There’s no surprise here, Los Angeles once again placed 1st as the worst traffic congested city in the US.  TomTom's Traffic Index looked at 416 urban areas in 57 countries. In 40th place worldwide, Los Angeles is the worst city in the US when it comes to congestion. The percentage, TomTom says, refers to how much more time a trip would take than it should if traffic was light. In Log Angeles, a driver will spend almost 40 per cent more time in traffic during rush hour in the region.  In North America, Los Angels placed...

Can I live a healthier lifestyle on an Ebike?  Getting on a bike will definitely help with a healthier lifestyle. Riding an ebike is an equivalent to burning calories while speed walking. With added pedal assist and full throttle, your ebike experience would be a lot more fun!  Of course, the formula to a healthier lifestyle is not just an ebike. A healthier lifestyle often comes as a result to several behavioral changes.  How we eat, sleep, mentally think, treat yourself and others are some of the things to think of for behavioral changes. By changing your...

Why?  The chain is one of the most important parts of your bike, but it doesn’t have an easy life – exposed to mud, grime and the worst of the weather it needs a little care to stay at its best. Routinely lubing your bike chain will improve its performance and prevent it from wearing out early. We show you how to look after your chain to give you more performance and fewer repair bills. When? How often you service your chain is dependent on the conditions you ride in. If you spend most of your...

There are people that seem to believe that riding an electric bike does not require mucheffort. In some cases, yes, but if you’re looking for a workout and burn calories, this postshows an impressive number of calories you can burn on a e-bike.   A recentstudyshows on average, a person riding over moderately hilly terrain with noelectrical assistance for one hour can burn roughly around 552 cal. With electrical assistance a person can burn around 444cal. Statistically, riding an e-bike resulted in burning around 20% less calories than riding a non-electrical bike.   This shows that you...

Like most people, you’d like to find a way to stay in shape. While electric bikes are a lot of fun, many don’t realize they can provide health benefits and a good work out. Here are four reasons an electric bike will help you stay in shape: 1. Something that is fun, you’ll tend to do more often. Although it’s hard keeping up an exercise schedule, electric bikes are so much fun that they tend to relieve you from boredom. With an electric bike, you’re able to cover greater distance and explore new routes much easier...

The easiest way to do this is using the barrel adjuster on the derailleur. You can use it to tighten or loosen the cable slightly and get the shifting back to perfect and making the chain runs smoothly for all rear cogs.  If you look at the barrel adjuster from the point of view of the cable housing (not the bare cable) running into it, turning the adjuster clockwise will slacken the cable and counter-clockwise will tighten it. Adding slack (clockwise) to the rear derailleur should adjust the chain towards the small cog, tightening (counter-clockwise) moves...