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So I took the blueish purplish ebike (aka the Cypress) out on the trail today. My first reaction is I have to pedal harder. I'm kinda confused, the TSDZ2 is a 48V 750W setup. It's supposed to give me 80Nm of torque. It didn't feel like it. Of course, I'm spoiled by the Vado. The Vado is only...

It doesn't come in white sage colour!!!

Interesting idea. Thanks...

So I set it to 2, and it cut my speed in half. So yes, it's the number of magnets. But why would anyone have more than 1 magnet on a bike? Mike...

Okay, the battery is mostly charged up... just a quick test up and down the street... Woohoo, I'm the bionic man, the million dollar man, superman, you pick... I set my power level to 4 and made it up to 20MPH in a hurry! And the torque sensor is awesome! I push a little, the bike goes a lot...

Does anyone know what magnetit means, in this pdf? https://opensourceebikefirmware.bitbucket.io/development_tsdz2/EmbeddedFiles/119-XH-18%20Manual.pdf

Stefan, Are you sure it's not the wine, causing a lack of serotonin? Mike...

so, I have the bluish purplish bike setup with the TSDZ2. It's a cabling nightmare right now, hence no photo just yet. I am waiting for the battery to charge up so I can test it. It comes with a XH-18 display controller, which, if I understand correctly, can be programmed up to 28MPH. Cool...

Hi @JRA The Bafang has a plate with knurls in it, that dug into the bottom bracket and kept it from rotating. The TSDZ2 had a smooth flat plate. Hold on, let me get a pic...

That's a good idea... and I might do that someday, when I get another motor. For now though the plans have changed again. I dropped the TSDZ2 into the Cypress, and the fixing block works so for now, that's what I am going to play with. I might make a fixing block for the downtube on the banana...

Time to start building uo the TSDZ2... Oh dang... the TSDZ2 wants some chainstays to bolt to... this bike does not have the traditional chainstays... 😭 See that bolt hanging there with the little plate? There's nothing to attach it to... Now what??? Mike...

Okay, I got the Bafang motor removed...

Oh sure... aliexpress... I estimate the range at 12 miles. I bought two. Hoping they can do me a round trip of 20 miles... Mike...

Yeah, all of the above are true... It's not a banana bike, it's a banana bike. Don't ask me what the difference is, my daughter named it! Ha! Not this... Could a banana bike 1960's style be converted into an ebike... I'm sure it could. But I didn't ride one of these growing up... Mike...

Just ordered the bottle batteries for my stealthy cruiser... now I'm not sure if it's going to be a cruiser or just a stealthy bike. @PedalUma is so full of good ideas... So here is the battery: The bike, I haven't figured out yet. Too many variables. If I did a cruiser it wouldn't have...

I'm pretty sure I posted this somewhere already... this is my banana bike, with a 750W Bafang. Okay, technically it is just a banana colored bike. It is cadence sensing, and after using other torque sensing bikes, this cadence sensing stuff doesn't work for me. So I have a new TSDZ2 which came...

I found a cute little video yesterday... and I can certainly see lots of benefit to the mid-fat size! If anyone wants to see the video I watched of JohnnyNerdOut, it's here: But so far I've only made it to 2.3". Ha! Mike...

@PedalUma Okay, so I'm a little bit jealous. I bought a Sedona DX in a medium, but it ended up being too big for me. Since Sedona has been discontinued, I went to ebay and found a Cypress DX in a small That one fits. Next I grabbed the 26" wheels off the Sedona DX and put them on the Cypress...

@EMGX That's a real good starting point for me. Thanks...

@JES2020 That's a good comparison. How fast do MTBers go? I supposed if they are going downhill, probably quite fast. Is there a maximum size that a MTBer might consider, for example 2.6 or 3.0? Diminishing returns in the safety factor versus weight, etc... Mike...