Recent content by harryS

That's a tough part to look for. Popular motors like AKM and Bafang have parts, but the no name guys are like orphans, I see you marked and counted them, and it looks like 39T, Count the other ones to be sure, Post on a technical nuts and bolts forum like endless sphere too,

Nope. Ever since we were 8 years old, we aspired to the 3 speed English Racer over our coaster brake bikes. and later on to the 10 speeds. Our younger siblings had their Schwinn Sting Rays, but the cool kids had the models with shift lever. Shifting gears made biking easier and more fun, With...

I don't feel so bad now about deleting the phone message from Publishers Clearing House. Only us old folks would recognize the name and be scammed.

I managed to see the 1st paragraph before the paywall went up. It read something like ..."The fire started when water entered the facility, Water is known to ignite lithium", If they are that stupid about batteries, no wonder the place catches fires.

We all get another year of free Win 10 support but you have to know your microsoft login to sign up. I did that with mine, but my wife's PC was registered to a long dead email. I could have reloaded her unit with a new user, but switched her to a inexpensive Dell refurb. As for ebikes, I don't...

One more comment on Winter riding with Front wheel drive. You'll find that front wheel spinning like crazy whenever the pavement is slippery. You might think it's OK til you go uphill, and the weight shift will cause it to lose traction too.

My first DIY ebike was going to be a rear drive on an alloy frame. I posted this picture and was advised to use torque arms because the alloy frame has too many fillets and cutouts. Instead, I moved the motor over to a steel frame bike. What was ironic was that the old 1990's mountain bikes...

Self learning usually works. If you have a voltmeter, measure the throttle voltage to make sure it's increasing smoothly from about .70 v to a max around 4.3 V when you rotate it. Maybe it's jumping from 0 to 4V.

We had a 12" snowfall and an early start to winter lockdown on the last day of November. We had a brief thaw and got out once last month, In the prior year, we had a dozen December rides. Bummer. It's -10C right now. Happy New Years to you bikers that can bike.

I run a 25A KT sinewave controller with a 48V battery into this little Q100H 250W motor. It's rider restraint that keeps it from melting. I use it with an LCD3 display. It might show 1200 W briefly on a hill, but it would be foolish run it at high levels sustained . That's 25A peak anyway. KT...

Mele Kalikamaka

Quite the video.

Yes, you need the frame fittings. These replace mechanical disk brakes and work well til they don't. I have installed two HB100's and one of them failed (leak) after a few months, but the replacement has been good for a few years. Probably 5% of them might leak. I have spares. I think you get...

I've been doing 3000-3100 miles annually. My wife comes along for two thirds of that. Sometimes we can ride thru December, but the first snow that sticks ends the season. We're too old to risk a fall,

Maybe a used Velo or Ride-1up for half price will come around, Maybe you'll come to like your beater amazon bike,