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California wants to ban small generators. On the RV sites they talk about flimsy evidence for climate change and Commie bureaucrats. I pointed out that LFP batteries are cheap, solar is cheap, high efficiency heating and cooling is reasonable, and there are more and more charging stations. One...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B098LKFV47/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I reviewed these back in September as part of Amazon Vine. I get the goods, they get a review. The price has dropped, and there are a lot of reviews. Like so many Chinese products with Lithium...

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Why not. I hit 70 in a few weeks. I learned a lot building 4 bikes and a lot of lith packs. I love LFP tech, might do that. But I bought a Lectric XP (2.0 Step thru. Love the step through). Early November. In a lot of ways, it is what ebikes should be. Totally personal. It's the basic bike, the...

This is not a good attitude to bring to $1000 ebikes. Basically, with a bike like this, there are going to be things you feel are deficient. You Tube is full of mods. I don't really like the high gear, so I'll probably switch the freewheel to something with 11 teeth on the small cog. You could...

Eric Hicks. Without a single doubt he is and was one of the most influential people in ebikes. From my point of view, Hicks brought toxic masculinity to ebikes more than any other person. So he brings the politics of division and a version of the culture wars to the ebike arena. I wrote a basic...

Solar does not seem to have caught on. I use it. Basically, you can buy a 100 watt panel at Home Depot for $75. That's 18v, basically, to charge 12 volt batteries. So, you need to boost the voltage to 54.6 or so to charge a 48v ebike battery. The easy and cheap way to do this is with a boost...

WTF! You obviously didn't watch the video. He doesn't say they are modem batteries, he says exactly the opposite. He ran a test on the BMS and got 13 amps. So I'm saying use 2 sets of 3 (4x12 not 2), so 26 amps max so any normal 250 watt motor draw would be next to nothing. The information is...

The 12s is an easy type of battery to scrounge, just because there are a lot of 4s modules. If you buy 6 of these modules, you don't assemble anything and you put three in series and 2 in parallel. That gives you a new set of batteries, a brand name. All you have to do is wire them together, 3...

The AAA clubs set their own rules. Some have included bike coverage, mostly transport if you get a flat, but some have not. My region did not cover it. But I guess they do now. https://mwg.aaa.com/membership/articles/bicycle-roadside-assistance

I put some Flat Out in a tire this morning, a 3" fat tire on an XP. Bike #2 I built, a commuter with a BBS02. It has Schwalbe Marathons. I've never had a flat with the Marathons, many before. I went with Flat Out over Slime because it supposedly will last 'forever'. The super tough choices for...

I carry a bottle of Slime in my BBS02 commuter, but it has Schwalbe Marathons I got a Lectric XP and bought some Flat Out. No great tough tire choices, yet. If it had a thorn, put it in the Slime and see what happens on the road. The Flat Out seems pretty good from this video, so I put some in...

XP Thoughts – XP v2 ST --- Part One It comes in a nice box. The Fedex guy hoisted it on his shoulder and brought it up to the door. I Unboxed it outside, on a nice day. It’s shocking that it is shipped fully assembled. I have built a few Bikes Direct bikes, and they were a pain. This was done...

I got the ST last week. I couldn't really believe they put the key there. On the other hand, leaving it in, it's basically touch the on/off and go. So I'd change that (Lectric, not me), just so I don't break the key off. I didn't know about the folding thing, so glad you brought this up. The...

There are so many angry people out there. I was in bed the other night. I live in the country, on a dirt road. Around 11:00 I hear a truck coming down the road. I'm a ways back from the road, away from passing traffic noise. Anyway, there's that high speed whine of a truck moving along in an...

That's not exactly how it plays out, for me. I have a BBS02, a year old. I paid $500 all in and put it on a $400 bike. I scrounge my batteries or build them so I can come out at $1000 for the ebike, total. Hell of an ebike for that price. Not now. I'm just dead in the water on a new version...

I watch some of the guys on YouTube who get sent new ebikes to gush over. There seems to be a flood of Chinese ebikes in the 20 inch RadRunner/Lectric XP mold. Also new Chinese ebikes in the Rover mold. The RR doesn't fold. I have no experience. I don't know if it is a moped experience or what...

Nice of you to point that out. Yeah, patent infringment. By... three guesses? Supposedly a group of guys from The Big B started a new mid-drive company a couple of years ago. Haven't heard much about it. Maybe they all had skiing accidents? US guys seem to be counting on CYC, but they are...

I keep reading these Lurchin' Bafang threads. It's been a while since I could ride. Today I went out and decided to see if I could make my BBS02 surge. I got mine from Bafang USA a year ago. It's new, whatever that may mean. Newish. OK, I can do anything I want with the throttle. If I am in PAS...

We are finally going to get the Bafang versus Bosch confrontation. Bafang has their factory in Poland up and running. The EU can't really do as much to restrict what Bafang does in the EU, if they produce in the EU. I've been building and riding ebikes for 8 years and a guy comes along, goes for...