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I have a Grin TSM-A5 direct-drive motor, and I really like the regen braking. My rides have a lot short relatively steep hills, and it does very well with that topography. It would be cool to have real-time variable control on the regen, then you could recharge while pedaling!

I hear you Harry. I'd buy a couple of them myself, but I already have two:rolleyes:.

Well, the Huffy Oslo is back under $300 at this seller: https://www.wellbots.com/products/huffy-oslo-electric-folding-bike?sscid=a1k7_7kzk4& . With the code OSLO15 it comes to $288 shipped. I found the Huffy to be a great bike once fixed. That fixing is a new controller as a number one...

Check both of your axles. Lift the wheel and try to move it side to side. Tighten both axle quick releases as needed. You might also want to check the axles for wiggle in the wheel. Lift the front wheel and try to wobble the handle bars and see if it moves in the head tube. Also make sure your...

Man, that picture of your motor sure looks bad. Maybe it's time to get another one. On the plus side, you'll get some free parts--and the priceless experience of taking it apart.

As far as cargo bikes go, this is what I lust for:

Fat tire bikes are comfort bikes. Big oversized tires for suspension. You're not going to take one of those monsters on the technical. Springs forks are ok for the road.

I would think supercapacitors could act as an adjunct to the L-ion battery in efficiently harvesting regenerated energy, so I believe a hybrid system could have a viable future.

I put a BBSO2 on a bike almost a year ago, and thought I might try a BBSHD on a twenty year-old FS mtb that I acquired for $30. But the BBSO2 proved to be more than enough power for me. I don't really need an ebike motorcycle (though I think that maybe an emotorcycle is in my future.) So...

Those pads look like what's in the hydraulic 2 piston caliper Shimano brakes in one of my bikes.

Yes, I guess I like my comfort.

Once it's legal it's no big deal.

Yeah, I'll need to dig out the snow gaiters that an ex assured me that I needed. Truth be told, I don't go out on the bike in a heavy rain. I just wait it out.

Legally, they're all in motorcycle territory. Would it not be better to just get a street legal emotorbike. Yeah, we all have bikes that push the limit, but 40+mph--might that not be be a bridge too far.

I had a frame fail. This was in a late '80's steel frame, a Miyata cross bike. It cracked at a hole in the top tube for interior cable routing. Miyata warranitied the frame and I received a new frame, although I had to switch out all the components myself.

Where you live you have access to all the bikes. Just test ride them and see what you like. I do my own bike maintenance, so I don't worry about bike shops, but if you spend 2 to 5k on an ebike you'd want a guarantor on the machine. Any bike shop can do the work on the mechanical stuff.. Doing...

I'm a big fan of twenty-some-years-old 26 inch 2+ inch wheeled full suspension mountain bikes for converting to an ebike. Hub motor or mid-drive, they all work on those frames. You might even be able to put a battery on the downtube. This has worked great for me on road bikes. My motto is, that...

I have been following the release of Kawasaki's Noslisu trikes, the cargo trike in particular. The cargo trike has a 180w hub motor! That's crazy underpowered. They have one trike with a 500w motor, but that passes the threshold and is a licensed bike. So my question is, what is the maximum...

His traces are all over this forum. I've only been here a little over a year, and AHicks never got nowhere ever close to ignore for me. All of us fight for what we believe about these new fangled ebike things, but we must respect one another's opinion. AHicks embodied that ideal.

This was years ago, and the bike must of been of the pre-lawyer lip era. I was riding along and there was a bit of a wobble. So I had the bright idea to pull up on the handlebars and de-weight the front wheel and see what the f*ck was going on. To my suprise the front wheel dropped out of the...