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I think the thing with cadence sensors and rear-drive vs. torque sensors and mid-drive bikes in general is that more than the speed of response -- which is a totally solvable problem for cadence sensors -- is the nature of the response. The problem people have with cadence sensor bikes is that...

The existing seatpost clamp already is a QR clamp. That's the thing that I loosened slightly in order to make it more reasonable to operate the lever. When it is as loose as it needs to be for fast changes, the hold on the post is less than ideal. When it is as tight as it needs to be for a...

Yeah, well, I looked at a lot of options even when I was shopping around initially. But $2k is already more than 1.5x the cost of a Pace 500. And yeah, the lack of a frame size that would fit the shorter riders in my house makes it pretty much a non-starter. In fact, it was also the...

To me, the number 1 use case for PAS 0 in the context of prevention of too hard a push is when you're in crowded areas or need to navigate a tight spot where it is harder to maneuver at high speeds. i.e., situations where you will still have to move but will have to vary your speed to a much...

So this is one of those specific problems I'm trying to address and I want to know whether I'm crazy or not. Basically, I've got two Pace 500 step-through frames, and the smaller of the two is used by my wife and mother-in-law, whereas the larger of the two is used by myself and my...

Wow. That description matches about what I see with the Aventon as far as going slower than a given speed on a PAS level goes, but doesn't match my personal experience when going above that speed. For instance, going 20 mph at PAS 2 or PAS 3 feels markedly easier than going 20 mph with PAS 1...

Yeah, Aventon can easily do that, but the thing is that they don't make any of the components. They have designs and contracts with third-party manufacturers and they take care of assembly in-house. This is how most e-bike brands are -- they are not manufacturers, they're designers. At most...

I ultimately went with with the Blackburn Central Full Fenders in the 700X60 size. Slightly cheaper at $50 and like the Planet Bike ones, they had a pretty good range of adjustment using pretty much the same mechanism so I could make it fit quite well. More importantly, they were available...

The way I ride, in theory, the battery capacity of the 350 might well be fine (basically, PAS off through as much of my ride as possible), but my area is hilly enough that the 500 has only barely enough power at PAS 5 to make it up some hill climbs at around 5 or 6 mph. That said, my area is...

While I'm not all too even slightly happy about the fact that they did this via selling a new bundle, it's probably just lack of technical competence to issue firmware upgrades. Fine... whatever. But seeing as it is sold out for the time being, I'd like to know if anybody on these forums has...

Interesting. I assume that since they are made for 29" wheels, there is a good bit of clearance between the tire and the fender (that widens)? Did you also have to buy longer bolts for the front since it needs to go all the way through the hole at the bottom of the fork? Or were the included...

I suspect that most of the challenge in installation is just owed to the fact that the controller is hidden in the frame and neither exposed nor integrated into the battery pack like so many other bikes in the same price range. To be honest, though, I don't understand why it can't be solved via...

I'm aware that Aventon has their own branded fenders, but unfortunately, as I write this, they have been out of stock for quite some time (at least, for the Pace). On top of that, they are size-specific (and that size-specificity simply comes from the length of the hanger rods that bolt to the...

Totally agree. I think one manufacturer that really nails it for new e-bike-shy riders is actually Schwinn. Yeah, they're doing it with 250W hub drive motors, but they are taking a cadence sensor and still getting that "natural feeling" power delivery on point. And I say "Schwinn" nails it...

I feel there might be some extent to which this could be motor and/or gearing related in addition to engineering/design goals. In this case, "gearing" refers to the planetary gears in the motor housing for a geared motor rather than the gears on the cassette/freewheel. Direct-drive motors have...

In that respect, do you suppose that conversion or upgrading a more "city" e-bike (that we already own, btw) would be a reasonable option? In theory, swapping bars, fork, and tires would be sufficient to at least be usable, but I question how stable that will be on trails with its more...

Well, yes -- that's kind of why I mentioned "at least here in the U.S." Several brands that are available in Europe and Southeast Asia simply aren't even sold in the U.S., and some are even illegal to import into the states even if you bought them while staying overseas. Notably, of the brands...

Sure seems that way to me -- at least here in the US, where we only have access to a fraction of the e-bike brands that are otherwise sold worldwide. Some part of it is that Bosch, Yamaha, Shimano all get special mention with nearly every bike that has them because they're all big name brands...

Both names of mid-drive motor manufacturers. Most people are familiar with Bosch, Yamaha, Shimano, and Bafang. Brose and Tongsheng are lesser-known, but they are there. Brose, at least, is used by Bulls and Specialized on some stuff. Still, I've never ridden anything with either brand of...

I also do think Yamaha is the best that I've tried, though I haven't tried out anything with a Brose or Tong Sheng. I think Bosch is actually quite overpriced for what you get, and that overpriced factor carries over into the bike itself. I feel like looking at things like Bulls or Moustache...