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I got my wife an eBike for her birthday via my son at Specialized. Box arrived yesterday, and I about herniated myself getting it into the garage. One of these: https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...o-vado-reivew/ I had no idea it was a Buycycling Editor's choice, but I'll go with it. Being family, I got employee pricing -- otherwise it would have been a harder choice. Even the bottom of the range is expensive, but it is a nice bike.
There were some odd-ball assembly issues, and I still have to update the firmware (which is like a huge thing because you want the latest performance advantages!), but it went together fine. Lots of bells (literally) and whistles. My wife is 5'10" (or used to be), so my son sized her as a large, which is fine for saddle to pedal distance, but the tire height/BB makes the stand-over high, even with a sloping top-tube. The thing is like a mini-motorcycle. She has some neuro/ortho conditions that affect her mobility, but she seems to be fine swinging her leg over the saddle and off the bike. She doesn't complain, which is sometimes a problem. "Oh its fine [followed by catastrophe]." I do worry about the size of the thing, though. On max setting, the bike is super fast with a top speed of 28mph. I'm going to throw on a QR seatpost clamp so I can use it for shopping. You would need a truck to steal it, and it has a kickstand and a really swanky little rack. The future is now! My son is trying to get me interested in the mega-zillion dollar 22lb stealth eBikes -- so I can keep up with him, but I would need a winning lottery ticket, even at employee pricing. In another small bicycle-world twist, my son tells me I'll need a hitch rack tray that my wife can roll the bike onto -- made by Yakima. So I walk down the street and ask my neighbor and best bicycling buddy -- who is head of products for Yakima and happened to be working in his yard, for a rack. Its on the way. Life is good. -- Jay Beattie. |
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Op donderdag 17 september 2020 om 02:45:42 UTC+2 schreef jbeattie:
I got my wife an eBike for her birthday via my son at Specialized. Box arrived yesterday, and I about herniated myself getting it into the garage. One of these: https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...o-vado-reivew/ I had no idea it was a Buycycling Editor's choice, but I'll go with it. Being family, I got employee pricing -- otherwise it would have been a harder choice. Even the bottom of the range is expensive, but it is a nice bike. There were some odd-ball assembly issues, and I still have to update the firmware (which is like a huge thing because you want the latest performance advantages!), but it went together fine. Lots of bells (literally) and whistles. My wife is 5'10" (or used to be), so my son sized her as a large, which is fine for saddle to pedal distance, but the tire height/BB makes the stand-over high, even with a sloping top-tube. The thing is like a mini-motorcycle. She has some neuro/ortho conditions that affect her mobility, but she seems to be fine swinging her leg over the saddle and off the bike. She doesn't complain, which is sometimes a problem. "Oh its fine [followed by catastrophe]." I do worry about the size of the thing, though. On max setting, the bike is super fast with a top speed of 28mph. I'm going to throw on a QR seatpost clamp so I can use it for shopping. You would need a truck to steal it, and it has a kickstand and a really swanky little rack. The future is now! My son is trying to get me interested in the mega-zillion dollar 22lb stealth eBikes -- so I can keep up with him, but I would need a winning lottery ticket, even at employee pricing. In another small bicycle-world twist, my son tells me I'll need a hitch rack tray that my wife can roll the bike onto -- made by Yakima. So I walk down the street and ask my neighbor and best bicycling buddy -- who is head of products for Yakima and happened to be working in his yard, for a rack. Its on the way. Life is good. -- Jay Beattie. Ouch, a dangerous purchase ;-). Have fun with the E bike. Lou |
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On 9/16/2020 5:45 PM, jbeattie wrote:
I got my wife an eBike for her birthday via my son at Specialized. Box arrived yesterday, and I about herniated myself getting it into the garage. One of these: https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...o-vado-reivew/ I had no idea it was a Buycycling Editor's choice, but I'll go with it. Being family, I got employee pricing -- otherwise it would have been a harder choice. Even the bottom of the range is expensive, but it is a nice bike. There were some odd-ball assembly issues, and I still have to update the firmware (which is like a huge thing because you want the latest performance advantages!), but it went together fine. Lots of bells (literally) and whistles. My wife is 5'10" (or used to be), so my son sized her as a large, which is fine for saddle to pedal distance, but the tire height/BB makes the stand-over high, even with a sloping top-tube. The thing is like a mini-motorcycle. She has some neuro/ortho conditions that affect her mobility, but she seems to be fine swinging her leg over the saddle and off the bike. She doesn't complain, which is sometimes a problem. "Oh its fine [followed by catastrophe]." I do worry about the size of the thing, though. On max setting, the bike is super fast with a top speed of 28mph. I'm going to throw on a QR seatpost clamp so I can use it for shopping. You would need a truck to steal it, and it has a kickstand and a really swanky little rack. The future is now! My son is trying to get me interested in the mega-zillion dollar 22lb stealth eBikes -- so I can keep up with him, but I would need a winning lottery ticket, even at employee pricing. In another small bicycle-world twist, my son tells me I'll need a hitch rack tray that my wife can roll the bike onto -- made by Yakima. So I walk down the street and ask my neighbor and best bicycling buddy -- who is head of products for Yakima and happened to be working in his yard, for a rack. Its on the way. Life is good. -- Jay Beattie. Enjoy riding together! The Banks-Vernonia trail is a nice venue if you need some sheltered "acclimatization" riding, but it's better on weekday mornings. It gets rather crowded on weekends. Just don't use the "turbo" setting on a busy trail! That QR seatpost clamp puts you on a slippery slope, be careful. My wife's ebike is so short I'd need a circus-clown-seatpost to ride it, so I'm safe from the "dangers" that Lou mentions. Mark J. |
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On Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 4:08:20 PM UTC-7, Mark J. wrote:
On 9/16/2020 5:45 PM, jbeattie wrote: I got my wife an eBike for her birthday via my son at Specialized. Box arrived yesterday, and I about herniated myself getting it into the garage.. One of these: https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...o-vado-reivew/ I had no idea it was a Buycycling Editor's choice, but I'll go with it. Being family, I got employee pricing -- otherwise it would have been a harder choice. Even the bottom of the range is expensive, but it is a nice bike. There were some odd-ball assembly issues, and I still have to update the firmware (which is like a huge thing because you want the latest performance advantages!), but it went together fine. Lots of bells (literally) and whistles. My wife is 5'10" (or used to be), so my son sized her as a large, which is fine for saddle to pedal distance, but the tire height/BB makes the stand-over high, even with a sloping top-tube. The thing is like a mini-motorcycle. She has some neuro/ortho conditions that affect her mobility, but she seems to be fine swinging her leg over the saddle and off the bike. She doesn't complain, which is sometimes a problem. "Oh its fine [followed by catastrophe]." I do worry about the size of the thing, though. On max setting, the bike is super fast with a top speed of 28mph. I'm going to throw on a QR seatpost clamp so I can use it for shopping. You would need a truck to steal it, and it has a kickstand and a really swanky little rack. The future is now! My son is trying to get me interested in the mega-zillion dollar 22lb stealth eBikes -- so I can keep up with him, but I would need a winning lottery ticket, even at employee pricing. In another small bicycle-world twist, my son tells me I'll need a hitch rack tray that my wife can roll the bike onto -- made by Yakima. So I walk down the street and ask my neighbor and best bicycling buddy -- who is head of products for Yakima and happened to be working in his yard, for a rack. Its on the way. Life is good. -- Jay Beattie. Enjoy riding together! The Banks-Vernonia trail is a nice venue if you need some sheltered "acclimatization" riding, but it's better on weekday mornings. It gets rather crowded on weekends. Just don't use the "turbo" setting on a busy trail! That QR seatpost clamp puts you on a slippery slope, be careful. My wife's ebike is so short I'd need a circus-clown-seatpost to ride it, so I'm safe from the "dangers" that Lou mentions. I was flying around on it last night. The dismount is troubling for my wife. I may see if I can exchange the bike for a step-through. My son is trying to get me to go with a dropper post, but I'm not sold on that, but I'll do some more experimenting to see if that could be a fix. I just don't want my wife getting her leg hung up swinging it over the saddle. My poor wife was a spectacular racer back in the day and a great tandem motor, but she was hit with a neuro-muscular disorder and has wires in her brain to make her stand more upright (DBS for dystonia). She also broke a hip skiing, or it simply broke while skiing -- who knows. Anyway, she is still lean and mean and walks all over the place, but she's held together with screws and wires. The last thing I want is for her to get mugged by her bike. She's tired of hospitals, as is the rest of the family. Between all three of us, we probably have ten pounds of titanium parts. -- Jay Beattie. |
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Op vrijdag 18 september 2020 om 02:31:59 UTC+2 schreef jbeattie:
On Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 4:08:20 PM UTC-7, Mark J. wrote: On 9/16/2020 5:45 PM, jbeattie wrote: I got my wife an eBike for her birthday via my son at Specialized. Box arrived yesterday, and I about herniated myself getting it into the garage. One of these: https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...o-vado-reivew/ I had no idea it was a Buycycling Editor's choice, but I'll go with it. Being family, I got employee pricing -- otherwise it would have been a harder choice. Even the bottom of the range is expensive, but it is a nice bike. There were some odd-ball assembly issues, and I still have to update the firmware (which is like a huge thing because you want the latest performance advantages!), but it went together fine. Lots of bells (literally) and whistles. My wife is 5'10" (or used to be), so my son sized her as a large, which is fine for saddle to pedal distance, but the tire height/BB makes the stand-over high, even with a sloping top-tube. The thing is like a mini-motorcycle. She has some neuro/ortho conditions that affect her mobility, but she seems to be fine swinging her leg over the saddle and off the bike. She doesn't complain, which is sometimes a problem. "Oh its fine [followed by catastrophe]." I do worry about the size of the thing, though. On max setting, the bike is super fast with a top speed of 28mph. I'm going to throw on a QR seatpost clamp so I can use it for shopping. You would need a truck to steal it, and it has a kickstand and a really swanky little rack. The future is now! My son is trying to get me interested in the mega-zillion dollar 22lb stealth eBikes -- so I can keep up with him, but I would need a winning lottery ticket, even at employee pricing. In another small bicycle-world twist, my son tells me I'll need a hitch rack tray that my wife can roll the bike onto -- made by Yakima. So I walk down the street and ask my neighbor and best bicycling buddy -- who is head of products for Yakima and happened to be working in his yard, for a rack. Its on the way. Life is good. -- Jay Beattie. Enjoy riding together! The Banks-Vernonia trail is a nice venue if you need some sheltered "acclimatization" riding, but it's better on weekday mornings. It gets rather crowded on weekends. Just don't use the "turbo" setting on a busy trail! That QR seatpost clamp puts you on a slippery slope, be careful. My wife's ebike is so short I'd need a circus-clown-seatpost to ride it, so I'm safe from the "dangers" that Lou mentions. I was flying around on it last night. The dismount is troubling for my wife. I may see if I can exchange the bike for a step-through. My son is trying to get me to go with a dropper post, but I'm not sold on that, but I'll do some more experimenting to see if that could be a fix. I just don't want my wife getting her leg hung up swinging it over the saddle. My poor wife was a spectacular racer back in the day and a great tandem motor, but she was hit with a neuro-muscular disorder and has wires in her brain to make her stand more upright (DBS for dystonia). She also broke a hip skiing, or it simply broke while skiing -- who knows. Anyway, she is still lean and mean and walks all over the place, but she's held together with screws and wires. The last thing I want is for her to get mugged by her bike. She's tired of hospitals, as is the rest of the family. Between all three of us, we probably have ten pounds of titanium parts. -- Jay Beattie. That is too bad. Do your wife a favor and get her a step through frame. I think that would even for me the way to go when I'm ready for an utility E bike. This is a popular model around here at the moment: https://www.gazelle.nl/ultimate-t10-...07%2C211%2C184 Lou |
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Op vrijdag 18 september 2020 om 02:31:59 UTC+2 schreef jbeattie: On 9/16/2020 5:45 PM, jbeattie wrote: I got my wife an eBike for her birthday via my son at Specialized. Box arrived yesterday, and I about herniated myself getting it into the garage. One of these: https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...o-vado-reivew/ I had no idea it was a Buycycling Editor's choice, but I'll go with it. Being family, I got employee pricing -- otherwise it would have been a harder choice. Even the bottom of the range is expensive, but it is a nice bike. There were some odd-ball assembly issues, and I still have to update the firmware (which is like a huge thing because you want the latest performance advantages!), but it went together fine. Lots of bells (literally) and whistles. My wife is 5'10" (or used to be), so my son sized her as a large, which is fine for saddle to pedal distance, but the tire height/BB makes the stand-over high, even with a sloping top-tube. The thing is like a mini-motorcycle. She has some neuro/ortho conditions that affect her mobility, but she seems to be fine swinging her leg over the saddle and off the bike. She doesn't complain, which is sometimes a problem. "Oh its fine [followed by catastrophe]." I do worry about the size of the thing, though. On max setting, the bike is super fast with a top speed of 28mph. I'm going to throw on a QR seatpost clamp so I can use it for shopping. You would need a truck to steal it, and it has a kickstand and a really swanky little rack. The future is now! My son is trying to get me interested in the mega-zillion dollar 22lb stealth eBikes -- so I can keep up with him, but I would need a winning lottery ticket, even at employee pricing. In another small bicycle-world twist, my son tells me I'll need a hitch rack tray that my wife can roll the bike onto -- made by Yakima. So I walk down the street and ask my neighbor and best bicycling buddy -- who is head of products for Yakima and happened to be working in his yard, for a rack. Its on the way. Life is good. I was flying around on it last night. The dismount is troubling for my wife. I may see if I can exchange the bike for a step-through. My son is trying to get me to go with a dropper post, but I'm not sold on that, but I'll do some more experimenting to see if that could be a fix. I just don't want my wife getting her leg hung up swinging it over the saddle. My poor wife was a spectacular racer back in the day and a great tandem motor, but she was hit with a neuro-muscular disorder and has wires in her brain to make her stand more upright (DBS for dystonia). She also broke a hip skiing, or it simply broke while skiing -- who knows. Anyway, she is still lean and mean and walks all over the place, but she's held together with screws and wires. The last thing I want is for her to get mugged by her bike. She's tired of hospitals, as is the rest of the family. Between all three of us, we probably have ten pounds of titanium parts. IMHO, the more ebike riders are old, fat, or frail, the better for Real_Cycling. So I should applaud the Turbo Vado choice. But sometimes, I feel compassionate even for coastal lawyer wifes. Who selected that ebike for her? If it was your son, ban him from giving bike advice to old or handicapped people! Or at least have him pay for it. That sloped diamond frame (L is standard with 175mm cranks) sounds wrong for her size and dismounting issues. That is too bad. Do your wife a favor and get her a step through frame. I think that would even for me the way to go when I'm ready for an utility E bike. This is a popular model around here at the moment: https://www.gazelle.nl/ultimate-t10-...07%2C211%2C184 Agreed. (Interesting that the Turbo-Vado sports a longer front fender than a Dutch brand.) Or give in to AJ's Utopia propaganda, go feminine, extravagant, craft frame style, and show battery pride instead of trying to "hide" the electron tank in a blown-up downtube outline. https://www.utopia-velo.de/en/pedelec/sprint-pedelec/ Here's the trick: If she is afraid of looking old because of a step-thru geometry, ask her if this truly awful frame shape makes the model look old: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iwMAA...8HM/s-l800.jpg |
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On Friday, September 18, 2020 at 10:44:58 AM UTC+1, Sepp Ruf wrote:
Lou Holtman wrote: Op vrijdag 18 september 2020 om 02:31:59 UTC+2 schreef jbeattie: On 9/16/2020 5:45 PM, jbeattie wrote: I got my wife an eBike for her birthday via my son at Specialized. Box arrived yesterday, and I about herniated myself getting it into the garage. One of these: https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...o-vado-reivew/ I had no idea it was a Buycycling Editor's choice, but I'll go with it. Being family, I got employee pricing -- otherwise it would have been a harder choice. Even the bottom of the range is expensive, but it is a nice bike. There were some odd-ball assembly issues, and I still have to update the firmware (which is like a huge thing because you want the latest performance advantages!), but it went together fine. Lots of bells (literally) and whistles. My wife is 5'10" (or used to be), so my son sized her as a large, which is fine for saddle to pedal distance, but the tire height/BB makes the stand-over high, even with a sloping top-tube. The thing is like a mini-motorcycle. She has some neuro/ortho conditions that affect her mobility, but she seems to be fine swinging her leg over the saddle and off the bike. She doesn't complain, which is sometimes a problem. "Oh its fine [followed by catastrophe]." I do worry about the size of the thing, though. On max setting, the bike is super fast with a top speed of 28mph. I'm going to throw on a QR seatpost clamp so I can use it for shopping. You would need a truck to steal it, and it has a kickstand and a really swanky little rack. The future is now! My son is trying to get me interested in the mega-zillion dollar 22lb stealth eBikes -- so I can keep up with him, but I would need a winning lottery ticket, even at employee pricing. In another small bicycle-world twist, my son tells me I'll need a hitch rack tray that my wife can roll the bike onto -- made by Yakima. So I walk down the street and ask my neighbor and best bicycling buddy -- who is head of products for Yakima and happened to be working in his yard, for a rack. Its on the way. Life is good. I was flying around on it last night. The dismount is troubling for my wife. I may see if I can exchange the bike for a step-through. My son is trying to get me to go with a dropper post, but I'm not sold on that, but I'll do some more experimenting to see if that could be a fix. I just don't want my wife getting her leg hung up swinging it over the saddle. My poor wife was a spectacular racer back in the day and a great tandem motor, but she was hit with a neuro-muscular disorder and has wires in her brain to make her stand more upright (DBS for dystonia). She also broke a hip skiing, or it simply broke while skiing -- who knows. Anyway, she is still lean and mean and walks all over the place, but she's held together with screws and wires. The last thing I want is for her to get mugged by her bike. She's tired of hospitals, as is the rest of the family. Between all three of us, we probably have ten pounds of titanium parts. IMHO, the more ebike riders are old, fat, or frail, the better for Real_Cycling. So I should applaud the Turbo Vado choice. But sometimes, I feel compassionate even for coastal lawyer wifes. Who selected that ebike for her? If it was your son, ban him from giving bike advice to old or handicapped people! Or at least have him pay for it.. That sloped diamond frame (L is standard with 175mm cranks) sounds wrong for her size and dismounting issues. That is too bad. Do your wife a favor and get her a step through frame. I think that would even for me the way to go when I'm ready for an utility E bike. This is a popular model around here at the moment: https://www.gazelle.nl/ultimate-t10-...07%2C211%2C184 Agreed. (Interesting that the Turbo-Vado sports a longer front fender than a Dutch brand.) Or give in to AJ's Utopia propaganda, go feminine, extravagant, craft frame style, and show battery pride instead of trying to "hide" the electron tank in a blown-up downtube outline. https://www.utopia-velo.de/en/pedelec/sprint-pedelec/ Here's the trick: If she is afraid of looking old because of a step-thru geometry, ask her if this truly awful frame shape makes the model look old: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iwMAA...8HM/s-l800.jpg I wrote a long post identifying each of the problems of that bike that the two counterproductive Beatties (father and son) chose for the wife and mother*. I didn't send it because I saw no point in draining the glee from Jay's day, despite his and Krygowski's constant crap about my supposed clunker -- which has a frame lighter than their best road bikes. If they could afford a bike like mine, I'd have to join the end of the waiting list because they be muscling in rudely. Oh, wait, Jay spent near German baukast money for an entirely unsuitable bike for his wife... I'm starting to think these Americans aren't so much foolish as ignorant. I'm sorry about Mrs Beattie's misfortune. Andre Jute There are low stopover bikes for a reason. European bikes have properly braced racks for a reason. Etc. Etc. Etc. *I didn't think I would ever see a greater mismatch of a bicycle to its intended rider than the Paramount idiocy that the RBT xenophobes wished on me, described at https://groups.google.com/g/rec.bicy...m/I18KpJSsCQAJ but Jay's just taken the prize for that one. |
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On 9/17/2020 5:31 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 4:08:20 PM UTC-7, Mark J. wrote: On 9/16/2020 5:45 PM, jbeattie wrote: I got my wife an eBike for her birthday via my son at Specialized. Box arrived yesterday, and I about herniated myself getting it into the garage. One of these: https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...o-vado-reivew/ I had no idea it was a Buycycling Editor's choice, but I'll go with it. Being family, I got employee pricing -- otherwise it would have been a harder choice. Even the bottom of the range is expensive, but it is a nice bike. There were some odd-ball assembly issues, and I still have to update the firmware (which is like a huge thing because you want the latest performance advantages!), but it went together fine. Lots of bells (literally) and whistles. My wife is 5'10" (or used to be), so my son sized her as a large, which is fine for saddle to pedal distance, but the tire height/BB makes the stand-over high, even with a sloping top-tube. The thing is like a mini-motorcycle. She has some neuro/ortho conditions that affect her mobility, but she seems to be fine swinging her leg over the saddle and off the bike. She doesn't complain, which is sometimes a problem. "Oh its fine [followed by catastrophe]." I do worry about the size of the thing, though. On max setting, the bike is super fast with a top speed of 28mph. I'm going to throw on a QR seatpost clamp so I can use it for shopping. You would need a truck to steal it, and it has a kickstand and a really swanky little rack. The future is now! My son is trying to get me interested in the mega-zillion dollar 22lb stealth eBikes -- so I can keep up with him, but I would need a winning lottery ticket, even at employee pricing. In another small bicycle-world twist, my son tells me I'll need a hitch rack tray that my wife can roll the bike onto -- made by Yakima. So I walk down the street and ask my neighbor and best bicycling buddy -- who is head of products for Yakima and happened to be working in his yard, for a rack. Its on the way. Life is good. -- Jay Beattie. Enjoy riding together! The Banks-Vernonia trail is a nice venue if you need some sheltered "acclimatization" riding, but it's better on weekday mornings. It gets rather crowded on weekends. Just don't use the "turbo" setting on a busy trail! That QR seatpost clamp puts you on a slippery slope, be careful. My wife's ebike is so short I'd need a circus-clown-seatpost to ride it, so I'm safe from the "dangers" that Lou mentions. I was flying around on it last night. The dismount is troubling for my wife. I may see if I can exchange the bike for a step-through. My son is trying to get me to go with a dropper post, but I'm not sold on that, but I'll do some more experimenting to see if that could be a fix. I just don't want my wife getting her leg hung up swinging it over the saddle. My poor wife was a spectacular racer back in the day and a great tandem motor, but she was hit with a neuro-muscular disorder and has wires in her brain to make her stand more upright (DBS for dystonia). She also broke a hip skiing, or it simply broke while skiing -- who knows. Anyway, she is still lean and mean and walks all over the place, but she's held together with screws and wires. The last thing I want is for her to get mugged by her bike. She's tired of hospitals, as is the rest of the family. Between all three of us, we probably have ten pounds of titanium parts. -- Jay Beattie. Yeah, my wife's is a step-through, an older design Trek "Verve +". I was thinking of start-stop practice when I mentioned the trail; it's those low-speed crashes that really mess us up, as Phil & Paul used to tell us. After a while off the bike, my wife and I went for a local ride earlier this year. She dumped it on the front lawn before we reached the street; fortunately only her pride was damaged. Just rusty, and her e-bike is quite heavy, so low speed maneuvers are an issue. Sorry to hear about your wife's issues. Don't blame you for being tired of hospitals. In another small-world coincidence, all that family titanium may have been machined on CNC equipment that my brother used to maintain at a medical/orthopedic supplier in Colorado. The building tour was impressive. Mark J. |
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On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 5:45:42 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
I got my wife an eBike for her birthday via my son at Specialized. Box arrived yesterday, and I about herniated myself getting it into the garage. One of these: https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...o-vado-reivew/ I had no idea it was a Buycycling Editor's choice, but I'll go with it. Being family, I got employee pricing -- otherwise it would have been a harder choice. Even the bottom of the range is expensive, but it is a nice bike. I checked out the link...nice looking machine. I am wondering, though, what the battery voltage is (36 or 48V?) and the motor wattage. It looks like it might be a Yamaha so that would make it 250 watts, yes? Seems unlikely it could hit 28 mph. 600 watt, perhaps? There were some odd-ball assembly issues, and I still have to update the firmware (which is like a huge thing because you want the latest performance advantages!), but it went together fine. Lots of bells (literally) and whistles. My wife is 5'10" (or used to be), so my son sized her as a large, which is fine for saddle to pedal distance, but the tire height/BB makes the stand-over high, even with a sloping top-tube. The thing is like a mini-motorcycle. She has some neuro/ortho conditions that affect her mobility, but she seems to be fine swinging her leg over the saddle and off the bike. She doesn't complain, which is sometimes a problem. "Oh its fine [followed by catastrophe]." I do worry about the size of the thing, though. Man, I'm sorry to hear this...why do our bodies do this to us? On max setting, the bike is super fast with a top speed of 28mph. I'm going to throw on a QR seatpost clamp so I can use it for shopping. You would need a truck to steal it, and it has a kickstand and a really swanky little rack. The future is now! My son is trying to get me interested in the mega-zillion dollar 22lb stealth eBikes -- so I can keep up with him, but I would need a winning lottery ticket, even at employee pricing. I think you said it's a "Type 3", I did not know they had types and I now have something to look up. I like that it just has 3 power levels...simplicity. The BaFang kits give 9 levels of assist, I think. Does the bike have a plain old no-pedal throttle, too? That would be nice. In another small bicycle-world twist, my son tells me I'll need a hitch rack tray that my wife can roll the bike onto -- made by Yakima. So I walk down the street and ask my neighbor and best bicycling buddy -- who is head of products for Yakima and happened to be working in his yard, for a rack. Its on the way. Life is good. -- Jay Beattie. I'm seeing a lot of ebikes around here. (Santa Cruz) Lithium batteries have made all the difference. Pureheart in Aptos |
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On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 5:45:42 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
I got my wife an eBike for her birthday via my son at Specialized. Box arrived yesterday, and I about herniated myself getting it into the garage. One of these: https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...o-vado-reivew/ I had no idea it was a Buycycling Editor's choice, but I'll go with it. Being family, I got employee pricing -- otherwise it would have been a harder choice. Even the bottom of the range is expensive, but it is a nice bike. There were some odd-ball assembly issues, and I still have to update the firmware (which is like a huge thing because you want the latest performance advantages!), but it went together fine. Lots of bells (literally) and whistles. My wife is 5'10" (or used to be), so my son sized her as a large, which is fine for saddle to pedal distance, but the tire height/BB makes the stand-over high, even with a sloping top-tube. The thing is like a mini-motorcycle. She has some neuro/ortho conditions that affect her mobility, but she seems to be fine swinging her leg over the saddle and off the bike. She doesn't complain, which is sometimes a problem. "Oh its fine [followed by catastrophe]." I do worry about the size of the thing, though. On max setting, the bike is super fast with a top speed of 28mph. I'm going to throw on a QR seatpost clamp so I can use it for shopping. You would need a truck to steal it, and it has a kickstand and a really swanky little rack. The future is now! My son is trying to get me interested in the mega-zillion dollar 22lb stealth eBikes -- so I can keep up with him, but I would need a winning lottery ticket, even at employee pricing. In another small bicycle-world twist, my son tells me I'll need a hitch rack tray that my wife can roll the bike onto -- made by Yakima. So I walk down the street and ask my neighbor and best bicycling buddy -- who is head of products for Yakima and happened to be working in his yard, for a rack. Its on the way. Life is good. -- Jay Beattie. Hey, Jay... I'm sure you're aware of the BaFang mid-drive motor kits and their 250W, 500W, 750W and 1KW offerings; I see they now have a competitor--CYC--that looks pretty slick and claims 3KW and 5KW models. https://www.cycmotor.com/ seems like chain-snapping time, to me. I had always daydreamed about the 1KW bafang, mainly for its robustness, me being a Clydesdale and all. I have my 250W elation up at my mom's in flat old Napa, CA. Don't see any more motors in my immedfiate future. I've seen an Easy Racer (recumbent) that was BaFang equipped...maybe the whiff would like a recumbent? (I like mine.) pH in Aptos |
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