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Good advice, thanks. I got this bike specifically to get exercise, not just to joyride it like a scooter. It does help me get up hills and go further than I ever would have attempted otherwise. My “next” e bike won’t be a fat bike, though. I want something I can ride while turning off PAS...

Thanks for the advice. I currently rarely use the throttle, and then only for a couple feet to help get moving. If I limit using it that way to first gear only, would that help prevent trouble? Fortunately Luna sells the “bare bones“ BBSHD motor for $500 for a simple swap on a BBS02 bike. I...

I pirchased it directly from the Bafang USA website and it was advertised to fit BBS02. Honest question - bad idea? Should I go with a lower rear cog tooth count instead? Currently I’m almost exclusively using the third gear with the 3 speed SA IGH. I’m thinking that sprocket would let me...

The only real difference on a “hunting e bike” seems to be the low gearing. Mine came with a 34t front sprocket and a 24t rear cog so they could go slower and climb better off road and hauling a trailer. I already changed the front sprocket to 46t and have a 52t front sprocket on order as my...

Yes, they are now way overpriced. That’s why the archery shop where I got mine got out of selling Rambos. His typical clientele couldn’t afford their price increases. He had one leftover 2018 R750 G3 he just wanted out of his shop and I got it for $1200, which to me was reasonable for a mid...

When I bought mine, the archery shop had sold a half dozen bikes with the SA 3 speed fat hub. Five of them had no problems whatsoever. One of them, an “extreme” e biker, blew up his SA 3 speed fat IGH within a couple months. Literally blew a hole through the outer casing.

Excellent article, thanks. It’s long but worth wading through. It also links to this article, which specifically addresses the SA 3 speed fat IGH: https://electricbike-blog.com/2016/01/16/sx-rk3-sturmey-archers-3-speed-igh-for-fatties-its-got-the-power-dum-dum-da-da-dum/

I had heard the SA IGH with a higher number of gears was to be avoided with an e bike build but I thought the 3 speed fat bike version of the SA IGH was somewhat more robust and more reliable for e bike use? Maybe that’s why they went with BBS02 instead of BBSHD in the SA IGH models?

My Rambo has a Sturmey Archer 3 speed rear hub. They use that rear specifically to avoid debris in the field getting caught up in an external derailleur. As it came from them it was geared very low and slow and had no problems riding slow off road.

I have a “hunting e bike”, a Rambo R750 G3. I bought it at an archery shop that was getting out of hunting e bikes and sold me their two year old demo, the last one in their shop, at almost half what they were selling it for new. I made some changes to it to make it better for the road and rail...

I went for a bike ride today with a good friend on the Cumberland Valley Rail Trail starting in Newville PA. We managed to ride 18 miles total, but took it slow for his sake, averaging about 9 miles per hour. My battery stayed on 5 bars, except whenever my friend borrowed my e bike and went at...

Yes, thanks. I’ve already noticed a difference with quicker battery drain with the new parameter settings. I haven’t done enough rides with the new settings to determine how much yet.

After looking into it as a result of this thread, I’m now sold on their WaveCel technology. I think it’s far advanced over MIPS, G6 and other competitors. I’ll be ordering one soon.

So far I just got on the trail at Newville and only rode about 2 miles south and a mile north from the parking area. I might make it to Shippensburg this weekend.

Awesome, thanks J.R.! I prefer the Waze app on my iPhone over Google Maps, so I searched Old Trolly Line Park in the app and it came right up. I’ll definitely check out those other trails as I’ll be in town this weekend and next visiting family and have lots of spare time. I plan to go back...

Hi J.R., I’m in Harrisburg this weekend and I’m heading up to the Lebanon Valley Rail Trail tomorrow mid morning for a trial run. I’ll probably ride 15 miles. Which trailhead parking area is closest to Harrisburg? The various websites list multiple parking areas and I’m not getting an actual...

Dittos. I replaced the stock seat on my e bike with a Serfas EG 8000E Gel Cruiser seat. It made a world of difference on my sitting bones. I couldn't tolerate the stock seat but I really like this one.

The new e bike parameter settings increased my pace about 1.5 mph, so that meant I could increase my distance and still ride the same amount of time. I had been riding 10 miles a day at 11.5-12.5mph for about 50-55 minutes. Today I rode 11.5 miles at 13.4mph in 51 minutes. Nice improvement...

He had a Luna controller box that he plugged into the controller cable. It brought up all the standard parameters the cable and Windows software would have, and he used Luna’s settings for the BBS02. We set the top speed at 40kph. As soon as the rain lets up here I’m going to take it for a ride...

Thanks! I just took the bike to a local guy who builds Bafang driven mid motor e bikes. He has all the cables and software to “jailbreak” my motor controller, and just reprogrammed it for me to increase the top speed from 18 where it had been set by Rambo to 24mph. That’s more than enough for...