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Always best to brake in anticipation of the need. My collar bones wish that I had.

I do sympathize with you and your bike problems, 6k is a lot of money for an ebike that doesn't work. It shouldn't be all that difficult to troubleshoot and repair. The larger problem might be a general lack trained and skilled ebike technicians. A career opportunity is surely there for someone.

Can you put a suspension front fork on it? Ebikes have stiffer frames, weigh more, and travel at higher speeds so good suspension is critical. I put a mid-drive on an old Trek 7.2, no suspension at all. I was traveling about 20 mph and ran into a bumpy section of road and almost had the...

Not really a powerful motor. It's name plate says 500 watts, though the controller will throw 1400+ watts at it. The total bike weighs in at 26 kilos. I do have a mid-drive, and they are each a different beast. If I'm serious about competing with the cars I'll ride the mid-drive, but the hub...

You know, I did put a rear hub motor on a twenty-plus year old full suspension MTB not too long ago, just under 60 pounds, though I put street tires on it for road use. What helps is it's 24 gears, and up to 1400 watts of power. On steep hills you do pedal with effort, but it is a bicycle after...

A friend and I took my 2 Oslo's out for a ride yesterday. Once they're fixed they are pretty good ebikes. I wish I would of bid on 10 or more of them for something approaching $200 because it takes about $200 to fix one, and then it's a great folder for $400. Living in a tourist town, and after...

I think I could build a really good hub motor eMTB -- and, pedling my ass off, it would be a direct drive! But if you want to pivot and point, yeah, a good mid-drive eMTB is the way to go. $$$.

If you have the tools replacing crankshaft and bearings on the bottom bracket is pretty easy and not too expensive. The bearings and shaft come in a cartridge. One would need to know the width of the BB. I assume that the bike is built of standard bike components. My experience is clicking...

That looks like a whole lot of cooperation to ride that bike!

Since you're getting new handlebars I would start with bars that have more lift. I would hope that risers would work on the Tern and so would an adjustable stem, though it would be prefered to use a fixed stem with a higher angle. Maybe a rise in the handlebar bend would be high enough to make...

I'd really like to test ride a leaning tadpole ebike, though I would want it to sit me up as high as possible. I imagine those "ground breaking trikes" cost quite a penny.

My experience of late is the motorizing twenty year-old bicycles. I'd say say one would want a full suspension ebike. You're going at (low) motorcycle speeds and all of those have full suspension. That's why I'm liking the Tero X, though that's out of my price range at this moment. I would hope...

It's always June-uary in the Pacific Northwest, or at least we hope.;)

I don't know, but if you keep talking that mid drive trike down the price might get low enough that I'd buy one. 🥴

That bike, in my opinion, would be a viable donor for an ebike conversion. And $75 is within my price range!

In my experience 20 mph is a sweet spot to ride. This is from a guy who'll do 30+ mph in the line of traffic. As I'm also a pedestrian I must say bicycle operation in close proximity to pedestrians has always been a problem, ebikes only make it worse on mixed-use trails. I am of the opinion that...

Yeah, I like the Drift Manic 11-34 freewheel with a Shimano Alivio derailleur on my two Huffy Oslos. You got a hub drive so you want a good climbing gear, and you want a quick road gear also. The more gears in between the better the riding. I do believe that the gear shift system isn't so...

Motorcycles have locking headsets.

I love them twist throttles, but have learned to turn off the controller before dismounting and to turn on the controller only once your are in position to start rolling. The full twist grip throttle is more dangerous than partial twist grip throttle. And furthermore, regen braking is great! I...

You'll have to rent some ebikes, Jeremy, if you return to Whidbey. Yesterday was an absolutely beautiful day, and no jets were flying. We even split a big bowl of mussels at Toby's Tavern in Coupeville.😋