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  1. BrianK

    Safety charging shrink wrapped battery?

    I’m a huge fan of wood stoves. I was a beta tester for a soapstone wood stove manufacturer in New England and enjoyed it immensely.
  2. BrianK

    Safety charging shrink wrapped battery?

    Cubic mini wood stoves. Great little stoves, perfect for tiny houses, small hunting cabins etc. I’m currently living full time in a 30’ RV trailer and this wood stove heated my entire trailer all winter. It sits on a corner counter atop a fireproof hearth pad. The only drawback is it needs to be...
  3. BrianK

    Safety charging shrink wrapped battery?

    Good advice, thanks. I do have a miniature wood stove (about 12”x12”x12”) and out of an abundance of caution I throw it in there while I’m charging it and place the charger in a metal pan on the fireproof hearth pad under the stove. Probably overkill but I live in a trailer so it’s hard to be...
  4. BrianK

    Parallel battery charging?

    So…are these safe for running two 48v but different ah batteries together at the same time, or am I asking for trouble? https://bafangusadirect.com/collections/all/products/parallel-battery-connector-cable
  5. BrianK

    Safety charging shrink wrapped battery?

    Hi folks, I recently picked up a UCC shrink wrapped 48v 20ah battery (because price was, unfortunately, an issue.) Two questions - 1) is it “safe” to charge shrink wrapped UCC batteries indoors, and 2) does it increase the chances of a fire while charging if I charge it while it’s in its...
  6. BrianK

    Anybody swap out their chainring for a smaller one for better climbing?

    For a bare bones BBSHD? Links? The only one I found was Luna but I’d be happy to spend an extra dollar for a warranted bare bones BBSHD.
  7. BrianK

    Anybody swap out their chainring for a smaller one for better climbing?

    Yes, thanks, I’m well aware of the risks, so I’m quite gentle with it. If I do fry it I’ll upgrade to a BBSHD. Luna sells a bare bones BBSHD for $499 and says it’s a direct easy swap that only takes a couple minutes. Regardless my plan is to eventually upgrade it anyway.
  8. BrianK

    Griz Attacks and Kills Bicyclist in Montana

    Kudos. You’ve done an excellent job rationally debating some here who are a bit … irrational, regarding a third rail issue like armed self defense.
  9. BrianK

    Griz Attacks and Kills Bicyclist in Montana

    Or even worse, while in a bathtub?! ;-)
  10. BrianK

    Best Mid drive ebike 1000w under $3000 in stock July 2021?

    Hmm…the add says BBS02 twice and it says BBSHD twice on the same page. I’d ask for some definite input on which. But with front and rear suspension it seems like a good deal, even if it does use the BBS02 motor. Plus it should already be geared for road use, unlike hunting e bikes like the Rambo.
  11. BrianK

    Best Mid drive ebike 1000w under $3000 in stock July 2021?

    I found someone locally who builds Bafang bikes who had the cable and the custom Luna coding box who removed the Rambo 19mph speed limit programmed into their controller for me, and put a 25mph limit in it instead and changed around the 1 through 5 assist levels. Big improvement. I also added...
  12. BrianK

    Best Mid drive ebike 1000w under $3000 in stock July 2021?

    Where did you find it? Mine is a 2018 Rambo r750g3. It was low geared for off road riding and pulling game out of the woods so I had to upgrade the front sprocket to 52t for road speeds. I was fortunate that a hunting/archery shop stopped carrying the Rambo’s several years ago and he was just...
  13. BrianK

    Anybody swap out their chainring for a smaller one for better climbing?

    My e bike is not a BikTrix but it is a BBS02 based hunting e bike with a 3 speed Stormy Archer rear. It was geared very low and slow for off road riding and pulling game out of the woods and my legs just couldn’t keep up with the pedal revolution at road speeds. So I upgraded the original 34t...
  14. BrianK

    Best Mid drive ebike 1000w under $3000 in stock July 2021?

    My bike is a 2018 based on a BBS02 so I’ve been saving this link for an eventual upgrade https://lunacycle.com/bafang-bbshd-bare-bones-motor-and-controller-only/
  15. BrianK

    Best Mid drive ebike 1000w under $3000 in stock July 2021?

    Luna sell a bare bones BBSHD motor for $499 to upgrade a BBS02 bike. It’s supposedly a direct easy swap. So if you can find a decent BBS02 based bike for a good price you can easily upgrade it to bbshd.
  16. BrianK

    Rambo hunting e bike as a road bike?

    By August of last summer, my “best” ride was 20.5 miles on a rail trail not far from Harrisburg PA. I developed multiple serious health problems that included acute severe congestive heart failure due to left bundle branch block from an old heart attack and ended up with a biventricular...
  17. BrianK

    Bike multi-tool recommendations

    https://electricbikereview.com/forums/threads/tools-for-field-repairs.32350/
  18. BrianK

    Have you seen a U.F.O while biking?

    The military is actively working on electronics that “hide” their Navy and Air Force units on radar, or broadcast them as being where they are not. These blurry chicklets on fuzzy radar images are no more than that. Testing of this new technology. There’s nothing there in reality, just images...
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