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    Stromer ST2 Suspension Shocks

    Aha- That makes sense, wish I would have known that before ordering the fox, luckily I got a good deal on it.... What's the uber light fork you're considering?
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    Stromer ST2 Suspension Shocks

    You're right, the fox I have is a rhythm 32, 27.5er, but the axle to crown is 487.7mm (which is about what I measure). The measurement I find from the Epixon online 26" is 510mm...what does yours measure? The one you got didn't change the handling? I'm wondering if the 510mm spec I find for...
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    Stromer ST2 Suspension Shocks

    I just put a 100mm Fox on my ST1-T and was a bit surprised from reading these threads about how much more slack the geometry is, although I should have known as the axle to crown length is about 3 inches longer... I don't hate the more slack ride, and frankly, I thought the steering was a...
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    Broke Spokes

    Unfortunately I don't remember the exact length. I was looking in my emails, but I deleted a bunch of older ones to clean up space in there recently. I just took one out and measured it from the elbow I believe. I think you will want to replace all the spokes here so they can be tensioned...
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    Avid BB7s on Radwagon

    I put BB7's on the rear, will eventually replace the front too when I wear out all the pads I got for the tektros. I rebuild my rear wheel with a q128c geared hub motor (and the front with a q100h) for 2wd, and changed the drivetrain to a 1x10 with a shimano Zee+ (the clutch ROCKS), and the...
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    Anyone put a bigger chainring on their Rover?

    For me I put a 54t chainring, and a 11-28 freewheel 0n my radwagon, but it also has another throttle only hubmotor on the front. With this setup 11t cog is only a comfortable cadence going down hills. With the stock controller 'pulling the plug' at 25mph the 54 would be too big I think for an...
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    Anyone put a bigger chainring on their Rover?

    Yeah, at least on the wagon the chainring was riveted to the stock crankset so you can't replace only the stock ring. I haven't seen the rover up close though to know if that's how it is.
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    Anyone put a bigger chainring on their Rover?

    I replaced both the freewheel and the crankset and chainring on my radwagon- One thing on those DNP freewheels is you I would DEFINITELY put some lock tight on the lock nut (lockring) and screw it in firm but not so tight to strip it. It's a weak point of the design IMO and I had one fall...
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    New Reflexes...

    Depending on your use you may find a throttle more important that you would have initially thought. The downside to lower watt, torque sensing systems IME is that the gear spacing ends up being kinda weird. There isn't enough power to prevent you from having to downshift for a stop, but there...
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    New Reflexes...

    You can replace the controller and LCD, the PAS brake cutoffs and throttles are compatible among ebikes. The cycle analyst 3 is the most programmable from what I understand- but even the bms battery LCD-6 and s12sh would provide more options, no top speed cut off and what they call "torque...
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    Radwagon bent fork during shipping.

    Sounds like the new fork has a crown race installed on it- that's not in those directions at least. You don't have to remove the handlebars from the stem, but you will remove the stem and handlebars (and spacers) from the fork.
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    Best Day!

    Yeah I don't know about Seattle but I would guess it's the same as Denver in that a lot of bike shops are pretty snobbish about ebikes. One guy referred me to the moped shop down the street! I decided to buy a cheap truing stand on ebay and give it a shot myself. Building the wheel is...
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    Best Day!

    There is no need for 12ga, even the nutz over at endless sphere are running butted 14ga spokes- One member there has a bike that completes the standing 1/4mile in 11.5 secs @ 110mph and he is one of the main advocates for not going to the bigger spokes unless you are going to moped rims and...
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    Best Day!

    IMO it's well worth it to replace the spokes all together. The stock ones are crap. You can get Sapim Strong spokes from thor for less than $50 a wheel. They are stronger, lighter and more forgiving to less than perfect tensioning- http://www.thorusa.com/accessories/product10.htm Only .80c...
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    Radwagon bent fork during shipping.

    I put a suspension fork on my wagon, you don't have to disconnect everything. Just take the top cap off, take the stem and bars off and flip the handlebars over onto the seat or off to the side. Then you can tap the front fork out and replace. Did rad tell you if the new fork will have a...
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    Radwagon or rad city?

    Wow that thing is cool. What size chainring would you use with it? The stock 28-45 would be too low for me, with the 2wd I pretty much live at 48-11. But the larger chainrings are really interesting, with the 36 you get an equivalent of 58 in the high gear, that's a monster. I was thinking...
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    Radwagon or rad city?

    +1. I think the Big Ben plus are probably the perfect tube tire for the wagon. I haven't wanted to mess with tubeless, but in that department hookworms or holy rollers could also be good, I guess some people do have luck getting the stock Kenda's setup tubeless. To me the 2 mods a RW needs...
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    Radwagon or rad city?

    Sure- Here is what it looks like right now. The q100h is a tiny little motor, but it's a powerhouse- I can actually put a full 900w into it. That said it won't overheat because it has help from the rear. I'll probably ride it as is for a year, but I want to pay attention to what the rear...
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    Radwagon or rad city?

    FWIW I put a suspension seatpost, and a SID SL 63mm travel front suspension fork on my radwagon. Not too pricey on ebay and much smoother ride (Denver streets are notoriously bad). The stock fork has a longer than average axle to crown length, I thought the SID would cause an increased head...
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    Rad city.

    I don't know about the fit for motor on the Rover, but on the Radwagon (which looks to have the same motor as the Radcity) it's very easy to swap in a 11-28 DNP freewheel. On my wagon this is a no-brainer mod IMO. Not only is it geared higher, but the PAS modes make better sense with with...
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