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Brian, I'm a novice when it comes to ebike use but have had lots of experience on exposed electrical systems. I've seen many examples, in Court's review pics, where the location of a connection and/or the type of connection is questionable when it ultimately comes to hard use, the mix of...

Pete, congrats...and for those of us following your purchase, some periodic updates would be most welcome. Especially WRT any mismatch issues of the eRAD kit with the Giant bike and how well the non-ebike Giant ToughRoad is handling the more demanding ride of an ebike, day in/day out. Your...

@J.R. that's very cool and quite clever. Had no idea...

Greg, I'm new to ebikes but not to mixing low-voltage electricity with Mother Nature, and I would steer clear of the WBW hubs that were showing external blade connectors. It isn't just in coastal areas where corrosion juices can attack the metal-metal contact of exposed terminals. By contrast...

@Mike Bike thanks for the suggestion to google beyond @Crazy Lenny Ebikes business to learn a bit more about Lenny the businessman. It would be like buying an ebike from an institution as much as a bike shop, it seems. For folks like me that are new to ebikes, some history provides...

The SAFO document, which originated the aviation and business articles we're now seeing, offers a lot of detail for those who want to dig into it.

Here is fresh news on shipping lithium batteries by air that reflects the fact that shipping practices, whatever they may be, can be a moving target. So no matter how diligent one's search for a pathway might be today, it could change tomorrow. Of course, when regulators issue severe warnings...

Just realized I didn't see a wheel size, just the 17.5 frame. @roshan, can you fill us in?

Thanks for the coaching, Ravi. I realize it comes from someone who speaks from experience. And your endorsement for a well-engineered factory built bike, given I'm new to ebikes, is probably sound advice. It is easy to forget bikes are systems rather than disparate pieces bolted together, and...

I found the E-bike Family 2-part documentary which @Tora Harris mentioned above to be fascinating. Each of us who haven't yet been to China have our own movie playing in our head about what it's like there. Tora's video clips, knitted together, are part bike factory visits, part countryside...

George: I'm beginning to grasp the 'ebike scene' here a bit and getting a much better perspective on where these bikes (and their components) come from after viewing some of Tora's videos. My goodness, what a spectrum of low-tech to high-tech over there. My favorite scene: One fellow was...

Roshan, thank you for the offer which I do appreciate. I'm making more of a marketing point rather than expecting a video to resolve technical questions. (Obviously, eventual user reviews will be very helpful in that regard and offer comparisons with similar products. But those are unlikely...

Yup, initially very appealing...but as George outlined above, with some important details unknown. And my apologies for beating the dead or dying horse, but this was another product launch I had in mind when making the observation/suggestion over on the CrossCurrent thread that a simple, short...

Good eye, George. But it blows like hell in Livingston, being up in the Bozeman Pass...while Bozeman's 50 miles west and 10 times bigger. But those Crazies are sure gorgeous! Yes, I agree about the value of the bike and had joined the Biktrix MonteCapro mailing list. They're using a Max...

@J.R. excellent summary! I'm trying to sort out whether I build or buy because I will shortly be living in Bozeman MT, where hiking & bike trails abound around town BUT, since Bozeman is in a valley, everywhere outside of town goes 'UP'. Thus, my interest in learning what's reasonable to...

@J.R. thanks for your EM29 comments; very useful. I haven't yet seen you comment on the amount of elevation change where you are riding this bike. I.e. how hilly is it/isn't it? Hearing about that would put your other comments about your bike's performance in a helpful context for me. Many...

@Tora Harris you just did an excellent job of script writing a significant portion of what would have been an impactful video intro for the CC. It could have been 5 mins max, you could have highlighted the overarching product goal, battery, BMS management and performance goals, used the...

@Tora Harris and the group, just an observation or perhaps suggestion, which relates to the CrossCurrent and any of these other product launches from smaller companies: Where is the video? I don't mean something with high production values, but rather something very simple such as Court shoots...

I don't know if it's the "ultimate" source you are looking for, Dale, but here's a build primer with all the chapter contents laid out in detail. Jack

This is one of Court's videos I learned the most from, since Greg ends up mentioning all the wear & tear he's experienced. Notice how many chains he went through in one year, even tho' it was over a 4,000 mile distance. I think of this when I read statements that a shift sensor really isn't...