He may have a loose battery so any vibration could cause it to lose power. May be worth checking that. Cascade sells a solution meant to address this on Bosch batteries.
While I like the look of Crestline's bikes a lot, the design compromises you have to make to do this make the downtube look positively pregnant compared to the Vala. You can see how much further the bottom of the downtube sticks out past the edge of the cranks (as a reference point for...
DJI definitely appears to be the innovation leader with best-in-class performance in the lightest overall packaging. If DJI's system is as reliable as Bosch's after a couple of years then Bosch will really have to step up their game.
Sounds like Bosch already has some firmware in development for next year to get triple digit torque from the latest motor per some recent podcasts. Everyone needs to keep in mind the accelerated chain wear and need to replace chainrings and cassettes more frequently which will be expensive over...
They actually do recommend using boiling water to strip the old contaminated wax off the chain before re-waxing. Otherwise you are increasing how contaminated your remaining pot of wax is with each re-wax cycle. It’s very easy to do with a kettle outside and takes <5 minutes.
What does charging VPP price mean to you? As a long-time SC fan myself I'm curious to know how others define the value of SC bikes vs other manufacturers?
With the VPP patent expired for many years now and many other virtual pivot type designs in use by other manufacturers that really hasn't...