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Similar thing happened to me, although I didn't crash. The seat spring is normally half above half below a flange, and if the spring is not rotated tightly enough then the spring above can pop out and go below the flange. It's easier to visualize than in words, but it means you need to get a...

We bought two of the Lectric 2.0 XPst bikes for last Christmas and just love them. Very well made, tons of standard features, and inexpensive to boot. But don't plan to carry them very far (60lb) and don't expect to fold them at the end of every ride--yes, they fold, but they are clumsy when...

Yup, setting wheel to 26.5 makes the speedo and odometer accurate. I think Lectric locked in some internal settings before someone discovered the error. But in any event, 26.5 makes things right. I should also mention that in addition to turning the front stem around 180 degrees I also offset...

If you're willing to consider going in a different direction, I can tell you that although I've ridden many bikes back when I was younger, we are having a blast on our two Lectric XP 2.0 step-thrus. 20" fat tires, 500Whr battery, 1hp (48v x 18a) hub drive, and an astonishing value--just $1K...

Read the other day that you can generally tell the voltage of the line by counting the number of insulator disks. Each disk is good for 19,000 volts. And no, you won't get sick from living near power lines. Like the previous commenter said, it's non-ionizing, so no cell damage.

EBay has always been my friend. I cannot imagine a situation where parts would simply not be available at any price. Heck, I bought a brand-new phenolic gas cap for an Evinrude 2 hp outboard motor built in 1976 on eBay. Cost me $20, though.

They make really excellent heavy-duty prophylactics. Reusable indefinitely. On a more serious note, I've read they can be sliced lengthwise and used to double up on inner tubes for added thorn protection.

I lucked out and discovered that our 15-year-old "Softride" receiver-mounted rack works just fine. It's made for holding 4 analog bikes, so the weight of two ebikes is okay, too. I'd say the key thing is to find a rack good for heavy ebikes. It will probably require a 2" receiver.

Sorry but also very surprised to hear of your troubles. We bought two of the XP 2.0 st bikes just before Christmas 2021 and have ridden then extensively, now that the weather up here in Oregon is decent. The bikes have been wonderful and completely predictable. The controllers peak at 18...

Similar feelings here, though we have the XP 2.0 st models, about 6 months old. I've found PAS to be awkward so I just use the throttle assist. We find that the hub motor struggles uphill from a standstill, but at about ~4mph it's surprisingly strong. Like you said, great fun, and I don't...

I would see this as a convenience issue and not a safety issue in that if the pin falls out you simply can't latch the hinge. I cannot see a way of the latch failing while locked; the forces would securely hold the pin in place. But clearly a few bikes escaped inspection for this setscrew...

Cute. That's how I feel most mornings.

We got our two XP 2.0st bikes for Christmas '21 and love them. First thing was to swap out the freewheel for an 11-34 one; huge improvement. Side mirror, folding basket on back, FlatOut in the tires, phone mount, 5v charging source. Got the Black Friday special so we have the spring seatpost...

So this comment is a couple of months after my first comment, and with some experimentation it looks like setting it to 24.5 gives a pretty accurate odometer (and thus speedometer) reading when compared to GPS. EDIT: No, 22 setting matches Google maps speedo.

Speedo and odometer are locked together, unless you have some really weird clock issues. I know on our Lectric ebikes the readings were way off. Setting the wheel diameter to 24.5 (an arbitrary number not corresponding to anything) makes the numbers match the GPS. And I happily recommend...

I agree the throttle with Cruise Control is one of the outstanding features of the Lectrics. I never had an ebike before, but after trying out the Pedal Assist modes I quickly concluded "No Thanks." Too twitchy for sharp turns at low speed. Anyway, I had ridden a motorcycle for years, so the...

Indianajo, these are Lectric hub motors? We've only had our XP2.0st bikes since Christmas but attack the hills around here often, pulling 18 amps for maybe 2 or 3 minutes at a time. No issues. As for brakes, I find it hard to believe that someone at Lectric said to "use WD-40" on the pads...

I've never ridden a mid-drive, but the thought just struck me: It's kind of like the difference between driving an automatic transmission versus a manual in a car. In one, you just go; in the other, you think about gear changes. For me personally, I actually like operating a manual...

This guy did a YouTube video testing numerous 18650 cells. He concluded that Chinese-sourced cells were utter junk. They may advertise a 48v14Ah pack when in reality it only does 48v5Ah.

I rode street and mountain bikes for decades but that was years ago. We just got two of the XP2.0st bikes for Christmas last year, and love them. I do not understand the hostility against the 7-speed Shimano. Both our bikes shift effortlessly up and down. Snick-snick. What else do I want...