Recent content by harryS

It could, but more likely to unweight a wheel. Then the rest of the bike will want to spiral around the one that's still on the ground. I like that Trego fixed, except for the €499. about $592 USD, I hope the brakes are hydraulic and proportioned so you don't get lockup.

Not necessarily correct, as you can put the tabbed washer on the inside and regular washer anywhere it fits, but the tabbed washer usually faces up You want the axle to sit in the bottom of the slots on both sides too,

I have the above displays or something close to it. It's hard to see in daylight. I put a bezel around mine but I have to look directly at it. They are usually off by 1/2 volt, but are consistent, I got this one from China. It's handlebar mount, but I mounted on the downtube. It has an on/off...

It;s going to get into the 40's (5-6C) next week, but no rain for 10 days, I would like to see some rain to wash the salt off our pavement and vehicles. It also clears off those pesky frozen patches in the shade. Expect to do some biking soon. I realized I spent much of January working on...

The chart is pretty simple. It shows the controller wire on left, motor wires on right. I figured you aligned all the wires by thickness and color to start, Note that they never have to change the thin phase wires, which would involve pulling the pins out of the 2x6 plastic connector, All you...

There are some hard core cyclists that will ride streets near me with 45 mph traffic. Sure, when I'm in my car I wish they weren't there, but they have a right to use the road. And if you're in Mason City, IA, how you gonna get to Clear lake on a bike if they won't let you on ride on US 16.

There is something wrong there. It looks like you have the separate three thick and five of six thin wires to the motor. Two or more are out of order. Did you follow the color scheme, matching colors on each wire thickness? While this has always worked for me, people talk about some motor makers...

The motor has three phases and Hall sensors, so you could spin it with any controller. The wires for the cadence sensor also come out. The KT controller would give you wacky speed readings. When coasting, it would use wheel sensor and wheel size. Should be correct there. Under power, you can...

You have a bigger problem in Iowa than a 15 mph limit. A new bill introduced in Iowa would only allow cars, trucks and motorcycles to use public roads. https://who13.com/news/new-bike-restrictions-proposed-in-iowa-drawing-strong-reactions/

We have no speed limits on our local trails, but the forest preserve trails in Chicago and the inner suburbs have a 15 mph limit for ALL bikes. I ride those paths twice a year, and it's no hardship, Most people are around that speed. Without a speedo, how would they know anyway, A few are...

Around 30 years ago, I had a battery powered Craftsman solder gun. I found it useful to keep in my car. Ran off a rechargeable battery, Would be handy today for when I was shaking down ebike builds. Often had a wire in the harness break, The technology was in the heating tip, When it burned...

Tomorrow is Ground Hog Day. No matter what happens, it's only 7 weeks til the Spring Equinox. It seems like we just parked our bikes six weeks ago, just before the beginning of WInter. Batteries were fully charged in case the roads stayed dry (they didn't). We did get out on 1/13 for an...

I have done this twice, wiring up XT60's backwards in a rush, When I connected the battery to the bike, the connector pins melted instantly with a big POW/ZAP. That probably saved the controllers, DId it with a BBS02B and also a hub motor. You must have connected the battery with it switched...

It takes a week to join? Actually, I think someone spend big money to buy this site from Court. Hope he is enjoying his private island,

I would diagnose this as a battery issue. One of the internal cell groups is probably low on voltage. When the battery sees a load, the voltage drops under the mininum and the battery turns itself off. It resets when the display powers down. Because we're only talking about a small difference...