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I bought a Prodeco X3 three years ago. It was not a very responsive bike, kind of funny handling, but it was great exercise during a recovery. Looking at that basic kind of bike now, I see some problems. For one thing, the LiFePo battery is now pretty much obsolete. I don't think they sell...

Not sure how you plan to charge if you are camping. There are some solar panel systems that are light, and some that fold. You need to plan this carefully, and the sun is not going to cooperate all the time. Karl Gesslein had an interesting article on charging...

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Dyson has a big piece of solid state. Lots of players, lots of markets. https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2016/08/27/dyson-battery-development/%3fsource=dam I see 18650 cells for $5 or so. If it takes 50 to make a pack, that is 250 dollars. A 20% reduction won't do much...

The information on the EM3ev site is specifically for a mid-drive motor, a BBS. There is a big difference between a hub and a mid-drive. When you are in a low gear on an MD, the motor is in a low gear. On a hub, you cannot change the gearing of the motor. You change the gear for the pedals...

I have two front hubs (Mac, small Golden) and can't see any problems between f/r. I learned from my first install. The Bikes Direct hybrid had an aluminum suspension fork, which is not good. So I bought a Surly fork, overkill, but it looks tough. The other bike I bought because it had a...

Thermal Mass: The reduction in metal also meant that this motor had less ability to simply absorb the heat produced under heavy loading, resulting in a shorting time to reach overheating temperatures versus a comparable (and heavier) generic motor. This can be easily remedied with Statorade...

Good prices. Solid bikes. Impressive to see the Max at this price level. Torque sensor bikes! I assume this is a deal where we pay now, you build the bikes, and deliver down the road? Have you finished the Crowdfund bikes? They all have some appeal. Hope you can get one in Court's hands for...

Tom, It seems like one of the ways that people buy stuff is to 1) Google it 2) go to Ebay 3) go to Amazon. Not necessarily in that order. The MAC shows up on Google with EM3ev. The only gripe there is that you have to have it shipped from Asia. The most accessible hub motor is the Golden...

You don't get much on the Mxus if you casually Google it. Maybe Grin sells it? You get EM3ev if you Google the MAC. Some people have suggested a better distribution for the MAC, in the US, but nothing yet. Mostly what you get if you just try a search engine approach are the $175 Ebay...

The original Bill, the Chiu Bill, had a distinct difference between the Class I and the Class 2. The throttle e bikes were allowed on paved paths but not on dirt. People reacted badly to that, and the Bill was amended. The way it reads now, and the PFB chart, is a bit goofy. I think the...

Big prop, slow turn, mounted behind cockpit. Pretty decent. At cruise might be very pleasant. Someone needs to get access to the new cells, but it's only a matter of time Several people building giga factory type facilities.

Recumbent bike have been a hard sell. If you use a fairing, the efficiency gain must be enormous. I'm not sure where you put them, especially powerful versions. How well do they work with legal power levels. I see them on the bike paths I ride, though not powered. I would worry a bit on...

http://nsmb.com/specialized-the-e-bike-dilemma/ A rep for Specialized offers a lot of corporate perspective on the emtb. The watt number seems wrong. The dongle discussion is interesting.

Trouble is it's almost $499 when you're done adding a rim. That's mid drive costs. The BBS02 was $449 a few months ago. For $159, they got rear drive 1000W direct drive hubs with rims/tires included on ebay these days. They also have front drive kits for the same price, if you want to snap off...

https://lunacycle.com/double-gear-double-torque-motor/ Luna Cycle announced the other day that they are now selling a two speed hub motor. Back when people were saying mid-drives would be the only drives pretty soon, Prodeco announced a model with a two speed hub. The hub was branded, I...

Well, the whole idea of the AI would be to learn what you want, and nothing more. The assist has to do something. I would use AI to train the assist. How you change gears is optional but I could see super smooth cv, that sort of thing, with a MD. Automatic, but what you want. An advanced...

If people want the most sophisticated ebike I think it will be AI type shifting, nothing manual, super smooth. But mid drive all the way. That's down the road. This Grin motor will be hard to explain. You are can make a nice hub for $200, enough power, not much need to shift. Maybe basic...

Grin seems to have enough of a following to get away with this kind of developmental product. Gee, I have to submit my plans and qualify to buy one. It's an interesting way to market things. The price is quite high. The other side of the coin, in a sense, is the very cheap Bafang hub...

Thanks Tom. I never acquired a BBS motor. A strong hub is pretty much one or two speeds, two gears, and I like that. Right now the mid-drives seem to have faded. I might look at the Smart Motion bikes, which are hubs and the dealer is close enough. People aren't saying you have to have...