Recent content by harryS

We figured out how to get spark and fuel into a $75 250cc Italian bike when I was 17. We rode that motorcycle thru town like we stole it, without license or insurance. My brother and I shake our heads years later. Still alive, but the grim reaper is a knocking on the door. Modern medicine is...

I need this,

I have bikes with 250W motors that barely pull 18 mph on throttle, but lift the wheel and they spin like a top up to 30 mph, In the UK, the cops impound/confiscate on that test. They just got in the media when they took and crushed a new cargo bike that had been donated to a delivery driver by...

Tough call. I think your best bet is to contact swagtron. Rear rack batteries aren't very generic, so it's very hard to find one that fits your rack. You can buy a complete new rack and 36V battery on ebay for $339.but there are no guarantees on safety or quality, Amazon has some Yose 36V...

I'm sitting around 1100 miles myself. I typically ride around 3100 annually, so I am behind in my ebiking. I didn't ride most of June, being out of town. This July has been really hot. Yesterday was my first 20+ miler since late May, We had AQI readings above 500 last week, very high...

Nice work, but the above post was above my head at the moment, Maybe a good night's sleep will help me process it. Maybe not, SInce ebikes are now considered DEI by the USDOT, maybe the DOJ will sue NJ,

I have a couple of multi-tools. If I haven;t misplaced them, I will put one on the bag for a ride. Most of my ebikes have a handlebar bag. I also have a patch kit with inflator plus two CO2 cartridges in one of the bikes. Ob a longer ride, away from home base, might carry that too, I just...

I always figured keeping it over 60 meant I was spinning my bikes. That was never much fun on fat tires, which is why I don't ride them much,

500 full discharge cycles as defined by the Samsung 50E datasheet, leaves the battery with 80% of original capacity. For those of us who rarely discharge under 50%, an ebike battery lasts forever. As a plus, when you don't go past 50%. that doesn't stress the cell nearly as hard as a full...

You got one of these? Wow, I don't like the profile on the guy's bike,

If you've built packs, then you know it can take a long time to balance them, and it is unbalanced. Make sure your BMS is set to balance and let it charge for a day. I don't have a smart BMS so you have to RTFM to figure why it's maxing at 4.18, If they are all cells of the same make and...

Even at 4.18V, you should see more than 79 V if the battery is balanced. I suppose you can use your JK app to read out the cell voltages to see if they're balanced, Are all twenty banks at 3,95 volt? Or are a few at 4.18V and the charger has stopped with the rest below that value?

I also wear a knit cap in cold weather under the helmet, Sometimes over the billed cap,

I have a Giro helmet, known for their extra large sizes. I often wear a soft visored cap (no buttons on the top) to keep the setting sun out of my eyes later in the day, While I have never fallen on it, I suppose I should get a new helmet soon,

I bought a cheap $20 battery powered electric saw from Menards, It has to be oiled manually before each cut. My $50 AC powered Skilsaw had an oiler.