Yesterday's goals all accomplished and am now waiting on the Maxxi Holyrollers and thornproof tubes and of course the custom 20 amp lithium pack is probably weeks , who knows, away from completion; so my Fall long ride plans won't be including this important bike feature. I'm just concentrating on important details to avoid unnecessary break downs along the way. Old, short and long cables replaced, new brake pads up front, fasteners checked, new plug and all filters replaced etc.
I use dropper saddle tubes on my mountain bike and on the fat tire and MB e-bikes as well so after seeing Bike nuts nice setup for his e-blke (cool bike!) I'm ordering a dropper for the hybrid as well. In my experience with pedal bicycles these are the best accessory money can buy, period! Most of my bikes are really slammed, the Simplex saddle height, for an extreme example, is 23" and it has just 3" of ground/frame clearance, with pedal levers shortened to 125 mm to help prevent ground strikes. Unfortunately my Simplex design frame has no seat post tube, but on other bikes the dropper post lets me ride low, then instantly add a max of 5" of saddle height (or anywhere in between) with the press of a button to gain leg extension for pedaling. Because of my seat suspension I can only use about 4" of adjustment but that would make a lot of difference to ease of pedaling by itself or assisting the e-hub continuously for improved mileage. Of course I can, if required, simply lower the rack mount bracket plate for the saddle springs to keep things lined out. I see it as a win, win addition for the hybrid, adding bike utility and still retain a racy stance. Such is the life of my Grubee test mule always a change in it's future. I don't know about the Grubee knockoff frames but these old originals are super tough!
Todays a ride day if the wind stays under 20 mph. I plan on lots of miles but will stay close to town in case of problems been way out there and done that before, times several.
Rick C.