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I like the tangible idiosyncrasies of my mechanical drive train. It has a clicky clacky feedback and is soooo simple. Not sure that I will feel comfortable more than a days hike from the nearest road as temps drop at the end of the day with complex computerized systems. A smooth quiet system...

Interesting, my take is that Gobao just took a bit of the wind out of their sails. I wonder if they were hoping to keep it under wraps till next year when closer to production and found it necessary to mention at Gobau's party that they are in the biz.

Future of "Western Technology" dialog ... warning long winded Title: The Circular Firing Line of Innovation Characters: ALEX: A stressed Western tech executive. LIU: A representative from Chinese Tech Giant A. ZHANG: A representative from Chinese Tech Giant B. [SCENE START] (INT...

Speaking of alpine decents my arms hands and brakes would be delighted to sign up for regen. So the question becomes how excited would you be with hub motors since mid drive and freewheel are not an option.

I'm an optimist and would love to find a better drive train that is durable, light and efficient , providing as much or more gear range currently Why am I reminding myself of the following joke; Magic trick: To make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.” – Mason Cooley

Speaking of regen ... the thumb powered perpetual motion machine where you attach a light dynamo to the bottom of the seat. As you drop your seat post when you go downhill, it will attach to the rear tire, power the dynamo, and recharge your battery. As you can tell, I ave way to much time...

I am curious what source the information came from. My understanding is you are correct in regards to better noise control although, Roller chains generally remain more efficient than cogged synchronous belts at higher power outputs. While cog belts do eliminate metal-on-metal joint...

More to the point when will it be developed from a concept to production in comparison to Gobao... Is Gobao ahead of the game (and Avinox) or not as light and advanced as Avinox, the new Gobao X1 and X1P combine the motor and electronically controlled CVT into a single housing and eliminate...

How about a bike motor that doesn't consider functioning as an optional feature

You know how they say " bad brakes never stopped anybody " 😤 I am able to have brakes that suck all on my own. Code R new with stock pads made grinding sounds beyond belief. And now I cook pads and rotors on 8120's decending mountain passes to a glaze that have zero braking , with time they...

At this point, you're better off getting your daily news from the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny, at least they deliver exactly what you want to hear, and their sources are just as real.

Average day i cover more distance and altitude than the battery capacity so I focus on efficiency and utilization of my energy levels. My approach is keeping cadence up and motor loading down, fewer gears would be counter productive for the approach.

RideShimano and loving the even dozen. the number represents harmony, balance and the cycle of time. More specifically, Yin and Yang because it multiplies 2 (the Yang principle) by 6 (the Yin principle), representing a perfect cosmic balance. It's also the reason chain links are never odd...

The first clue I had to a bent derailleur was the shinny silver scratches on the external parts from bashing a rock probably. In the past I would remove the derailleur from the hanger and use a crescent wrench as a lever to align by eyesight. Recently while traveling I just used the allen...

The ultimate solution is to have both, large for downhill, and medium for technical uphill.

If you're not living on the edge, you are taking up way too much space

Hang gliding was my safest sport, bent a few downtubes and a close encounter with an F4 phantom in many years of competition . I will try paragliders when I am able to attach it to my emtb for the ride/flight down the mountain.

Unfortunately reality doesn't have sponsorship deals, a reason I avoid opinions on youtube and rely on the community of riders.

Out of curiosity, have you checked the alignment of the derailleur, I find that it is easy to hit a rock and bend the hangar. When I have problems with the drivetrain that the obvious fixes don't work it ends up being the bent hangar.