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@indianajo, it's possible that your condition is different than mine, and that the kind of variable-rate pacemaker I wear would not be appropriate. Mine is a Biotronik Edora 8 DR-T, and it uses a closed-loop stimulation sensor to respond to physiological demands on a beat-to-beat basis. On my...

@indianajo, sorry to hear about your health issues. @Mike TowpathTraveler has some good advice in post #29. I have a pacemaker myself, and I don't find that it hinders hill climbing. It's probable I have a rate-responsive pacemaker. It automatically adjusts to my exercise level. Pehaps you...

I don't know if @Katrina92 is still around, but there is a Kickstarter project for a Superbike weighing less than 20 lbs. Apparently, they will achieve this low weight by making it all carbon fiber with a small hub motor and small integrated battery. Not my cup of tea, but this may be the way to...

Is Park Tools talking to me? They show a Yuba Spicy Curry, my bike, on the stand. And you can power the lift with an electric drill! On second thought, I like @kevinmccune's remark: "the best lift resides at a bike shop with your favorite tech utilizing it!"

I have been riding my Haibike with Yamaha motor for ten years now. No issues. At 15,000 miles I had seals and bearings replaced as preventive maintenance. Still going strong after about 20,000 miles... My 3-year-old Yuba with Bosch motor has had no problems either. It has about 6,000 miles.

Thank you for the link, PedalUma! I launch and get on my saddle the forbidden way. I place my left pedal at either 9, 10, or 11 o'clock, push off with my right foot while simultaneously pressing the pedal with my left. I then swing my right leg over the saddle and I'm off. I have been getting...

I bring four cameras plus my iPhone. One Sony a1 with a 100-400mm lens; one Sony a1 Mark II with a 300mm lens + 2X teleconverter; one Leica Q2 Monochrom (with fixed 28mm lens); one Leica Q3 43 (with fixed 43mm lens). I may add my most recent acquisition, a Fujifilm GFX100RF (with fixed 35mm...

The Luna is 39 lbs. The OP rides a non-electric Scott Addict which probably weighs around 17 lbs. (unless she spent $16,000 for the 13 lbs. version). She thinks the Scott Addict eRide is too heavy at 24 lbs. The Luna is not in the same ballpark.

In my limited experience, the smallest hub motor I've seen is the front-hub motor (about 2.2 lbs) on the Gocycle. I doubt Gocycle will sell you one separately, but used Gocycle motors occasionally show up on eBay, such as this one. According to Richard Thorpe, the former McLaren F1 engineer who...

The original Yamaha battery in my 2016 Haibike AllMtn is still going strong after nearly 20,000 miles and nine years. It seems to have lost 10% of its capacity. The original Bosch batteries (two installed; the software automatically alternates between the two) in my 2022 Yuba Spicy Curry have...

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My LBS bled and replenished my Magura hydraulic disc brakes. Strange that your LBS won't get involved with this aspect of bike service. Maybe find a better LBS. You know it's time to bleed and replinish when your brakes feel mushy and there is excessive travel of your brake levers.

@6zfshdb, I am glad you did not use the term "acoustic" to describe conventional bikes. Bikes are not like guitars, and it is a butchering of language to say that conventional bikes are acoustic, even as some of us pluck spokes and listen to their vibration to ascertain their tension. My two...

I don't have Lectric bikes, but I have been using Jones H-bars on my ebikes for years. One is a Haibike AllMtn, the other a Yuba Spicy Curry AT. I like the Jones H-bar with 2.5-inch rise. I also found that the longer 710mm bar sweeps back further than the short one—it's not just wider—which is...

eBike Motor Repair

I don't have a Civante but I have a 2016 Haibike AllMtn with a Yamaha PW motor. It has worked flawlessly all these years. At about 15,000 miles I had eBike Motor Repair overhaul it as preventive maintenance, replacing all seals and bearings. I am now close to 20,000 miles, with no problems.

Thank you, Court! I began reading EBR in 2015, and in January 2016 bought my first ebike, an entry-level Magnum Ui5. I kept reading EBR and within six months sold that bike and bought my second bike, a Haibike AllMtn full-suspension with Yamaha motor. It was a huge upgrade, and I made it with...

I have used the pop-off pedals from Flatbike. They work fine. You have to watch out for grit or sand getting in the mechanism, making them difficult to remove. If they get stuck, you may have remove them by pushing them from the backside, i.e. from the inside of the crank arm. Keep them...

There are many cargo ebikes with larger wheels, including those from Yuba, Xtracycle, and Surly. But then you run into the problem of bikes that are not really step-through, or not small enough for you.

@BurroBabe, you are right in thinking the right fit is probably the most important thing to consider. In your case it is probably worth spending the money to get the right size frame. You asked what else is out there: The Tern HSD has front suspension. The Tern NBD has a low step (15.4" off the...