Recent content by Bob.A

I've been working on this project for several days and I think it its pretty much complete. I made a battery mount out of some 3" aluminum angle and secured it to the frame with stainless U bolts. This is similar to what I did on a couple of other bikes. Fairly cheap and very sturdy, maybe a...

I've been looking for a motor for this bike and wanted to keep it on the cheaper side and while I would have liked a Bafang or T0seven I was ok with a Tsdz2. About ten days ago I checked online and one vendor had one for 50 off, so I crossed my fingers and ordered it. With all the discounts it...

I guess you didnt bother to look at all the posts in this thread. I've ridden the bike, I've built several others using similar components and wheel size so I know what will work. At this stage tweaking should be minimal with the right parts. I've run a bafang with the factory programming...

For the DM02, I just had that bike in the garage to see about putting a 48t ring on it. For the life of me I could not get the notched nut off to remove the spyder and that bike probably doesnt even have 10 miles on it with the motor. As it is, I think the performance is fine especially since...

I'm retired and this is a hobby, so I guess I could say my time is free. I have been putzing with mechanical things my whole life and I have a fairly good IT background as well so I don't generally need handholding from paid sources. I have a pretty well equipped shop and can fabricate some...

Aliexpress canx the order this morning. The seller was taking their time but was responding back. A bit of a lesson learned about buying from Ali. I can't say I'm totally put off by the experience, but I think you are pretty much stuck with whatever they end up sending you, if its a good...

I tend to favor amazon since its fairly easy to return stuff, even if its through one of their sellers. I paid through paypal and a card so if it isnt canx and money refunded I will dispute charges, but hopefully won't come to that.

I went ahead and canx the order, waiting on confirmation.

If that is the case then why sell the programming cable? Can you point me to some online info about it? I can canx the order and go with something else but dont want to take too much time. Thanks.

Fingers crossed, I went and ordered a Bafang bbs02 can bus motor off aliexpress this morning. I'm a bit nervous since I've never ordered off them before. But it seems to be the same seller as varstrom and supposed to be shipped from the US. After all the discounts price came to 275 with the...

Un-hijacking the thread... I took a ride on the little Sun recumbent, I like the ride and the handling on it, quite a difference from the Rans that is about 8' long from wheel to wheel. What is not killer though, is the average speed I did on about an 8 mile loop, around 8 mph. I used mostly...

We actually looked at one of those and then my wife asked if we could put a motor on it. I looked it over and after a bit said probably not, at least a mid drive. We ended up getting the Townie for 200 and it looked almost new, nubs still on the tires. She liked the way it looked, so that...

Thanks for the reply. Thats the type I feedback I was hoping for. I like the DM02 as well. I'm just not seeing too many on the market at the moment though. It seems like they locked it down to keep people from modding it and then trying to return it if they somehow bricked it. On this bike...

A bit of background. I've installed 4 motors over the last few years on mostly recumbent bikes. First was a TSDZ2b on a Greenspeed trike. No OSF, vldc5 display, no throttle. Ran great for a couple of years but then something in the motor went and it developed a vibration under heavy load. I...

Thanks. Its 36v but I think only a 250 or 350w motor. There may have been some other way to make that pas sensor fit and work involving removing metal, but I was probably in the how much more to I really want to F with this project mode. The new crank and BB did fix the issue in a very...