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Evil Robot posted:Lectric and Ride1Up are super popular around here and have a good reputation. I had the ride1up gravel roadster v2 and can highly recommend it if you have no hills in your area.
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El Mero Mero posted:My SO's employer just started offing 15% or $1000 discounts on ebikes, problem is that the approved bike vendors I've never even heard of before. The 4 vendors we can choose from are: -Pick one with hydraulic disk brakes instead of mechanical. It isn't so much about braking power, but hydraulic brakes are self adjusting as the pad wears. -Ask yourself if you want it to feel like riding a bicycle. If so, find something with some torque sensing instead of just cadence based pedal assist.
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It's nice as hell outside here so I finally charged up and whipped around a little bit. Got up to 36mph and realized I should probably buy a full face helmet.
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ddiddles posted:I recently bought a motorcycle with the idea to get a hitch mount to tow it around with for camping stuff, but realized I like ebikes way more for a motorized two wheel sort of thing, and I really hate riding a motorcycle anywhere near cars. I have that same bike and love it. Fantastic price.
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Barry posted:I have that same bike and love it. Fantastic price. I keep refreshing the order page, I feel like a kid waiting for christmas again. Thanks money!
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I have an event on aventure and I love it, I also have a disabled seven year old who really wants to ride in the burley bee trailer I bought for him, but he won't keep his feet inside and he won't let me enclose the trailer. I was thinking about some sort of extension for the tow arm, but I'm having trouble finding a product for this... Anyone have advice? I don't want to jack up my son's foot on the rear wheel!
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Would a skirt guard on a full coverage fender do what you're imagining?
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cinnamon rollout posted:I have an event on aventure and I love it, I also have a disabled seven year old who really wants to ride in the burley bee trailer I bought for him, but he won't keep his feet inside and he won't let me enclose the trailer. I was thinking about some sort of extension for the tow arm, but I'm having trouble finding a product for this... Anyone have advice? I don't want to jack up my son's foot on the rear wheel! Some simple bar stock could extend the arm reasonably easily--I had to do something like that to clear the running boards on my cargo bike to attach a Thule. Held up towing two kids until they got too big to fit in there. 
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Paint? And it’s matched? This thread is too rich for my blood.
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Platystemon posted:Paint? And it’s matched? Reminds me of my high school days when I bought a bicycle from magazine personal ad for 120€, and then paid 65€ to have it repainted in Alfa Romeos Grigio Nube. Used it for over 20 years before I bought my next bike, so I guess it was worth it.
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Platystemon posted:Paint? And it’s matched? Oddly the bike (Blix Packa Genie) just happens to be a close match to a leftover can of “we swear it’s not Craftsman” grey Krylon.
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Got the bike today, can confirm mid drive torque sensor motors are absolutely worth spending the extra money, this feels like I'm actually in shape, instead of an incredibly out of shape guy getting pushed by a motor.
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I like your tub. Is that just like a laundry basket you DIY'd on the back or is there something else going on there?
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No that’s a specialized SKU you can add to a bunch of their bikes.
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It's a cool cave pannier, probably would've been cheaper to just strap a trash can to the back, but it was in stock at the shop I picked up my bike and I'm bad with money. It is really nice to have a small trunk you can throw anything into, and you can throw a drybag in there if its raining.
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Range report on Specialized Creo alloy on eco mode 106kms 38% battery left, probably can get 170kms on another day
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plunked down $ for a lectric xp 3.0 and just realized that it doesn't have a real torque sensor  how different is it from a model with a torque sensor? I've only ridden bikeshare e-bikes so I don't really know what to expect. I don't think I could get a different folding bike with a torque sensor for the price though
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corona familiar posted:plunked down $ for a lectric xp 3.0 and just realized that it doesn't have a real torque sensor I think you would be most likely to notice the difference when doing tight low speed maneuvering. At higher speed you'll also notice you'll get max assist from just soft pedaling.
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Cadence PAS is fine for a commuter. I was worried I was missing out but then I did a eMTB ride, where you would 100% want torque sensing, and realized it’s totally fine. I have four points on my commute where I deal with come combination of tight spaces, traffic and limited traction and I just dip down to PAS level 2 from 4/5 and then exit and power back up. It’s literally as easy as changing gears.
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I honestly think cadence sensor might be better for people who are doing commuter style stuff. It feels less bike-y but you have more control over how much effort you want to put in at a given moment.
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yeah, as a commuter the PAS has never bothered me. torque sensors seem to compel me to put in more work, which is of course all fun and good, but not always great for commuting.
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Man_of_Teflon posted:yeah, as a commuter the PAS has never bothered me. torque sensors seem to compel me to put in more work, which is of course all fun and good, but not always great for commuting. Torque sensors are great if you spend enough money to get a fancy app along with it, with Specialized you can set it so you can get all the power of the motor with very little work, so I could cruise around at 20mph barely pedaling. Only worth it if the 1-2k price premium for bikes with torque sensors and fancy tuning apps isnt a big deal for you and you wouldn't miss that cash, I only got mine because they had such a great deal on their bikes. I had another bike that was a torque sensor but no real tuning available, I could see that being really annoying on a commute when I just want to get to work without sweating
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Fancy tuning? Does eco/tour/sport/turbo settings not do enough?
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Having tried the two, I'd recommend anyone interested just spend a little more time saving for the slightly higher price of a torque sensor bike. Cadence works, but torque sensors make the ride infinitely more satisfying. ddiddles posted:I had another bike that was a torque sensor but no real tuning available, I could see that being really annoying on a commute when I just want to get to work without sweating  Van Moof had the awful feature of being unable to change assist level during the ride, I think? Not sure if they ever addressed that.
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For my stop and go city riding the cadence sensor control on my BBS02 was going to get me killed. I disabled it almost immediately.
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I'm sure my bike has a cadence sensor, but with a throttle it doesn't bother me one bit.
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CopperHound posted:Fancy tuning? Does eco/tour/sport/turbo settings not do enough? Why stick with three predefined modes when you can set what those modes mean like a huge nerd.  Couldn't find a good image of it, this gif shows the presets moving the settings around, but you can move those dots around wherever you want, setting how much power that setting gives, and how much power you have to give to get that set power.Doesn't show it there, but theres also a Shuttle option which basically makes it gives all the power of that setting without having to pedal hard at all. I like it because the normal eco setting was too powerful and I didn't feel like I was exerting any energy, so I dropped it down to get a workout, it also let me do 17 miles with 80% battery still left which is rad.
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I'm so used to cadence sensors that sometimes I notice I'll be unconsciously doing a weird erratic slow pedal to keep the motor engaged, if I've got the assist up too high for the speed I want, kind of like blipping a throttle. Ultimately you can just dial the assist exactly like changing a gear and it's ok - cadence sensors are only weird and awkward when the balance of your effort vs the motor effort is wrong - too much assist for your speed can be scary for sure, but just lower the assist. I can see the appeal of mid drive eliminating the awkwardness, but I'm not convinced it's worth the price tag. It also could be one of those things where once you're used to it you can't go back to the jerky cadence system - like how once people get a mechanical keyboard they hate using the cheap ones. Rear and front drive also have the advantage that if you also have a throttle, you can have a catastrophic drivetrain failure (like losing your chain, for example) and still ride home.
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I can confirm that I'll never buy another ebike that doesnt have a torque sensor, as I type this on a mechanical keyboard. I wouldn't have any problem riding around on those ebike rental bikes though. Definitely not worth the price tag if it would make you sad to spend that much, I only got mine because specialized had a 0% 12 month deal which my monkey brain thinks is better than just buying it. ddiddles fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Apr 28, 2024 |
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thanks everyone! I'll try it out and see how it is. it's kind of a gift for family that I'll be able to use so if it's intolerable I'll know for next time
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Splode posted:Rear and front drive also have the advantage that if you also have a throttle, you can have a catastrophic drivetrain failure (like losing your chain, for example) and still ride home. I had my freewheel eat poo poo recently, and having the throttle as a backup until I could get it swapped was a lifesaver.
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The throttle is also great on days where you just want to zip around on your electric moped because you're hung over or it's crazy hot.
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Zapf Dingbat posted:Went to the bike shop that I bought the Aventons today and they suggested this: Researching this again, I noticed it doesn't have a throttle. This would have been a perfect bike for her if it had that. Anyone know of a similar bike with a throttle?
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Zapf Dingbat posted:Researching this again, I noticed it doesn't have a throttle. This would have been a perfect bike for her if it had that. Anyone know of a similar bike with a throttle?
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Mostly I just want a mid-shaft drive because change a wheel with a hub motor on it is a bitch and a half.
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Jabarto posted:Mostly I just want a mid-shaft drive because change a wheel with a hub motor on it is a bitch and a half.
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Jabarto posted:Mostly I just want a mid-shaft drive because change a wheel with a hub motor on it is a bitch and a half. Yeah, it sucks but I’ve only had to do it once in 20-months of commuting. Why are you changing wheels? My theory is my hub motors are heavy so no point and saving grams on the tries, just run something bulletproof.
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monsterzero posted:Yeah, it sucks but I’ve only had to do it once in 20-months of commuting. Well, tires specifically. I don't have a car so I have to use studded tires during the winter.
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