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I had the regular MT5 levers without ebike switches. I was told this was because of supply chain issues. So I test rode my bike out in a small park near my house, the 40T large cog is unacceptably not enough for even short climbs up steep sections with and without the motor. So I made a custom...

Installed my Tannus armor that has been sitting around (what a pain) and my new cassette + chain this weekend! WW actually sent me a Shimano CSM7000 SLX 11-40T cassette which I'm not so sure on, I'll take it for a ride but 40T seems like it won't provide enough torque when climbing without...

Yeah only with the smallest 11T cog, the other smallest ones generally seem to be okay after installing the Garbaruk derailleur cage and spacing out the chainring. I tend to ride on the street with the 28mph or unlimited speed because I like to keep up with the 25mph speed limit on the lightly...

That's in sport mode. I have a very conservative ECO tune applied because I've been riding mainly singletrack and too much power is extremely dangerous, 500 watts feels like too much on techy trails so I stick to level 1 and 2 which are listed below, sometimes 3 for climbing smooth trails. I...

Oh and an update from yesterday: I installed the Goat Link, tried out Sport mode in the highest gear, and promptly felt/heard it slipping even in my level 1 which I have tuned to 1000 watts. I took a look at the cog itself and the tips of the teeth were shiny as if they had been freshly...

You would need a 9 speed shifter (the shifter does the actual indexing of the cable movements). It appears Microshift does make 11 speed all steel cassettes, I'm looking for a place to buy them now. https://www.microshift.com/models/cs-h113-11-46t/ Edit: Can't find it anywhere, it appears to...

WW has confirmed shipment of a new cassette and chain, so I'll be excited to put those on when they arrive. Today the Goat Link arrives so I'll install that, do some more derailleur adjustment, and take it for a test ride.

Not sure who would be producing knockoffs of something like this for such a limited market... if you look at the design of the connector socket, it's not very robust. It's probably stronger now that I've glued it lol. My engineering background tells me that the latch should be on the side with...

I'm considering getting the Park Tool chain cleaner because it definitely gets dirty after just a single ride! Bellingham is even rainier than Seattle, having lived there for 5 years in college I felt like I was always wet walking to campus. Have you been able to ride your e-bikes around the...

I ordered the Goat Link 11, should be here Wednesday! Unfortunately it'll be raining all week so I won't get much testing time in lol. I still think I'm going to need a new cassette, unfortunately, and that's probably just from the increased wear of having an improperly configured drivetrain...

Yeah I was looking at their installation page, I took a closer look and realized their earlier pictures had a black link similar to the one on my bike, and theirs looks like it is designed to replace that. Worth a shot at only $30 before my impatience with WW support gets ahold of me and I buy...

Looks like the M8000 derailleur comes with something similar as standard (or the guys at WW added it), think it would replace that black horizontal link there?

I did, I torqued the case bolts to 5 Nm (3.7 lb-ft or 44 lb-in). I didn't find a specific value anywhere, but this felt like a decent conservative number considering the case is aluminum. Yeah I've been looking for replacement Sunrace cogs but I have not been able to find them. I've reached out...

Update after some riding time, in lower power modes the motor has quieted down considerably which is exactly what I was hoping for! Higher power not much change. It feels better in the way your car engine feels after a fresh oil change. Lol. Bad news though, my high gear chain skipping is...

That one is still in stock on Amazon, but it was apparently superseded by Mobilith SHC 100 which is why I tried to get the most modern thing I could. Mobilgrease 28 carries a military spec (MIL-PRF-81322) so if you want some you better get on it before it's all bought up! I recall it being used...

Had some free time today, so I decided to pull the motor off of my Hydra, clean up the gears real good, and grease everything up to see if it quiets down the motor. I ended up spending a ridiculous amount of time researching greases for Bafang motors, specifically the M620. Most people use...

Video from my ride yesterday! Finally got to test out this little Insta360 camera - the stabilization is pretty good but not amazing, the resolution is a little weird and the framing looked better in vertical on the downhill runs (so you could see the bike). Broke it up into 3 chapters, first 3...

I do need to get some pads. The issue here though was that my foot slipped and the pedal dragged up my shin.

I just ordered some of those OneUp Pedals. I think the picture illustrates why 😂

I ride mostly on pavement, though with the stock Nobby Nic tires. The suspension lockouts (compression lockouts) are helpful to prevent putting too much energy into the suspension while pedaling on flat ground. Bump up the tire pressure for the street and that helps too, I do notice the rear...