Recent content by sd_tom

going to be copying some of your mods as well. I had already decided the Super Moto-X tires were probably the way to go for commuting but seeing it on your bike sealed the deal!

I'm lucky enough to live in san diego up the street from the FLX shop. Went and tried the bikes and took advantage of the open box deals they had going to get a Blade for a bit of a discount. They were super friendly. One thing I would note for others is that I'm short, 5'6" and the trail...

ok bought a bike. the FLX guys are literally just down the street from my house. they have a shop open 7 days a week and have a few open box bikes. So my wife and i drove around on the trail and then the Blade. The blade with the 1000watt bafang max was so powerful. Even open box was more...

We rented a E3 Zuma in Oregon a few weeks ago, my first ebike experience. Actually, my wife got the E3 Zuma and I got a Vida, and my brother got a Raleigh Venture (both these have the Bosch Active). We were touring around, going up hills and I thought "ok, this is cool but it's not great on...

I've seen several things, especially in the past (2016) about the crosscurrent being optimized for speed and isn't what you'd want to 'carry you up a hill on throttle'; in 2016 the ODK was recommended for that. But, here in 2018 with the impending CCX coming out with 52volt batteries, etc.. it...

how do you like the CCS overall? One benefit of san diego is that I can arrange to go over there sometime and try something out. The CCX looks like it's going to be a beast, and i watched a video where he showed one of the settings is to turn off the torque sensor and go to the cadence only...

yeah that is true, but more beach cruiser. i am trying to see if anyone in town has an izip Dash or raleigh cadent... which is the exact same powertrain as the Zuma but in a more city bike format.. and can add a throttle. so if i can get on one of those and it is how i remember now that I've...

trying to find a hilly commuter myself as well. 10 mile each way where the net elevation change is negligible but down/up/down/up 900 feet on 5-12% grade between.

Ok my wife and I tried some bikes out on Sunday and last night learning a bit more about what I want; sadly that might be a moped ;) I came up with a simulated route we could take rented bikes next to the bike shop that roughly approximates my commute. It's a bit harder on the bike as it's a...

if you look at my first post I attached the elevation profile (small thumbnail) ; if you can't see it I will attach again. i had bikeroll configured for * -20 to +4% grade - blue * 4% to 11% grade - orange * >11% - red the reverse commute I didn't attach but get the idea :) found out how to...

Thanks for the continued feedback. Went to a couple of ebike local stores today and they were universally anti-hub motor for what I wanted to do (described commute). While I sit and ponder that, my wife and i are going to rent some haibike hard tail eMTB with 350watt bosch cx mid drives...

first, thanks for feedback ! i thought, perhaps wrongly, one of the pluses of the bafang stuff was you could reprogram the pedal assist levels to your tastes. do you think this is more a function of mid drive vs hub as far as the metro plus side?

yeah Cypress has linear pull brakes, that's definately a down side. the 1000watts/52v is just the max available and is $1400ish. in looking at reviews seems it might be better to get the bbshd regardless and software limit it to extend the life. im extremely comfortable with electrical (my...

So, I live about 10 miles from my job but have never even considered commuting by bike due to (1) not in shape and (2) the massive amount of hills. A month ago I started looking into ebikes. I was in Oregon visiting my brother over the weekend where we took the opportunity to rent a couple...