He calls the display the 'controller', but the controller is inside the motor. It is better to move the motor forward and up so it hits the boom against a rubber bushing. The DM02 is fully programmable with a 20 amp controller. Not fifteen. I tend to set them to 18 amps max on a 48V nominal...
This is expert level. The motor is a fully programmable DM02. I have done similar ones. With this next one I painted the motor silver. It has the wires inside the adjustable boom. I used thermostat wire to run from the speed sensor to the motor. It came in with a brut out hub-drive. I used a new...
I agree. I do not need lycra to have fun. No need to clip-in. I take my three speed coaster brake bike on single track. Now that is fun. That is not a water bottle. It is the battery. And the photo was in December.
I just made this one on Sunday. The date stamp is off. One consideration was the extension of the speed sensor and how to place the pickup. I had it up to 25. It has a 90Nm torque sensing motor. Getting it done is not theoretical.
She is on the move with 10932 feet in elevation gains. https://trackleaders.com/gawr26i.php?name=Patrice_McDonald
This is where she is riding right now.
I finished the recumbent trike yesterday. One problem was extending the speed sensor. Because of the added length I used heavy gauge wire between the battery and the motor. I am working on the Rock Hopper now.
I like to watch the herons and egrets swallow whole gophers.
Patrice is bikepacking across the continent solo and made it over the continental divide in Montana. She has a highly modified Pashley Prospero with an optimized mid-drive. This is from Saturday.
Dave, I have had to take it very easy this last week. I had been on a lot of steroids for that ocular shingles the week before. That was an artificial high with huge appetites and wanting regular rides. The the X axis went up and then when off the drugs I suddenly crashed to far below the base Y...