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UPDATE: ok apparently maybe i was being a bit dramatic because the LBS called back after a coupla hours saying the bottom bracket came out just fine and they just charged me their usual seized bottom bracket fee, so ... i guess if i end up having to pay them that every ~6k miles i'm not going...

reviving this old thread just to tack on my own recent experiences - my 2018 colt started making those clicking noises. having replaced a bottom bracket before, i was not relishing the thought of tearing everything down and getting to it. so like you not only have to remove the crank arms, but...

PS if you are going to have to replace the battery-side connector, hilleater.ca sells a 'heavy duty' version of the male and female versions of the connector (larger lugs i believe): https://hilleater.ca/parts/connectors/?sort=featured&page=1 I was toying with the idea of installing these but I...

i agree there's a design issue with these connectors for the larger (heavier) packs. I got tired of cracking the top battery mounting plate on my bike frame (luckily much easier to replace than the battery-side connector) on like a yearly basis (my commute involves terrible roads) and just...

it's not for the faint of heart but here is a little walkthrough that will help you see what the process is: https://hilleater.ca/blog/repairing-a-bad-connector-on-the-reention-dorado-downtube-battery/ it is important not only to replace the connectors, but also make sure that the receiving...

oops chiming in late here - susie, welcome back and congrats, hope your fam is managing to get some sleep with the new kiddo around! all three of my aijiupower batteries are working perfectly - reckon i put ~1400 miles on one of my dorado packs and ~500 on the other dolphin-style... had to tow...

yep no suspension - i did have some 1" foam which i put underneath everything but maybe it was a little too stiff? i can't imagine carrying a drumkit without the trailer becoming dangerously top heavy...!

i sort of dabble in a lot of things (guitar,bass,keys mainly) but am a master of none! due to the worsening state of parking near the practice space that we used, i started to bike in using my surface604 colt and a cheap 20" wheeled trailer from amazon. taking a guitar, a yamaha reface (the...

i hope so!! even on my lighter geared hub bike i always seem to run into something screwy - after swapping to my winter spikes on that bike, i introduced air into my brake system from having the bike flipped wheels-up... so i bled the system, only to get mineral oil on both front and rear brake...

after wrestling with removing and re-mounting the rear wheel on my direct drive hub last night, i would have to say a significant benefit to mid-drives (in addition to the many benefits mentioned here) is simplicity in wheel changes. i always seem to have trouble lining up things right even...

well like ahicks mentioned the programming varies a lot so for example, on my colt, i could take the bafang programmer cable and change the settings so that each PAS level gives a certain amount of assistance without any speed restriction (which a decent number of people like to do), but by...

i see the same thing as ahicks is seeing - you pick a level of PAS and the motor gives that level of assist regardless of cadence but tapers off as you hit the target speed of that particular PAS setting. for me if i want to do any sort of pedalling i undershoot my target speed with PAS and...

PS btw ebikeling got back to me and said the bafang programmer cable is NOT compatible with their ebikeling kits...! ah well...

Well one place the mid drive might actually help is pulling away from a stop, since if your kit is like mine it takes a little bit of pedaling before the pas kicks in right? It could be that my magnet disc isn't quite aligned right- I had it mounted on an octalink bottom bracket and had to...

Thx bigmatt! I wonder what it would be like to add a mid drive to your awd bike that would be RIDICULOUS TORQUE