bosch Walk Assist in 2017 Models (Spoiler Alert: It's Crap)

    I finally got a minute to try Walk Assist today. A friend of mine and I were playing around with it and I initially had the + button stuck down somehow and nothing happened. I said, "Boy those people online were right - I don't feel ANYTHING at all"...LOL. Then I pried up the plus button, hit...
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    Are Haibikes huge?

    I have to admit I tried to lower my seat just a little and bottomed out. Rummaging through my closet I ran across an old short carbon fiber seat post I had with an old Azonic Love Seat on it (hey it seemed cool at the time) and couldn't resist throwing it on. I'd like to see if the pedal...
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    How do you carry water when you ride your Haibike?

    I'm realizing that this will most likely be the case for me too, so I'm going to order a bladder for my Evoc backpack. Not sure why I didn't order one at the time I bought it. I used to have a Camelback eons ago and other than the pain of cleaning the darned thing, I loved it. I had...
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    NBD XDURO Trekking 4.0 + Q's

    Thanks for all your help with this. I was walking past my LBS today and somewhat impulsively bought one of the smaller Ortlieb commuter bags just to have some sort of bag on the darned thing. It does fit on the lower bar and is not long enough to hang too low. I'm going to take the bike with...
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    NBD XDURO Trekking 4.0 + Q's

    Sure. I hate to admit I've been so swamped with work I haven't been able to get out to ride. First ride impressions were that turbo mode was lovely. It felt like the bike went from 50+ lbs to 5 lbs and I went from Jabba the Hutt to Greg LeMond...LOL. The geek in me that was initially...
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    Are Haibikes huge?

    Sweet Hugh! I'd have gone for the Cross if my roads weren't so torn up around here. Is the size ok for you? I don't have any other batteries of this type that are this large, so I wasn't all that surprised at the size of the charger. It charged my battery from near death in a few hours...
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    NBD XDURO Trekking 4.0 + Q's

    Thanks so much for doing this! They're fine quality to check them against mine.
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    NBD XDURO Trekking 4.0 + Q's

    Thanks! I read a lot of good reviews on the Super Moto-X's for the general type of riding I'll be doing and was pleased to find them on this model. That R&M Charger is one sweet bike! I looked at R&M, but all the ones I liked were out of my price range. I couldn't go nuts on this bike as I...
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    NBD XDURO Trekking 4.0 + Q's

    Thanks! I read those but assumed it'd just be my luck that the 2017 Trekking is different. I tend to be unlucky that way. It looks different from a many photos I've seen of other years and Trekking models. So the big problem is that the horizontal rack bars are too beefy. They do look that...
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    NBD XDURO Trekking 4.0 + Q's

    I like it! I'm probably going to avoid heavy rain for the first few weeks. Once summer gets going we're been surprisingly rain-free. But I'll definitely start scouting up some materials to cobble up something like that for mine.
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    Bosch Walk Assist in 2017 Models (Spoiler Alert: It's Crap)

    I'm hoping it'll help me get my Trekking up a half flight of stairs to get out of my building though I haven't tried it yet. Just a little something to make dragging a 50+ lb bike uphill a little less of a struggle.
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    Are Haibikes huge?

    Thanks Hugh! You must post some pics when your bike gets here. I looked at the Cross at first. We have rain here too now. I'm targeting a local small street market this Saturday for a ride. Chance of rain, but maybe that will keep some of the tourists away. It's the kind of thing where I...
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    NBD XDURO Trekking 4.0 + Q's

    Here's my LandShark (Hai = shark in German). So excited I couldn't even frame it properly. ;> It's an awesome, well-built little tank. The perfect urban assault vehicle for rainy Seattle were every other block is a construction site and tearing up the roads around me seems to be a local...
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    Where to buy?

    LOL! "mentally-disturbed individual". I, too, purchased from said individual. I e-mailed and spoke with them on the phone many times. I finally realized I probably really needed the walk mode only available on the 2017 XDUROs. Crushed after being lured there for the low prices on 2016...
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    Are Haibikes huge?

    Huge? Compared to what? I'm 5' 7" with a 30in inseam. I just got a brand new 2017 Xduro Trekking 4.0. It's the high-step 48cm frame - I think they call it "XS" and I have no problem with standover height. Here's a quick pick of my "Landshark" (Hai = shark in German): Landshark1 small[/url]...
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