Recent content by RyanConway

Aha- That makes sense, wish I would have known that before ordering the fox, luckily I got a good deal on it.... What's the uber light fork you're considering?

You're right, the fox I have is a rhythm 32, 27.5er, but the axle to crown is 487.7mm (which is about what I measure). The measurement I find from the Epixon online 26" is 510mm...what does yours measure? The one you got didn't change the handling? I'm wondering if the 510mm spec I find for...

I just put a 100mm Fox on my ST1-T and was a bit surprised from reading these threads about how much more slack the geometry is, although I should have known as the axle to crown length is about 3 inches longer... I don't hate the more slack ride, and frankly, I thought the steering was a...

Unfortunately I don't remember the exact length. I was looking in my emails, but I deleted a bunch of older ones to clean up space in there recently. I just took one out and measured it from the elbow I believe. I think you will want to replace all the spokes here so they can be tensioned...

I put BB7's on the rear, will eventually replace the front too when I wear out all the pads I got for the tektros. I rebuild my rear wheel with a q128c geared hub motor (and the front with a q100h) for 2wd, and changed the drivetrain to a 1x10 with a shimano Zee+ (the clutch ROCKS), and the...

For me I put a 54t chainring, and a 11-28 freewheel 0n my radwagon, but it also has another throttle only hubmotor on the front. With this setup 11t cog is only a comfortable cadence going down hills. With the stock controller 'pulling the plug' at 25mph the 54 would be too big I think for an...

Yeah, at least on the wagon the chainring was riveted to the stock crankset so you can't replace only the stock ring. I haven't seen the rover up close though to know if that's how it is.

I replaced both the freewheel and the crankset and chainring on my radwagon- One thing on those DNP freewheels is you I would DEFINITELY put some lock tight on the lock nut (lockring) and screw it in firm but not so tight to strip it. It's a weak point of the design IMO and I had one fall...

Depending on your use you may find a throttle more important that you would have initially thought. The downside to lower watt, torque sensing systems IME is that the gear spacing ends up being kinda weird. There isn't enough power to prevent you from having to downshift for a stop, but there...

You can replace the controller and LCD, the PAS brake cutoffs and throttles are compatible among ebikes. The cycle analyst 3 is the most programmable from what I understand- but even the bms battery LCD-6 and s12sh would provide more options, no top speed cut off and what they call "torque...

Sounds like the new fork has a crown race installed on it- that's not in those directions at least. You don't have to remove the handlebars from the stem, but you will remove the stem and handlebars (and spacers) from the fork.

Yeah I don't know about Seattle but I would guess it's the same as Denver in that a lot of bike shops are pretty snobbish about ebikes. One guy referred me to the moped shop down the street! I decided to buy a cheap truing stand on ebay and give it a shot myself. Building the wheel is...

There is no need for 12ga, even the nutz over at endless sphere are running butted 14ga spokes- One member there has a bike that completes the standing 1/4mile in 11.5 secs @ 110mph and he is one of the main advocates for not going to the bigger spokes unless you are going to moped rims and...

IMO it's well worth it to replace the spokes all together. The stock ones are crap. You can get Sapim Strong spokes from thor for less than $50 a wheel. They are stronger, lighter and more forgiving to less than perfect tensioning- http://www.thorusa.com/accessories/product10.htm Only .80c...

I put a suspension fork on my wagon, you don't have to disconnect everything. Just take the top cap off, take the stem and bars off and flip the handlebars over onto the seat or off to the side. Then you can tap the front fork out and replace. Did rad tell you if the new fork will have a...