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I certainly lost some leg strength after getting an e-bike. Problem for me riding my Slash is that unless it’s downhill, it all feels like I’m biking in slow motion. Now spring is here so I started riding a road bike to work. That gets the legs going again.

Not even knee pads 😱💪 I’m all wrapped up when I go jumping (I’m pretty new to jumping though)

Was it trail riding or commuting (or both)? Probably more than 95% of the time spent on my Rails are off road on single tracks. I hose down my bike with a gardenhose, never power wash it. I’m not sure why the motors fail, but I suspect water coming in. They have all (mostly) thrown different...

Hi. I ride in the snow in the winter, but I always carry the bike inside my car to avoid the road salt they are using up here. I think the wet autumn is probably worse than the biking in the cold with snow all around.

I think it’s crazy how expensive Ebola’s are. My Rail 9.8 cost 1/3 of my second hand Model 3 LR. My Tesla runs very well, I’m on my second Bosch motor already. I’ve had 3 Rail 9.8s and I’ve never had a Bosch motor last more than a year on either of them. I had them replaced for free, but still…

Hopefully the extreme cold will pass soon so we can get out again. -25c isn’t pleasant when going downhill🥶

I bike with studded tyres from December to march on snow and ice. In the beginning a loose more studs as there are more rocks around. I use Nokian Piikisikka 29 2.6 or 2.8 on my Rail. The 45north tyres seems to loose studs faster than Nokian. Wrathchild is a bit better on pure ice, while Nokian...

I alwsys Clamp it on the top tube. Done that on all my carbon bikes. No issues what so ever.

Tuck ‘n Roll

I must be in a minority, I never bought any of my bikes any bling. Just replaced parts and tyres😬 Have friends that dresses their bikes to the nines though

They have reset the odometer every time they change the motor on my Rail

It might depend the country. I have it from the Bosch boss here that we have 5 years warranty on the motor, no matter if the bike is resold, as long as you have the original receipt. I’ve been through 3 motors on one of my Rails. Usually fixed in less than A week

AirTags won’t work very well in the wild as they don’t have a gps, but rely on a network of other Apple products nearby

The motor will be under warranty even if you buy second hand (as long as it’s still under warranty and you get the receipt) Here it’s 5 years

I think it’s quite difficult to change the odometer. You should be able to tell from the wear of the bike if it’s used a lot or not. The Bosch batteries lasts well. Longest I’ve had one was almost 2 years. Always charging to 100%, and I could barely tell it had lost any mileage.

Let family members now where I’m going. Spare warm clothes, a headlight and a powerbank in my backpack. Ideally ride with someone else, but i often ride alone as Im a freelancer and have time off when no one else does😬

I’ve had 2 Rails before the one I have now, and I charged them to 100% every time. The one I had the longest was around 2 years (used it all year round around 3000km) and I didn’t notice any significant drop in battery range. I did the same to my Korean electric car for 6 years and the range...

Interesting indeed. Thanks for posting

I would say the Bosch gets you longer than the Shimano (625 bat )We are a big group and the ones with Shimano motors (Merida e160s) started to complain of shorter range after a year. Often they would have to turn around while the Bosch gang (whyte, Rail, Mondraker) kept on pedalling. I...

I think lower assist level dosent help much. With higher assist level (emts/trail) you just have to ride faster. It's easy to get comfortable (specially in a group), but I usually just try to go really fast when I'm on my ebike, and that gives me a great workout.