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Usually posters planning to convert an existing bike read threads and post in this thread: https://forums.electricbikereview.com/forum/diy/ This thread is for people planning to buy a new ebike.

Second hand bikes tend to accentuate the ones with electrical problems, or the just plain junk. Beware of bikes sold without a battery removal key (if required) or a charger. These are often stolen. You haven't stated how much elevation change, how heavy you are, or what size you are. Bikes are...

The best place to hang a lithiumIon battery is in front of you. I do not need a big fire ball between my legs, or behind me where cars can smash it to scrap then cram the flame ball up my ****. The test way to hang a battery up front is from bosses welded in the frame up there. There was a...

Lubriplate might be okay but I have not seen it for sale for decades.

If you do have removable pedal arms, then the Pedro's arm remover is cheaper than the Park. Works fine. I use modernbike.com of desmoines. If you have the one piece crank, to re-insert you glue the loose balls in the race on the bottom with petroleum jelly. Note removing pedals after 30 years...

9 days rain washed the 3" snow & ice off here. Today Jan 31st it did not rain, got up to 44 F. Wind below 25 mph, about 8 actually. A great day to ride to the optometrist and inquire why my vision deteriorated so much this year. Wearing glasses now to watch TV at 42" distance? Hooray, it is...

25 year old cruisers do not have a 3 piece crank. Mine had a one piece crank. The secret to removing it, is take the pedals off. Remember one of them is left hand thread. Then remove the 1 1/8" nut from one side. Then the crank arm on the other side will slide through the tube at the bottom...

The Amish children use push bikes in the neighborhood of my summer property to ride home from school. A platform with a handlebar, steerable front axle, two 20" wheels with rubber tires. They push it with one foot on the ground. I suppose the elders consider chains and sprockets to be some...

Burger King Whopper is a good imitation of a real Houston ChuckWagon Wheelburger circa 1957. Just delete the mayonaisse and ketchup and add mustard. Lettuce, onion, pickle, tomato, seeds on the bun, all the good stuff. Every time I get within 200 miles of Texas I get a Whataburger, which since...

I bought two $300 batteries that sagged badly on any hill, one from Amazon to 7 volts, the other from ebay to 11 volts. I got the money back on the Amazon one, it would stay at the low voltage until I disconnected it. The ebay one would snap back to 52 v as soon as I disconnected the load. Did...

The motor should stop when you apply the brake. If it does not, you need to find the brake switch connectors. Then buy brake handles with switches that plug into those connectors and install them on the bike. A bike with out brake handles that stop the motor is a hazard. You could buy another...

In the fifties and sixties Arkansas and Mississippi were road food deserts. Mississippi had the Crystal chain which had only a poor hamburger patty and a blah bun. No mayonaise or mustard, pickles, lettuce, tomato, onion, spice, nothing. No BLT or pulled pork. No chicken or fish sandwiches...

Read post # 3 again. Third sentence. Those truck tire shards are taller than the knobs on my tire. If you don't ride on roads that take trucks you don't get to cross rivers. I actually travel sometimes. Not all bridges have sidewalks.

I use wraparound $1 sunglasses when it is light and I can get them. Lawnmowers throw a lot of trash on my route. Wouldn't stop a rock from a dump truck, but those don't ride the back roads. I use clear uvex safety glasses towards dark. Tinted version which is too dark (grade 5) if I can't get...

welcome to the site and low carbon commuting. Gives hope there will a tomorrow.

Welcome to the site. If you are so equipped, post pictures of where you ride in https://forums.electricbikereview.com/threads/show-us-pictures-of-where-you-ride-your-ebikes.23950/unread Or videos on the video thread...

You need a continuous voltage reading. Something you can both ride and watch the voltage. I bought two bad batteries. One would read nominal voltage (41-54.6) sitting still. Performed fine on flats. As soon as I climbed the first hill it would drop to 7 v. It would stay at 7 volt after I rode...

I climb hills up to 15% grade with 60 lb groceries & 20 lb tools spares water rain gear, with a Mac12t 1000w geared hub motor. 330 lb gross weight. Fits a 135 mm dropout. Mac12t will start without pedaling on that grade and pull up to 6 mph. Faster if I pedal, which I do. What it will not do is...

It is an automotive world. You're a pervert for riding a bicycle. You're supposed to have a HumVee with 7 L V-8. Burn those dinosaurs, who need tomorrow? I own a e-bicycle that runs without a display. Not in the way when I flip it to change a tube. In 5 1/2 years, while locked up, I've had my...

I was 213-190 lb when several times the front wheel of the MTB & cruiser snapped sideways and threw me on my chin. I've lost 58 lb, but I don't think that is why the front wheel stays forwards. I think is the the stretch frame cargo bike does it with my weight on the front wheel. Thrice when I...