Recent content by fauconnier

It works; my daughter completed all her university studies with her mother's old 10-speed. Now it's cluttering up her garage, she wanted to get rid of it, but nobody wants it!

In Quebec, we don't have a problem with that; they prefer to steal luxury cars from the age of 14! ;) When you leave your bicycle, adjust your seat to the highest setting; they'll think twice before stealing a giant's bike.

True electric motorcycles are not new. Just think of Zero in 2009, BMW in 2013, Harley in 2019 and Can-Am.

This reminds me of a joke: I bought a bottle of rum and put it in my bike basket. Just as I was about to leave, I thought for a moment. If I fall off my bike, the bottle might break. To avoid that, I drank all the rum before leaving the store. This turned out to be a very good decision...

Except for Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani, Pininfarina, Maserati...hard to beat as status symbol ;)

As incredible as it may seem: https://www.autoblog.com/news/as-us-ends-rebates-italians-can-pick-up-an-ev-for-less-than-a-bicycle

You're lucky to live in a great place. Your lovely murals haven't been covered in tags or graffiti.

PCeBiker I agree, the most important thing is that all cells must be the same from the start. If there is a 48v BMS that manages each cell separately, that's new to me, let's say 52, 65 wires maybe more. Does it exist?

It's the role of the battery monitoring system integrated into every bike battery to balance the cells. This happens slowly throughout the charges without us realizing it. The longer time at the end of the charge cycle is not the balancing but rather the caution of the charging system which...

Brake pads don't require extreme precision. You can simply run them through a grinder, it's very doable, I've done it more than once...

I've had e-bikes for almost ten years and I don't understand why someone would lift the whole bike when it's so simple and easy to place one wheel at a time on the rack. It is even possible to replace the pedals correctly by holding only the rear when the front wheel is on the rack.

IMO Very few, if any, rear triangles on full suspension bicycles can handle such power from a mid-motor without twisting or prematurely wearing out the bushings. For a mid drive, I would opt for a fixed rear end despite the disadvantages mentioned above. At this power, a geared hub motor is in...

Most common are: 1919, 0512,1212,1657...good luck.

Try long press a button and a combination before giving up.

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