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  1. Sherman

    Offroad monster gone SUV

    As I've been mountain biking only on my full suspension push bike, KTM has been more of a commuter and around-the-city bike. I decided to make it a bit more practical and replaced the worn out Schwalbe Jumbo Jims with Vee Tire Chicanes. Much smoother and quieter ride now. Surprisingly rolling...
  2. Sherman

    SRAM eMTB specific drivetrain launched

    Read all about it: https://www.sram.com/sram/mountain/family/ex1 The 8-speed 11-48 drivetrain makes sense to me. But €450 for the cassette :eek::eek: :eek: and :rolleyes:
  3. Sherman

    New Specialized Turbo Levo models (hardtails, fat bikes)

    Bumped into this. Specialized is expanding their model range. Really nice looking bikes, can't wait to test ride these. http://overvolted.com/specialized-turbo-levo-hardtail/
  4. Sherman

    Bike Expo (Finland), lots of ebikes

    Spent some time at the local sports/bike/golf/fishing etc expo (GoExpo). There were loads, and I mean LOADS of ebikes this year. The test track was solely for ebikes. I snapped a few photos of the most interesting (to me) bikes. These are all different ebike models displayed by probably the...
  5. Sherman

    E-MTB Magazine

    Issue 005 is out. Good read, lots of nice bikes. I'm drooling over the full sus 27+ bikes. http://ebike-mtb.com/en/
  6. Sherman

    Fantic Fat ebikes

    I like fat bikes and I like electric fat bikes even more. And I stumbled upon this. Fantic...Fantic..then the name rang a bell, mopeds from my youth! This one looks actually quite good. Bluto fork, Brose motor with removable battery, SRAM GX kit. And pricing is on par with KTM Macina Freeze...
  7. Sherman

    Bosch 2nd/3rd gen chain lubing

    My 2nd gen Bosch engine has been working great, but I need to lube the chain often. Like every 50-70km, otherwise it starts to make whirring noise. It seems that the fast spinning front chain ring wears the lube off quickly. I've tried different lubes, normal, wax and wet lube but nothing seems...
  8. Sherman

    2016 Specialized Turbo Levo FSR 27+

    Now this one looks one serious bit of kit. I love the stealth appearance. Must be very expensive thou.. Vital MTB: 2016 Specialized Turbo Levo FSR
  9. Sherman

    2016 Bosch powered bikes

    27.5+ Scott e-Genius models http://ebike-mtb.com/en/first-ride-scott-e-genius-710-plus-bike-2016-2/ :-P:-P drool... Edit: difficult to copy paste insert links in tapatalk. Fixed now.
  10. Sherman

    Bosch 2016

    Details are out. A little bit of spec bumping, nothing radically new. - 500w battery - a bit smaller enclosure - 75Nm torque - support for eshift - same small front chain ring - some software updates...
  11. Sherman

    Long time cyclist - ebike on order

    Hello everyone, I've been lurking here for some time and now registered. I've pretty much cycled whole my life (I'm 43), currently I have a very nice steel frame single speed road bike and a carbon cyclocross bike. I've recently placed an order for KTM Macina Freeze fat ebike. Why a fat bike? I...