Recent content by JRA

The motor for you bike is a Dapu MD500 actually as seen on the Pedego site relating to the bike you describe you have? If you are confident that the motor is where the problem is and can remove it yourself I would say to ship it to a reputable repair facility. Any idea of a warranty claim on a...

I have built 3 different 1000w front hub motor road oriented bikes since 2016, the one in the pics in 2017 was #2 a CL Specialized with a Grin All Axle motor. They all used a throttle and cruise control via the GRIN controller with no PAS. All had Schlumpf speed or high speed drives however. All...

12 eggs were 6.99 today in Tillamook at Grocery Outlet which is usually the cheapest shop stop in town......

I have been following bike racing in most forms for years and have always existed pretty much on the non subscribed coverage that has been available. I did subscribe to Peacock last two years in order to view the Tour, and two years ago it had a "world" version sans ads that disappeared last...

The reason eggs need to be refrigerated here in the US is because the USDA guidlines require that they be "washed". I would assume that the industry isn't doing this to SW's relatives method but in other countries, like Mexico for example, they don't refrigerate them as they don't "wash" them. I...

And why I'm glad my younger son married a Canadian and lives there!

Other than the bird flu epidemic that occurred last year and had a big effect on egg price due to the farmer's need to get rid of that which was the main reason egg prices were high here on the north coast of OR a dozen eggs is still $6 or so. Gas is $4.17 but that always is higher after...

I had a 1st gen All Axle Grin front hub system installed on a Specialized drop bar 40c tired bike with a 14.5ah battery and the best I could get out of it at a mild pace (15mph avg, 15wh/mi avg) in hilly terrain was 35miles. I controlled the wattage via a throttle and the "cruise control"...

"And now in 2025 we are here.." That article was published based on polls collected in November of last year......perceptions have changed since?

For use with other than low wattage hub motors the tab washers are basically useless for most installations due to the bikes dropout structure vs. the potential torque output of the motor, especially one over 1,000w. But there are plenty of aftermarket torque arms available that will connect the...

The leader in hub motor knowledge and components is at ebikes.ca. Justin at Grin has done more to develop hub motors than anyone for the DIY sector and is very free with his conclusions that he posts on his site. Check there to at least see what is perhaps possible?

A relative had 3 cottages in Eastham that we would go to every summer for a week growing up in So. VT.. Always brought my bike and rode all over. Way before e though! Last time I was on the Cape was 20yrs ago and even then the traffic had gotten bad so it's good they are putting in bike...

I have been using Boeshield T9 for many years to maintain the various bikes that I've had to look after. Wax based and no need to clean just apply, back wipe and go. 12oz. spray can lasts well over a year for two bikes.

Could just be a sign to go buy a real legal eBike from a reputable dealer?

Seems like you might be confusing straight pull spokes with spokes that aren't crossed and thus go straight from the hub to the rim and is popular on some hub motor/smaller wheel combinations? With larger rims using at least a 2 cross pattern is preferable. The Grin calculator mentioned is a...