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Cowboy’s first all-road electric bike is a gentle beast
Cowboy’s first all-road electric bike is a gentle beast
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The Cross e-bike looks great and rides great — as it should for €3,499.
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Cowboy — the independent and financially healthy maker of sophisticated and highly advanced e-bikes — just took the wraps off its first all-roader that lets riders more easily escape cobblestoned city streets for greener pastures.
To do that, Cowboy’s new Cross e-bike features fatter 60mm tires and suspension systems built into the front fork and seat post to soak up bumps along the way. It’s also fitted with grippier pedals to avoid foot slips when bouncing around, a large 540Wh removable battery for a 120km (75 miles) max range, and an integrated rear rack to carry more stuff.
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I spent some time test riding the Cross e-bike on a variety of surfaces, and it’s truly a beast in all the best possible ways. To start, the seat suspension is plush and something I hope Cowboy carries over to the rest of its lineup. The inverted front fork suspension and wider tires also did their job, making this (very) heavy 27.9kg / 62lbs e-bike feel absolutely solid on pavement, packed dirt, and gravel. Make no mistake, I wouldn’t want a Cross for my next multiday bikepacking trip, but it can easily transition from city bike to casual rural adventurer.
These bikes also look great, in my opinion. The three new metallic satin paint colors are earthy in hue, including a sedate dark gray, a lovely mossy green, and a “mushroom” color that seemed to change from a dirty silver to a muted purple to a rusty champagne gold as the light changed. The top tube on the step-over frame also creates an interesting floating effect as it splits around the battery.
Otherwise, this pedal-assisted e-bike — available in both a step-over or step-through frame — is powered by a belt-driven 250W rear-hub adaptive-power motor with an EU max speed of 25km/h, like Cowboy’s other e-bikes.
Cross is also Cowboy’s first e-bike to feature a new Check My Bike self-diagnostic tool that lets the company automatically monitor the health of its rolling computers with the intent of keeping riders on the road longer. The company is also adding a new Live Challenges gamification feature to the app that promises to create “the most fun and engaging ride experience.” Sure.
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All of these features join a number of tech embellishments Cowboy is known for, like crash detection, theft detection, and an excellent proprietary app with integrated Google Maps navigation that also makes scheduling service a breeze.
At launch, Cowboy is pricing Cross at €3,499 (about $3,800) before it eventually rises to €3,999. Sales start today.
Update March 20th, 3:20AM ET: Added weight of this big boi.
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蘋果防丟器 AirTag 美國上市後,隱私問題引起各界關注,儘管蘋果已經設想了許多安全機制,卻恐仍有許多隱憂,《華盛頓郵報》透過實測 AirTag 點出 3 大「安全盲點」,並認為該產品可能恐怕會成為「低成本、有效率的全新追蹤手法」。
首先是 AirTag 的追蹤準度確實驚人!《華盛頓郵報》記者 Geoffrey A. Fowler 將 AirTag 與同事的 iPhone 進行配對,隨後把 AirTag 放入背包於舊金山騎
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與傳統防丟器僅靠藍牙追蹤,AirTag 多了蘋果旗下的 Find My 網路支援,只要該地區有 iPhone,就能隨時更新位置,也證明 AirTag 確實能幫用戶找回遺失物。
第一項安全隱憂是 AirTag 警報聲響太小聲!蘋果先前指出若 AirTag 遠離配對者三天會發出聲響,Geoffrey A. Fowler 證實確實如此,可是在離 AirTag 約一公尺處僅有 60 分貝,比窗外的鳥叫聲還小,且只持續 15 秒,會在相隔幾小時後才繼續響鈴。
他還發現,如果透過一些物品遮蓋 AirTag,還能進一步降低噪音,倘若追蹤者有意隱藏 AirTag,將其黏在汽車內的座椅罅,透過膠帶捆起來,很可能警告聲響是完全聽不到的。
第二個問題則是三天的倒數系統。Geoffrey A. Fowler 亦點出,AirTag 要三天才會發出警告,這段期間仍會產生騷擾行為,且很可能追蹤者本身是同居者、週遭親友,能透過將配對 iPhone 重新靠近 AirTag,讓倒數重置,反而使 AirTag 的警報系統永遠無法發揮作用。
最後除了聲響以外,蘋果也會透過 iOS 系統彈出通知,告知有不明的 AirTag 正在跟隨你,問題是倘若是被追蹤人用的是 Android 手機,這項機制就完全失效了。
蘋果 iPhone 行銷副總裁 Kaiann Drance 向《華盛頓郵報》表示,這是一套智慧、可調整的系統,會持續改進使用方法、時間點等相關細節,強化 AirTag 嚇阻追蹤的能力。儘管蘋果亦於官方網站說明一系列防追蹤措施,目前 AirTag 仍引起許多婦幼團體關注。
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