Recent content by gromike

Learn how to build a battery. It's a great hobby, and less dangerous than bomb building.

Tell that to the Harley guys blasting music over their straight pipes.

About spoke gauge and how that effects spoke breakage. A spoke needs to be properly tensioned to resist failure. A thicker spoke needs more tension, and the rim would need to be able to withstand that tension. What's commonly done on some commercial ebikes is to install 12 gauge spokes on rims...

New Jersey is the state that brought the hammer down on ebikes. My state, Washington, passed the 3-Class regs into law several months ago, and I haven't noticed a change.

Always lived within a few miles of saltwater, though not the ocean. But worked floating on it.

A belt change shouldn't be all that difficult. Though adjusting the tension by smartphone was new to me.

They're two different kinds of two wheeled animals. A proper motorcycle provides a more pure experience of a leaning machine. A bicycle provides the enjoyment of a human motor. Of late I have seen many ebikes going down the side of the road at 30+mph, no pedaling. Those are just lame as*ed...

Yes, for the riding you do. You ain't lived until you have experienced a bidirectional throttle.

It seems to me that a rear direct drive hub motor would give you everything you want, and weigh less too. Direct-drive motors and less weight! Maybe a first.

Looks like NJ will become known as the electric scooter state.

I have a couple of 750w bikes that are fed up to1500w. Outside of selling an ebike, it's not about watts but maximum powered speed.

So is your argument that because you are disabled you should be allowed to operate an ebike above the mandated maximum speed of an ebike? That was not what the OP was advocating.

No need to argue your point. Ride 30+mph all you want. Just when you do, turn your pedals and try to fool the cops. :rolleyes:

Do you have a PAS sensor on your bike's crank axle. That's what I'd check, making sure it's undamaged, properly mounted, and plugged in.

At the end of the day, an ebike traveling over 28mph utilizing motor power is not a legal ebike. As far as the over 60 thing: you're doing long posts mid-week. Fits the profile of someone who's not pulling the plow. But the actual reason for my throwing that into the post was that a high speed...