Recent content by hankj

Harry I agree, torque sensing just seems to be the better way all around. At least if you want a motor to feel like a completely integrated part of your legs

Great chat gents, quite informative. My instinct that spinning a hub powered e-bike at a fast cadence in a low gear would make the battery last longer was wrong. Hub efficiency is pinned to how quickly the is rotating and that's it. But if one gears down a mid-motor and whips the crank...

I've read that as a general rule mid motors will use battery more efficiently than hub because hub takes advantage of planetary gears to keep load/torque in a more optimal band for the spinning motor. So same amount of battery goes farther with a mid-drive. Correct me please if this is not...

Very helpful info thank you. I do fully appreciate that diy conversions are generally not that cost effective! It's just that my wife's bike is a really good bike for longer treks. I ride a lot of different bikes, but if I needed one bike for the rest of my life, there's no question. It would...

I looked at the Bimotal, thanks for the suggestion. There are a few issues: I would need to convert to four piston rear brake, and my wife is riding a road setup. It's possible, afaik requires a whole new shifting system to get a road brake lever/shifter that will work with a four-piston...

Steel, bsa BB

Thinking about adding a small bit of boost to my wife's bike to equalize our riding on long rides and when we are touring. Was thinking a wheel but now considering adding a mid motor. To the best of your knowledge, which conversion motors are the smallest and lightest? I've seen a few...

My understanding is that front and rear wheel motor hubs need QR slots to have something to push against, so boost thru-axle out of luck for motorized wheel conversions? The bike I'm looking at is my wife's 2021 Salsa Fargo. Since the rear dropouts are changeable, I could swap TA for QR in the...

You have verified that both bikes measure the same axle to crown? The new version clears bigger tires, maybe it has a taller fork?

I think you're misreading the addressing the market part. What I've been chatting about is why Specialized doesn't make a road racing geometry frame in an e-bike. The Creo is and always has been straddling endurance road geometry and gravel geometry. Those are extremely popular segments, and...

Sounds pretty awesome!

I wonder sometimes whether there is much of a market for true road e-bikes. Most people who want a true road frame are good at pedaling a bike. Conversely, most people who aren't sporting riders prefer a bike that's a little more upright and a little more stable where you can go just as fast...

Mschwett I bet you're right, Specialized creating a bigger gap into which they can insert a true road ebike

Just pragmatically from someone who has done a lot of night riding on roads and mountain biking: You're not going to outrun the distance a 6v system shines down the road. And the "be seen" improvement of 12v is not consequential - drivers will see you fine with a 6 volt system. So if it...

And last little bit of my fanboy love letter: Great job keeping the 320w battery. Literally your 320w bikes are the only quality ebikes I can think of that you can travel with by commercial airline. 320w battery out, carry on two 160w extenders (biggest possible allowed on a plane), fly...