Hello! New user from the Pacific Northwest

[AtomicSans]

Hey y'all. I've been living the carless ebike life on a Ride1Up 700 Series for about a year now. That bike kinda sucks, but I've loved getting back into biking in general.

I also happen to work for a lovely rural Trek dealer, so by the grace of the steep discount The Corporation grants me, I'll probably be replacing my Ride1Up with a Trek Verve+2 soon. Maybe even this weekend, if I'm lucky. Thanks, corporation. I'm sure I'm not the first person on this forum with employment related to Trek, but I'd be happy to share the things I've learned.

Google searches have thrown me onto this forum several times before in the last couple of years, but I'm looking forward to participating. Hopefully I have something of value to offer here.

 

[PedalUma]

Welcome! You have quality experiences and industry knowledge to contribute here on EBR to help others. Please share photos when you can. We love photos. This bike is the 85Nm torque sensor $299 bike I made mods on today, including the motor. Zoom to see the stealthy routing. Contributors here are often experts with diverse points of view. Jump in; Giving likes and laughs with encouragement and fun.

 

[AtomicSans]

Welcome! You have quality experiences and industry knowledge to contribute here on EBR to help others. Please share photos when you can. We love photos. This bike is the 85Nm torque sensor $299 bike I made mods on today, including the motor. Zoom to see the stealthy routing. Contributors here are often experts with diverse points of view. Jump in; Giving likes and laughs with encouragement and fun.

85 Nm with rim brakes? I'd be terrified to ride that, but I'm admittedly a bit faint of heart when it comes to safety. You do you!

I didn't think to post any pictures. I don't take too many pictures, but when I do, my Pixel 6's camera serves me pretty well.

I'm not a huge fan of my bike, but hey, this proves I actually use the thing regardless. Cycling is a joy regardless of whether or not your bike sucks.

A quick hop up to the coast a few weeks ago.

Some snow snuck up on me on a late afternoon in late December. The flakes were so light and fluffy, I had to take a silly picture of them landing on me.

The Bontrager Solstice helmet in the first photo is... kind of bad, in my opinion. It never fit me right, and it's cheaply made. I steer customers away from it in our shop now. I've since replaced it with a Bontrager Charge WaveCel, which is expensive, but lovely. Very comfortable and secure, with a nice magnetic latch that can be put on with thick gloves, but doesn't come apart on its own.

 

[Merle Nelson]

Welcome to EBR AtomicSans.

I'm inspired by anyone going carless. Happy for you and the good fortune you have created for yourself in upgrading your bike too. Bikes are fun, nicer bikes are way more fun.

 

[AtomicSans]

Welcome to EBR AtomicSans.

I'm inspired by anyone going carless. Happy for you and the good fortune you have created for yourself in upgrading your bike too. Bikes are fun, nicer bikes are way more fun.

Thank you. I'd love to claim noble goals for going carless, but I'm honestly just lazy and don't want to deal with insurance, oil changes, gas prices, or any of that.

Should I perhaps write up a review of my Series 700 and post it in the appropriate subforum? After almost a year I have pretty complete thoughts on it. It won't be entirely positive, but it'll be honest and as informed as I can be. I hope folks are receptive to critical honesty here.

 

[Merle Nelson]

I think they are and I think that would be an incredible contribution.

If I would have accessed more of that on my first bike I may have waited until I could get a nicer one. And....those that want that pricepoint or that make and model will be that much more informed.

And....I don't care what inspires a person to a certain thing. Sometimes it's beautiful and impressive in and of itself.

 

[ganther5000]

Welcome to the family

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[PedalUma]

Going carless is like skinny dipping. You might have hang ups and fears at first but when you try it, it is liberating. Electric bikes make this posable.

 

[Merle Nelson]

PedalUma, would you tell us a bit more about your car/bike experience?

 

[kev123]

Hey y'all. I've been living the carless ebike life on a Ride1Up 700 Series for about a year now. That bike kinda sucks, but I've loved getting back into biking in general.

I also happen to work for a lovely rural Trek dealer, so by the grace of the steep discount The Corporation grants me, I'll probably be replacing my Ride1Up with a Trek Verve+2 soon. Maybe even this weekend, if I'm lucky. Thanks, corporation. I'm sure I'm not the first person on this forum with employment related to Trek, but I'd be happy to share the things I've learned.

Google searches have thrown me onto this forum several times before in the last couple of years, but I'm looking forward to participating. Hopefully I have something of value to offer here.

Yeah I have a trek ride plus electric bicycle I bought used it's a BIONX I can't get a key for it holding a charges I think I overpaid for it I didn't know what I was doing I know I don't need a replacement battery yet it's my it my second my second E bike and I don't know if they're compatible with And the difficult thing I'm having is finding a key because it didn't have a key with it I can still charge it then take it off by disassembling it so anyway I don't know if you're dealing with trek E bikes

 

[PedalUma]

BionX yanked service about six-years-ago, shutting down and leaving everyone in a lurch. It is time to get a new rear wheel and replace it with a mid-drive. I made this bike a mid-drive today. I will sometimes buy BionX bikes and make them mid-drives, like the second example.