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We went out with a friend on Saturday who had just upgraded from a bike with 27.5" wheels to 29. His words were "night and day improvement." This is on some chunky, rocky terrain, some sand, and a lot of ruts and such.

I'll drink to that!

In the desert areas that I ride, I think we would never make it home on most rides without sealant. I've come home, walked in to change and clean up, and walk out to find a tire bleeding sealant but holding air. We recently had a friend get a flat on the trail, we had to air her up twice (one...

LOL, not sure if fun exaggeration or serious. I've had people think that was true. Also another one is that we're just all sand dunes. I've considered turning on the AC today, because it's 76 in the house, but I think we'll survive it.

LOL! I'm Cuban, so....

I do appreciate the full explanation. I'm going to leave it on. Here's why, and I don't believe I'm mechanically incompetent (I've been working on motorcycles, cars, and bikes for my whole life, since I was 5). I slipped on a loose-over-hard trail and landed my derailleur against a rock...

Ford vs Chevy vs Dodge. I remember a Dodge bigot bragging to me about how he barely did any maintenance and his Dodge was still fine. "Great," I thought, "how does this apply to a non-idiot who does do proper maintenance?" I did find one annoyance with my Shimano bike this weekend. There's...

Why? I've heard a lot of terms regarding it that insinuate it's for losers. I am inclined to leave it on just to piss off those people. And I sure wasn't going to remove a perfectly good cassette to remove the plastic. I still don't know why it's bad, but I have seen first-hand why it can be...

A replacement/upgraded cassette and chain.

The cops have no idea what they are seeing, and ignore them. I have ridden two different oversized/overpowered e-bikes, even in parks, right by police and they don't even look. In my area that was definitely a violation, and possibly criminal. As to the original question on surplus and...

I’ve ridden both back to back. I find the Shimano to be slightly more in tune with pedaling and more natural. It’s also slightly better at an uphill restart, as it applies power very quickly. But then the Yamaha is actually faster at that. The Bosch Kiox display blows away the shimano display. I...

It will sort of "fill" light scratches, but there will still be some light refraction. Meaning you may no longer see the marks, but shine will be affected. You know you can polish a bike using the same tools/chemicals as a car, right? I put that wrap on my latest bike from day one. In my...

Pretty good news. My personal policy in cases like this is to up the rating by a star or two, and add an update at the top of the review, but leave the original review in place. I find this useful when I read reviews, so that I know that there are potential issues, and how they later resolve them.

There is a "race" unlock for my EP8 available from eplus.bike which claims the following. I have just the 40k speed unlock. Also, the Shimano curves can be tweaked quite a bit even without this add-on. “Race” modification – Ensures assistance up to a speed of 60 km/h with correct display...

In fact, used this way, it would seem to aid the chickens, who might otherwise fall to their deaths. The rest of your post was pure poetry.

I've never seen one of these man-made riding paths in person. Is the chicken wire normal? For traction? Are riders timed as to when they leave the top? Or...how do you accommodate for a newbie slow rider and an incoming fast rider? Not like you can just stop on the side of the trail, right?

My bike came with an Ohlins TTX M shock, and I love it. There's a big difference between spring and air, and for me, spring is preferred. The Ohlins is highly tunable and just works well.

Assuming an average 10 MPH speed, and a typical cheap reed switch, that will only last about 8,273 hours of riding. I had to do the math. LOL

Eh, Scottsdale is very far from the Grand Canyon, over 200 miles. Gila monsters would never survive "just south of the Grand Canyon" and in fact Scottsdale is barely within their zone. AZ is a huge place. I'm a few miles West of Scottsdale and they are also rare here, being in the far North...

Or be like me and buy several ebikes until you figure it out. (Don't be like me.)