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Congrats, I got one last year and think it was the best bike available for the cost. Given the bum leg, will you have a helper available during assembly, where you'll need to wrangle the 62lb bike (battery off)? I assume you went with the step-thru model for easier mount/dismount. Also, plan...

Data point from a radrover 4, same drivetrain. Pedalling without power (PAS set to zero), my cruise speed was 8 mph and with effort could sustain 12 mph. But, if I'm going to ride without power, what am I doing on a 70lb high rolling resistance high wind resistance bike? My cruise speed on my...

Mommy, why is that guy's bicycle on fire? (I could be wrong, just, danger, Will Robinson)

Nice wall rack system. I like how it lets you swing the bike partly to the side.

Sounds like the motor is somehow activating a regeneration mode while coasting, though the stock hub drive should not have that capability. Or maybe it is shorting out something. Which fuse blows, the 40 amp main output fuse, or the 5 amp fuse (which I think is inline with the charging port)...

From the article, it appears Cowell purchased the bike in the UK from a UK manufacturer, had it delivered in the UK, then of his own accord shipped it to Malibu, California. That makes it a grey market vehicle, at best.

Now we have crowds of dirt bikers popping wheelies up the embarcadero from AT&T park to the presidio, and back, every dry sunday starting around 1pm, like clockwork. If SFPD wanted to do something about it they could.

Bolton's Sabre might be what you're looking for. Throttle, torque sensor (it's a mid drive), 1000-1500w claimed power, good battery: https://boltonebikes.com/collections/ebikes/products/sabre (you didn't mention your budget)

You can't directly, but you can tweak C5 and C14 until you get approximately the numbers you want. I have C5 at 10 and C14 at 2, which with a fully charged battery gives me about 200w on PAS1 and 320w on PAS2. From my notes: c5: max controller output goes from 0 to 10 c14: PAS tuning, 1 is less...

Maybe model it as, first time poster starts a thread, receives N replies, then if a week later they haven't yet posted again on the thread, send them a nudge email?

I would pass on a lock; getting the right lock for your bike is a very intensive tradeoff among cost, weight, risk, and bulk. I usually advise first-time ebike buyers to budget another 8-10% for the cost of the locks. Besides, if you give a lock and the bike is stolen, whose fault is that? If...

Absolutely this. After installing the Bolton upgrade I checked out what speeds I could hit on the flat in still air, and that was the last time. Being fully able to program the lower PAS levels to watt numbers useful for me maximizing range and minimizing battery recharging is where the...

First time posters, who pose a problem-solving question, receive several plausibly useful answers, and never respond with what did or did not work for them. Perhaps they could be encouraged to follow up and give a little back to the community they just dipped from?

Look for a bike kayak trailer. They're quite lightweight for their bulk capacity, and the long arm connecting to the bike is usually adjustable length. Buddy of mine did this for a few months; I can find out the brand if you like.

The advantage is no one tries to steal the 35mm gear. I've seen heartbreaking craisgslist posts along the lines of, keep the gear but please return the storage cards, no questions asked.

Someone on another thread was saying they may have fried the display's USB port by drawing too much current using a USB splitter. If so, I'm disappointed that the display is vulnerable to overdraw.

I believe it is in the battery itself, I don't see how it could do cell pack balancing otherwise. FWIW, after installing an aftermarket controller there were no config parameters oriented to the battery, besides the low voltage shutoff (I use 40v) which kills power to the motor but still leaves...

The stock radpower controller on most of their bikes has a 0.5 amp USB A port underneath the display. Get yourself a small USB battery brick so you can charge that when you're not charging devices directly. And, of course, you can use the bike itself as an emergency light in a power outage. I'd...

Limited range, the bikes route a lot of juice to the subwoofer pipes.

Also, how do you haul the deer home on a bike?