I'd like a bottle cage extender for my Rail. I've carried in a backpack my spare 500 a couple of times but never came close to using up the full 625+500. I'd trade my 500 for 250-300 extender in a heartbeat.
So when will we see gearbox-motor integration?
I picked up from Amazon self-adhesive silicone airtag cases, 2 for $8. Stuck it inside the battery compartment of my Rail 5 (alloy) more or less under the bottle cage. Works great, anti-stalking feature means it makes noise when moving the nike if it hasn't registered with my iphone every...
On the road and looking at a fork and want to be sure I don’t short change myself, so to speak. Anyone know what then length of the steering tube is on a Rail? If anything I need longer than shorter …
Wow that's a big sucker. I'm in NorCal (Marin County) and thus far haven't run into any this year. I'd be more worried hiking; on a bike I'm never slower than 4-5 mph and honestly the odds of a rattler zeroing on your ankle/leg over the rest of the bike as you roll past/over are very slim...
Works for me on my XL. I also have a bottle cage storage container I stuff a backup tube (I'm tubeless), irons, multitool, c02, a couple of zip ties. I carry water on my back.
Moustache makes a nice Bosch-powered tandem e-mtb. Not sure who else does mtb e-tandems, if anyone.
If I could get my hands on an old tandem mtb that my wife and I could fit on (I'm 6'4", she's 5'10") I'd take on the conversion project, slap on rear hub motor, maybe a bafang mid-drive if...
I'm 6'4" and ride an XL. When I bought it reflexively moved the seat as far back as possible, but have since moved it forward using this method to determine fore-aft positioning: get up to speed at a "normal" cadence, ride hands-free (sitting up, arms dangling), adjust fore-aft such that...
In all seriousness, if you're considering getting a second battery, consider getting a 500Wh battery. Unless all your rides consume at least 80% of your 625Wh battery, a 500Wh may suit for a significant portion of your rides, and will reduce the weight of the frame by 25 ounces.
I did this but...
IMO it's comparative, being used to having assist, then not, on a heavy bike. Change from eMTB to ECO on an incline and it will feel like ECO is dragging, but obviously it's not. Leave it in ECO for a while and you get used to it.
I went from Purion to Nyon. I had shop do it, was under $100. That was a year ago when it was new, I've worked on the bike enough that I could do it myself. When you installed the front light, did you have to run the wire down to the motor, or was it pre-wired? On Rail it was pre-wired, I...
Really? I picked my Rail 5 in May 2021 as well, it was fresh off the boat when I bought it online on May 12, the LBS didn't even have it in hand yet, was at their warehouse), they made no mention of the bracket.
Mine was cutting out until I followed suggestion of a Trek mechanic (remove...
I installed front and rear lights on my Trek Rail that summed to 12w, trek configured it accordingly, which cut the battery off at 11% or so. Found out the hard way: I had stretched the battery usage out to ensure I had enough left for the last uphill leg of what was then my longest ride, and...
Not sure about UK but in the States best to bird dog Trek’s website looking for bikes suddenly showing up at shops as close as you’re willing to drive. A year ago I was checking at least once a day for weeks or months - it’s all a blur - and bought the first XL that came up in CA - fortunately...