corerider

any questions on ebikes is questionable.

I wonder how much they will pay Remy to shill this motorbike...

@hotpotato: ebikes are being pushed because they don't last and will force the users into component changes faster (think motor/battery). No secret why they are being pushed beyond the fact they are attracting users whom don't know any better.

@spencerimre: At your age I would focus more on the fitness and grinding up. It will do you a lot more good in the long run, trust me. Fitness has far more benefits other than the obvious. Fit guys last longer.....not just riding.

I have been warning about this for years. If the DNV fire department are visiting bike shops on ebike fire threat then you know it is more serious than being let on. All it will take is one fire and we will find out the hard way. The fact this is an issue at all should be a real wake up call that ebikes are bad news long term.

And with the motor adding extra force on every suspension cycle.......the top model in CAD is $18500. I can get two good real bikes for that and they will last longer.

Hope make excellent cranks. Period. I have the Evo's and love them. Quality has a price. I would not get carbon cranks myself (too many rocks on the Shore) but if I were.....

@BoneDog: King doesn't hold a candle to Hadley in my experience.

@suspended-flesh: Sad part is most people don't know about them or have ever seen them. I recently had a rear wheel built up for a hardtail with a 157 Hadley rear and the shop was over the moon about the hub. Couldn't believe the quality and engagement, and no one in the shop had ever seen one. I guess it is true about marketing and exposure.....

I have used a CK headset in a bike since 2000, and refuse to use anything else. Expensive, yes. You get what you pay for. I have a CK headset in my deceased 2006 Foes Fly (which died in 2014) and with no service at all, full Shore use, the headset spins as new. The headset is one component, since it is press fitted, I take comfort in knowing I get the best. If your HS fails, I am loathe to repress a headset since with each install it slightly reams the headtube and makes it wider. This is not good. I never swap or replace headsets, and CK gives the comfort of reliability, quality and smoothness. It truly does outlive bikes....