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A great many bike racks explicitly state that they are not for use on an RV or a car/trailer being towed by an RV. It seems the movement is different than when behind a driven car and most car racks are not strong enough to handle it. The trailer/rv online seller eTrailer.com lists a number of...

I guess this is why so few companies make freewheels larger than 8-speed. With the new 8-speed click-shift the 9-sp derailleur works perfectly. You can get a 7-speed on eBay or Amazon for cheap. Lots of people upgrade to more gears and sell off the old shifters.

Depending on the rear derailleur on the Trance, you probably don't need to change the derailleur to accommodate the 7-sp freewheel (not cassette, those go on Freehubs). You might find that a 9-sp freewheel doesn't play well with your setup. My DIY rear hub donor bike (Specialized Crosstrail)...

I'd say that the bike you got for him looks perfect. Yeah, I wouldn't like the fat tires myself - but if he gave them a chance he'd change his mind. That's the thing about eBikes. Once you start riding one you have such a good time that you really love the bike. Next problem... finding a car...

Wait... the assumption is you have cable actuated brakes. Right? Either cable Rim brakes or cable Disc brakes. If you have hydraulic brakes then those eBike brake levers will do you no good. You'll need to either get a set of motor cut magnets for your hydraulic levers or get new hydraulic...

Nothing to be suspicious about in my book. They've been around for years. Are successful internationally. Have good reviews and attentive customer service. EBR has posted a couple of reviews of customer builds and there are no bad reviews out there that I've found. I know I only built my kit the...

I know everyone likes Grin and have done a good job selling you on them. But I wanted to add that Dillenger Bikes makes excellent Rear Hub Drive kits. I used the Premium Off-Road kit, which just means it's a 750/1000 w motor and has a top speed of 28 mph. Their kit cost $750 or so and included...

Looks GREAT!. At the end of December I built my DIY eBike from a Dillenger Kit - the "Premium Rear {Geared Drive} Off-Road kit." It's been super. I started riding it in January have have just under 700 miles on it already. That's 1,100 km's In your neck of the woods isn't it? I thought it would...

Quad lock worked well for me. Super easy to use and super secure as well. Only drawback is that you have to use their phone case. But it's a nice one that works well.

You make it sound like you want an electric moped, not an eBike. I have two rear hub drive ebikes. One came set for 20 mph and I unlocked it easily for 24 mph. Then I took a 3-year old hybrid mtb/road bike and made it a rear hub drive with 750/1000 w geared hub motor. It will go 28 mph but the...

I got mine from https://dillengerelectricbikes.com/. But they only sell complete kits with a battery and they run $700. They are an Aussie company with a full-fillment center in California. It's a great kit and they're totally trust worthy. If you find such a kit for $400 then, no, that won't...

Here's a very similar build to what you're planning. Battery on the bottom of the downtube. I would agree that Mid-Drive is the way to go. Also the controller is built into the motor of the Bafang mid-drive.

It’s certainly not limited to bikes, not inthe least. All hobbies and pastimes are plagued with this “gearitius.” Cars, boats, fishing, guitars, audio, photography, the list goes on and on. I don’t know if it’s limited to males, but it seems likely to be. We become fixated on the things, the...

I feel your pain, but I saw an article this morning that there are 26+ container ships, mostly from China, queued up outside of the Port in Los Angeles. And each was a large container ship with 10,000 plus containers. The issue was all the big ships with so many containers that getting a ship...

I thought I'd better circle back to finalize this thread at this point. After reading these comments, talking to suppliers, and doing a lot of soul searching I have decided that this is folly to undertake another change to a rear hub drive bike that works great and meets all my needs just...

Don't fixate on flats or any other problems. First off, they are few and far between. Next solving them yourself isn't difficult at all and like was said previously any bike shop does those kinds of jobs on all bikes - electric or not. A flat-tire is just a flat tire. Something easily repaired...

I have a Blix Vika+. It's a folding 20" tire bike and I've put over 800 miles on it. Blix has always been great to work with and the bike is super well built. I wouldn't worry about any Blix bike.

Here's a cheezy YouTube video of part of the trail:

Each winter we take our motorhome to Tucson, AZ and I just love the bike trails there - 66 miles around the city. So, this year after returning from AZ I decided to look for similar bike path's in San Antonio which is near to where we live. I had heard that there was a bike trail in the Missions...

I took two half-days to install my rear hub drive and found it an easy process. I have a good bike stand and plenty of bike tools. I don't know if shipping will be much an issue. But I'll remain flexible and we'll just have to wait and see. If it doesn't work out, that's OK I can finish it...