As a child I used to love going out on my bike on random adventures, cycling to places I had not been to before, going to places I shouldn't have going to, it was the only thing that gave me that sense of freedom and adventure. I turn 42 next month, and your videos just inspired me to get back on my bike and rediscover those feelings I experienced all those years ago. Thanks man.
Great stuff John. So crazy, you were literally right near my house only a few blocks over from McAuther Park off Hoover. If you ever see the dude rolling out on the flashy black and orange Eahora that looks like a motorcycle, that's me. It's definitely the eye of the community and the talk of the town when people see it and the cool thing about it is, I got plenty of cargo space and a nice speaker so I can play jams all day with a power bank so the music can go on all day and night. We gotta go riding sometime or you need to meet up with us at Venice Beach at sunset one of these Sundays and ride with us. We have about 50-80 people riding with us every week. Meetup at Windward right past the Venice sign in the circle right before the sun goes down and when you see all the bikes with the neon lights and the booming sounds, yes you will know its us. At any rate, always glad to see you riding John and yes, once you start riding all day, you are absolutely hooked, and yes, this is so true. 🤣😂
** relating to ebikes and speed; I suspect that Surron in sports mode would probably be uncap'd but for bafang mid drives, to go over 32km/s you have to use pedal assist(also has to be uncapped in settings); when you use pedal assist you get a bump of extra speed(caps at 20miles~ without and 31~ with pedals; literally ghost pedaling but still pedaling) ** the cap prior to pedal assist I believe is relating to conforming to the most common speed laws for ebikes between various countries..... here it's max 32km/h(20miles/hr; Manitoba Canada), UK seems to be 15miles, Cali seems to be 20 too
I'm not affiliated - just saw Pinion came out with a mid drive + gearbox in one unit; there are several bikes it's going into running from 7k USD on up. It's the Pinion MGU E1.12 and if you find bikes using it, the only indicator that there is power is the fat downtube - the rest is a near zero maintenance unit that comes with the belt drive upgrade already on it. Quiet, discreet, 100% waterproof (it's oil filled, water can't get in), just hose it off after use and change the oil in the gearbox every 7500 miles; belt drives can last over 50k miles of use unless you break the belt somehow and performance is fairly unaffected by sand, dirt, mud, or silt. The current ultimate Urban Assault E-Bikes are equipped with this technology. Don't sleep on it; get equipped.
the reason why we all love surrons over motorcycles is because its so nimble you can just explore everywhere. Motorcycle, too loud, too heavy, too much noise, ect
Man I wish I could get one of those Surrons. Feel like I have 2 Hugh road blocks preventing me from even thinking about that . #1: the price. #2: the two Bike shops here in Peoria don't want anything to do with bikes. I know a couple of people that ride them and they both have other people work on their bikes for them. Fuck that.
I really don't know how to feel about the homeless, I've not had enough one of one interactions to understand, one part of me is its their own fault but I have as much as I hate to admit, I do have a heart especially when it involves animals. Really wish things were different today and everyone had a roof over their head, had the ability to get a clean glass of water or open the fridge when hungry. Really makes your heart hurt.
After talking/getting to know several homeless people, you realize that many of them are against the idea of having to pay rent/mortgage to have a place to live. They usually say something along the lines of “I don’t have to pay anyone or anything to live where I want to live.”
Bro.... The only people who wins these types of contests are people that spends $100s to increase their odds to win and for sure when you encourage people to buy more to win. Anyone that can afford to spend that kind of money can just buy them this bike without issue. I mean w/e makes you money i guess.
E-Ride is a terrible bike, massively overrated. Garbage front forks (rst branded with r ride) rear 2.0 is too hard, its loud. Geometry is awful 😂 79bike will blow them away this summer. Already comes with FW01 SOTION, FAST ACE 2.0 FORKS. They're coming out with a bigger tune as well. It just looks sooo much better than the pro ss
