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I think that you should put your wife up front so that you can keep an eye on her to make sure she's helping.
Girls like to lie and cheat yaknow.

I agree, JW tires are very sketchy on asphalt. You best not be doing any spirited riding.If you take those knobbie tires around a tight corner on asphalt, they will slide out from under you.
A street type tire with knobs on the sidewall is much better suited to all terrain and Way More efficient on the pavement and hardback.
I think something like the Schwalbe Hurricane is a good compromise,..
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I agree, JW tires are very sketchy on asphalt. You best not be doing any spirited riding.
wife is blind so I may not live long.@fooferdoggie
I think that you should put your wife up front so that you can keep an eye on her to make sure she's helping.
Girls like to lie and cheat yaknow.
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wife is blind so I may not live long.
I cant imagine going offroad with her hanging out like that and I can't see the path well enough. but it will be soft landing on her.Yeah, I know.
Don't give her the steering wheel.
She just holds on and pedals.
And you get to keep an eye on her to make sure she's pedaling.
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Weight over the front wheel kinda makes sense to me.
You'll have heavy but stable steering.
I think you need to have a chat with my Riese and Muller SuperCharger then because, oh no, it is heading off on Monday on a 16-day 1,200-kilometre bikepacking ride, of which at least 65% is off the bitumen. It would be more off bitumen if the routing options made it possible.I think @Stefan Mikes should stop by and appraise your bike, as he is most likely to use this term.
If I had to guess, I'd say it means heavy, seemingly overbuilt, ponderous. See R&M. Some might assume that the SUV is an off-roader, but in my experience, most SUVs stay on paved roads! Again, see R&M.
Whoops. I have been doing intervals on mine ...I agree, JW tires are very sketchy on asphalt. You best not be doing any spirited riding.
How's that spirited?Whoops. I have been doing intervals on mine ...![]()
Do you understand what intervals are? If you think that they are not 'spirited', you need to come for a ride with me.How's that spirited?
If it were... you'd be tasting pavement.
Yes - not impressed.Do you understand what intervals are?
ExactlyIf you think that they are not 'spirited', you need to come for a ride with me.
No, I haven't 'tasted the pavement' well, at least whilst doing intervals, so I guess my riding skills are appropriate, and/or the surface was not wet and/or the corners were not so tight as to be of concern.
Then maybe you should re_read what I was replying to.Context matters ...
There are Cross Country, Trail, All Mountain/Enduro, and Downhill bikes, too (MTB). People who bought e-MTBs but spend a lion's share of their riding time on the pavement, soon realise how bad their decision had been. MTBs are totally unequipped, and even hard to equip. Even a kickstand cannot be installed on a proper MTB! MTBs can really 'breathe' only off-road.Beginning to think that "SUV" doesn't mean much beyond "not a road bike, cruiser, or pavement-only commuter".
You have converted a Trail e-MTB into a SUV e-bikeI refer to my bike as SUV...
Your Supercharger is a 100% SUV e-bike, and you use it for its very purpose! We had David Berry as a prolific Australian user on EBR before you came, and he used to ride for 100-160 km every single day on his R&M Homage Rohloff in Brisbane area.Does this make it an SUV?
If you take those knobbie tires around a tight corner on asphalt, they will slide out from under you.
A street type tire with knobs on the sidewall is much better suited to all terrain and Way More efficient on the pavement and hardpack.
I think something like the Schwalbe Hurricane is a good compromise,..
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I ride 40% dirt road, 40% trail and 20% asphalt and a short stretch of sharp drainage rocks. The knobs on Johnny Watts are not like widely spaced mtn bike knobs. I’m more concerned with dirt road grip and still decent pavement handling. Have you had experience with the JW sliding out under you? I haven’t. I’m not riding on tight asphalt high speed turns w strong lateral forces. I gave up that kind of riding 40 yrs ago. On the slippery sand/gravel over hard pack and pavement I find the JW predictable. I have some dirt tires that are better off road but awful on pavement and some gravel tires that are quite nice on pavement but too slippery braking down some trails w/o lowering tire pressure.If you take those knobbie tires around a tight corner on asphalt, they will slide out from under you.
A street type tire with knobs on the sidewall is much better suited to all terrain and Way More efficient on the pavement and hardpack.
I think something like the Schwalbe Hurricane is a good compromise,..
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