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I try and avoid salt as much as I can. My route consists primarily of a paved multiuse path. It's plowed better than the road and never salted. That said, I do ride a bit on the road - a block and a half from my house, crossing streets, and parking lot at work - where there can be slush and...

I bought the toughroad fenders sold by giant. I wasn't happy that they were gloss black and not flat black to match the bike. I got the front one mounted but there was very little clearance so I just took it off. The downtube is wide enough to prevent any spray above the lower legs so it's...

Like Dave I have a 2018 ToughRoad. I have ridden 2500km mainly in Sport+ mode in a bit over a year including 800km on studded winter tires in the cold. I’ve had creaks and ticks over that time that I’ve resolved tightening various things. Right now it’s running quiet. Never drop a chain but it...

Over a year now and still loving this bike. 2200 km with 800 of those on winter tires. I bought a body float seatpost, which has been the best upgrade. I wish I got it straight away rather than just this April. In the dark of winter I needed to upgrade my light and went with Giant Recon...

I’m sure you’ll be happy with it. I am using an old pair of Mountain Equipment Coop panniers that are no longer available. I tried the Thule ones recently but took them back because the material was super stiff in the cold. I did like the way they clipped on but they just didn’t suit my needs.

That’s the one I have. Rack It for E-bike or something like that. It doesn’t seem overly large to me and the way it integrates into the frame is actually quite nice - other than the fact it is a proprietary mount that doesn’t work with any other rack.

Slightly off topic, but my boy is super pumped to have a bike like dad’s! Just picked up this Giant Pre run bike in black and orange!

Thanks for the report. Makes me think again about whether this is something I really want to do. If you said you could ride 30mph with moderate effort I’d be all over it. I wish I could ride one first but your report is helpful, especially since you have the same 48t as me.

On my 32 km/h restricted bike the top speed I recorded was 60 km/h with a 60 kph wind at my back. Cadence was about 100. I was having trouble with my derailer that day and couldn’t get into the top gear so that was with 48 x 13. It took a fair bit of distance to get up to that speed then I ran...

Giant USA spec sheet shows 42T so wonder what the story is with your bike? https://www.giant-bicycles.com/us/toughroad-gx-eplus-2018

I’m in Canada. Weird how there are different variants of the same bike!

Hi I found the comfort somewhat improved riding tubeless with a lower pressure. Eventually I’d like a suspension seatpost. I have 5 levels. Think it is something like eco, eco+, normal, sport, and sport+. What year is yours? My wife has a 2017 quick-e with evo and it has 3 levels - eco...

Thanks for sharing Ravi - that's quite the race! Those road conditions in the pictures look like the place for fat tires for sure. Thinner tires like the ones I have would dig in but probably not reach a hard surface - it would be quite unstable. I had that experience on one of my first...

I’m not sure a fatbike would have faired much better that day to be honest. I agree with JRA that the thin tires do pretty well in loose snow on top of hard pack/surface. However, I’ve never ridden a fatbike. I’ve dreamt of getting a Biktrix Juggernaut set up especially for winter but so far...

Tested my winter commuting mettle this week. This morning it was -36C (-33F)! My commute is 23-25 minutes. The bike is in the garage at about -5C. I usually bring the battery in overnight when it’s below freezing in the garage but I forgot. Battery consumption was up and seemed to have less...

What about Bikespeed-RS? https://www.bikespeed.de/RS_en.html#compatibility

I bought the newly released Giant Recon HL 1600. (Link Removed - No Longer Exists) It seems to be a quality product at a competitive price for the brightness of the light.

tquenneville - did you end up winter commuting? I missed riding to work and decided to give it a go. I think most people I work with think I’m crazy but it’s actually not as bad as I thought. Thankfully I’m on a multi use path away from the traffic and they do plow the snow off it regularly. I...

Thought I would push the limits today... snowing and blowing all day. I was powering through the drifts and pretty deep snow fairly well until it got just a little too deep. No kickstand required! Fun times but I think I’ll drive tomorrow.

Interestingly, the 2019 Canadian model has 42T chainring. Seems the Canadian 2018 was an anomaly. Personally I’m happy with the 48 given my riding is mostly flat.