Recent content by harryS

Do you take Montgomery Road or ride thru the subdivisions? Pretty busy at rush hour,

A small front and rear camera system that records the last 30 minutes and stops say 5 minutes after a crash/jolt. Both would run off a rechargeable lithium with a USB-C power port. Give me a powerbank that snaps onto the frame somewhere to run it, with a spare bank hanging in a nice wall...

Hub motor vs mid-drive — For a fairly normal bike, what usually makes you choose one over the other? Is it mostly terrain and climbing, or are reliability and maintenance just as important? Originally, it was price. A Bafang BBS02B was over $500. The CYC's twice as expensive. Hubmotor kits with...

I've done geared hubmotors front/rear plus mid drives. I've also purchased a few inexpensive but decent ebikes. Been ebiking for 11 years. It was originally cheaper to build/convert but today, if you watch for closeouts, you can often buy a better featured ebike for less than the price of...

The perception, according to the New Jersey ebike shop owners, is that ebikes are banned. Their sales are down as much as 90%. Where I live, Illinois, ebike laws have clarified class 3 per the original people for bike definitions, and added age requirements to keep young kids from riding them...

Need to put in good value for Ad, the frontal area of bike and rider. Google sez a commuter bike and rider is around .43 -.50. Sliders start at .3, which is pretty small, I used 0.50 but I think I;m wider than that, plus I wear baggy shorts. The tire resistance has a small effect, I use .006...

"J'ai perdu le "E " de mon vélo électrique." We had to learn this song or something like it in French back in the day.

Replace the circuit board and see if it works. Motor wires looked burned but may still be good, You can test the Hall sensors, but it is too much trouble if you don't know electronics. If the new board didn't work, then the motor windings are burnt...

I once tossed my bike with an olympic hammer throw when I bumped the throttle. It spun in a circle and took off. Smashed the rack mount with battery. I know enough to shut off bikes when moving them, but still have accidents I have a bike with the above throttle. Yes, I have bumped it...

I happened to see the Lowes recycling bins a few months ago. I asked the guy running the returns counter about ebike packs, and he said he puts them in a metal locker in back of the store. Yesterday, I brought in 39 discharged 18650 cells, all discharged below 1,6V. All taped up in a...

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...