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I had the same snagging issue. Instead I changed the saddles on both my e-bikes to Selle’s saddles with the Concorde (droop) noses so I didnt have to change my wardrobe 😜

I’m not telling him to change, he was asking for recommendations between two tyres, I was adding a further option. Please refer to his original post.

Another option if you primarily ride asphalt/paved surfaces is the Schwalbe Supermoto (non X version). I’m approaching 2,000 klms on mine, commuting to work, and can’t fault them.

Where’s the fun in that 😜. Cycling in a gusty crosswind gets interesting. Constant winds not far from where I was born. Even motorcyclists struggle riding in the area.

Agreed, people complain of the noise of the Ultra and eMTB tyres. At my cruising speeds of circa 38 to 43 klms/hr (PAS level 1) I don’t hear a thing because of the wind noise. Only going through a bike path tunnel do I hear the tyres echoing off the walls. I don’t wear ear plugs though.

Yep, headwinds and hills are a thing of the past with the Ultra 🙏 Truth be told, the terrain and winds still affect the Ultra powered bike, but at a higher speeds.

Great analysis and write up 👍

Sounds like you were the beta tester for the old model varia 😜

In my experience rear approaching cyclists and scooters trigger an alert providing there is a certain speed differential to your cycling speed. I’m not sure what the min speed differential needs to be but have noticed if I’m coasting down a hill and a cyclist is pedalling down the hill it has...

Can’t recall, but rule of thumb is number of extra teeth divided by two. So if new chainring has 8 extra teeth add 4 links. However being full sus bike I followed Sram’s guidelines which IIRC was to pull the coil spring and let it sit on full sag, wrap chain around largest cog on cassette and...

I upsized the chainring to a WT 48T on my Ultra powered Frey over a year ago with lengthened chain. Removed the chain guide in the process and never had a problem with the chain dropping. I did buy the WT chainring bolts, but snapped one when torquing, so just reverted to the stock bolts which...

Looks like deep discounts where I am too (Australia). Here‘s an example. https://www.yamahacity.com.au/product/ydxmoro07/?srsltid=AfmBOopNno-SxzclerKXlPnALVRz9P5ZvISS2g-ZilmCf0h9yFSjHzmS

Before buying the charger just make sure you can get the adapters to suit the charge ports on your batteries/bike first.

Wait (spelling) I own neither. Email Grin for adapters advice. I did when ordering mine (Frey Beast 60v and Earth T-Rex 48v) and they either had the adapter or advised of another supplier that had the adapter.

I use the programable Grin Satiator to charge batteries from two different ebike manufacturers and which also have two different voltages and charge amps. You just need to buy adapters to suit each battery. It’s compact but not exactly lightweight nor exactly cheap. The main attraction of this...

Clearly Specialised has a weight problem and are embarrassed about it 😜

At the same time as fitting the pads I also swapped the Tektro rotors to the Shimano Ice Tech‘s increasing the front rotor size, which are still fine after 1400+ klms. The Ananda M100 is a great motor. You have the 52 volt version in the Photon which will have a tad more “sparkle” than the 48...

I have 2 piston Tektro brakes on my hardtail ebike. It was originally fitted with Tektro organic pads (green backing plate) which were garbage on a derestricted bike. I soon swapped them to their metal ceramic compound (red backing plate) which are night and day difference to the organic pads.

I’ve lost 38 kgs over the last 5 years, going from 120kgs to 82kgs. Over that time I have experimented with diet vs exercise. Diet is certainly easier than hammering your body with intense exercise which I found was causing joint soreness. To overcome my joint soreness, over the last 18 months...

On my wife’s bike I screwed the Omni quick track adapter directly to the rack with countersunk self tapers after drilling pilot holes. Then slid the Topeak trunk bag onto the adapter. Work well over the last 15 months.