In hopes of not cluttering the thread to oblivion... what kind of kit are we talking here to add battery and electric power to something?

would love this for my commute. the speeds on the commute are about 30mph tops. a cheap bike on kijiji with enough stopping force (discs) with 1" tires is what I would love to ride.

 

Right now, factory-made ebikes are very much a niche market. Production volume is low, and they're targeting people who are early-adopters of gadgets, the kind of folks who buy things out of the Sharper Image catalog and always have the latest and greatest Apple iThing. I don't like it, but I can understand why that market segment is attractive to manufacturers.

 

brb, emailing Specialized legal team for use of the word "turbo" on this forum.

 

Yeah. I'm not buying anything else Specialized.

 

Lots of stuff here, including both of my builds: https://www.miataturbo.net/insert-bs...-thread-58712/

 

thanks

 

Will ride tomorrow:

 

Digging the Vader look.

Goes without saying, and I know you do, but dress reflectively. Holy **** people walk around my neighborhood here in Fayetteville, dressed head-to-toe in dark colors and there aren't many streetlights. Then they walk three abreast on the side of the street and if you didn't see them in time, then you're the *******.

We've talked about this already Trey and I know you wear several bright items.. but I guess I needed to vent.

 

Thanks. It wasn't my first choice but it's all that was offered and its a fairly rare color since it was only offered one year on the DA bikes. I wanted the satin black with anthracite on the stays and white lettering. That would have matched my PRO cockpit and post perfectly. However, that's hardly unique around here and I've never seen this frame's color scheme in the wild.

Unfortunately, this bike weighs 18+lb right now. Fortunately, I just found a set of 6700 dark gray brakes to match my crank for $60 shipped. That ugly rear derailleur is staying until I switch to 11-speed in a few years, unless a DA RD falls out of the sky.

When I rode at night I had a "crossing-guard" X that goes over my back, lflashy light on the helmet, flashy light on the post, hi-viz gloves, 700 lumen headlight, but I'm not sure that I'll ride at night again for a while. During the day I usually wear black kit with a single white stripe and always a flashing light on the post.

For anyone looking at a CAAD10, the new brake cable routing is awful unless you're an Aussie.

I'm finishing-up breakfast, going to put down the mud, and then go for a 50-mile ride on my Texas climbing route through the country.

 

The cable routing is as god intended. All the euros run rear brake on the left. I do because of my motorcycle background, front brake on the right.

 

"Presentground" considering you still adventure ride the dirtbike. I would do the same if I were in your shoes. I kind of want to switch now as an anti-theft measure.

I went and rode dirtbikes one weekend with the TX crew and when I got back on the bicycle things were very sketchy.

Whenever the bars turn more than 60* or so, the housing kinks, so I left it long as hell and it looks like ****. Good thing everything is all black and it's hard to see.

 

Okay, real talk. Do I want to keep the red wheel stickers, switch to black/dark gray, or switch to green since it's a Cannondale?

 

Better pics of my new ride:
Trey's CAAD10, son. - Imgur
Here is a small image for you, because I know everyone wants to see this majestic steed:

 

Looks nice and classy... black is the best color for everything.

18 lbs isn't bad- a few pounds won't matter, except for in the wheels.

 

 

Crazy *** drop from saddle to bars on an "endurance" bike. I guess you have ape arms?

 

This is the crack I asked the city to fix, which motivated the city manager's office to laugh in my face:

 

This thread should never be so serious that people are deleting posts. Please, come on. It sounds to me like someone is upset because they're not riding a CAAD10.

 

Women get all the great colors:

 

Looks like a mens bike to me. It still has the ---- killer bar, womens bikes dont have the ---- killer bar, like so.



This bike is approved by Joe Perez and the committee for Joe Perez for bike czar.