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I buy disposables on eBay direct from China or Hong Kong. They are held on by an elastic strap, no problem, cost about a buck each.

No, I have no further information, but I am interested. Maybe someone else does?

Looks like rumors of the BBS02's death are premature: https://electricbike-blog.com/2016/07/12/bafang-completely-redesigns-the-bbs02-and-tells-no-one/

"Strange" is too kind of a word George. More something like A****** . Probably fearful of mountain bike trails being shut down. Seems like so many haters are coming from a place of fear in this world.

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No doubt it has the power to go up killer hills, in fact, power to almost level those hills. But you might not like the weight of that hub motor in the rear wheel when you are in the technical stuff.

Cool! That's what makes it a forum! Perhaps "toy" was too strong of a word. Look at the quality systems from Bosch, for example, with pedal assist that give your legs that "Superman" feeling. I guess I would try to say in short: I think pedal assist is what electric bicycles are about; smooth...

You make excellent points Court J. I'm sure you're right that a lot of the problems with the 02's nylon gearing and the controller are due to user error. I believe that you're also correct that many name-brand e-bikes have reliability issues of one sort or another as well, some with numerous...

Eric, you don't mention the drive configuration. A mid drive will climb hills better even if it has less power, due to leveraging the gears.

The newer version HD makes this allegedly unreliable motor a "clearance item".

Nicer on road, not so good off. But we mostly all ride paved anyway!

Pedal-assist only is fine. Throttle is more of a toy.

No worries! Lower assist setting perhaps? It's a learning curve. Have fun!

It sounds like you are on a much better track then when you first posted, and that mid drive will certainly handle hills ... that is the mid drive specialty!

Ravi, I guess you put it well. A good bike for someone fit, or young, to ride. I am older. I rode a couple bikes with the E-rad kit installed (Bafang), one MTB 750w, one cargo bike, 1000w - that's what I think an ebike should feel like! We also rode some Bosch powered bikes today, and even they...

My partner and I rode the Protour and the Dash (among many other models) at the ebike Expo today. I do not have any reviewer skills, but will say that we both felt the Protour exhibited more quality, was more lively, just in a different league than the Dash. Of course, the question is...

We rode this bike at the Expo today, our consensus was that it is a nice bicycle with a rather weak (250w Brose) motor. Totally forgettable compared to some of the other ebikes that were there.

Thanks so very much! This kind of feedback is highly, highly valuable in a field where quality and reliability is all just based on anecdotal evidence. Hey nineteen!!

Second that! Having ridden the so-sweet turbo, the Spec fattie looks delicious to me!

Haibike, several models. Mid-drive for the torque you want.