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I did a BBSHD conversion on a Surly Wednesday. A fun bike for trails. Not a difficult conversion. https://www.e-biketouring.com/p/surly-wednesday-e-bike.html

I am at about 1,500 miles with my BBS02 750 watt Bafang on a Surly Long Haul Trucker. Bulletproof reliability is indeed what I was hoping for and thus far is what I am experiencing. Regreased the big gear at 1k Only had two issues: - Standard cranks seemed a bit 'wobbly' so a replaced with...

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I carry two batteries when touring. The 'spare' battery w/ charger are kept in an easily carry bag that, that can be taken into place for charging for 'topping' off during lunch or taking breaks. I do the topping off often, and never had an issue with it. I have left a battery/charger at a...

The Surly Long Haul Trucker has been an excellent bicycle. Many years, thousands of miles, lots of tours, a real workhorse of a bicycle. It is too bad that Surly chose to sunset them. I imagine Surly will have something great to 'replace' it in the future. But the Long Haul Trucker...

Update: I eventually chose to convert my Surly Long Haul Trucker to an E-Bike. 800 miles of testing and it is now ready for this spring's tour. The reasons and conversion are detailed at this link

maybe a Surly Long Haul Trucker conversion? https://www.e-biketouring.com/2023/05/surly-e-trucker.html YouTube walk around of build.

over 4,000 miles now on the Felt Sport-E 95s. It has been a good Commuter and touring bike with very few issues. I like the Shimano Steps system for the riding I do. There is a concern I have with availability of repair & additional battery for that added extra long day of touring. Felt no...

The Jones LWB HDE Frame set look to be a great option for a Touring Bike build. I just do have have any experience with the Bafang motor. I have only used the Shimano Steps 6000 series motor. Does anyone have comparison advice/experience with moving from a Shimano Steps to a Bafang motor?

Did you find anything out about this option? I am using a Jackery Solar Generator. It works, for remote camping and riding, but it is not ideal.

After 4,000 miles on the Felt Sport-E 95s, I am generally impressed with it. But I am still not feeling good about Felt discontinuing the model. I am still waiting for that "break out company" to have the go-to Touring E-Bike. Review

I had similar issue. I removed the computer and cleaned the electrical connectors with a dry cloth (both on the computer & the computer housing). If the "turn on button" is on the computer, hold it in for a couple of seconds.

I haul ebikes in a Ford Transit Connect and secure the bike(s) with a floor mount wheel platform and then a few bungee cords. I can get two bikes in when the with a couch setup and one bike in when the the couch is folded down into a bed. This works well when the weather is bad and the bike(s)...

The ride from Boonville to Sedalia is a nice part of the KATY Trail too. It make a good "out and back" day or 37 miles each way. I did the out and back in one day this summer. At that time, the Trail east of Boonville was closed for about 45 miles because of flooding of the Missouri River...