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I just replaced my chain with the KMC 11 speed e bike specific chain. We will see what happens. Up until now I have been using Shimano 105 11 speed chains and getting 2,200 miles or so. I have a BBSHD mid drive and 300 lb of me and the bike. I am a power hog often pulling 400-600 watts...

Expensive learning curve but you got there. I started in 2016 and still have that original bike as my e bike. I replaced the BBSHD motor core at around 13,000 miles. I started with a Bike's Direct Titanium Night Train Bullet. A full fatty and built up from there. Expensive learning curve as...

The HD is a good 10% more efficient on power than the 02 and the throttle is fully programable. I am not sure if the newer 02's have a programable throttle but the older models to not. Make sure you get the programing cable with the unit as factory programing sucks for anything but commuting...

I am with Mr. Roberts. I use a bell about 10% of the time. The other 90% has the walkers diving into the bushes to avoid what they think is a park 4-wheeler coming up behind them. Right now, I have the Maxxis Minion FBF and FBR's in 4.8" on the bike. Once in a while I get no acknowledgement...

My e bike does not fit within your parameters, but I can extrapolate and believe it would be reasonably accurate. In touring mode, somewhere around 82 miles from a full charge. That sucks, I need to do better. Need to work on things that extend range besides more batteries.

I see your bug protection is sub freezing temperatures. That will work. Tents are for rednecks, the homeless and kid sleepovers. Sophisticated people carry credit cards and sleep in hotels when they travel by e bike. speaking of girls, my biking buddy likes a tent. She is 2 Kg poodle. With the...

Mr Coffee, that there tarp thingy is a total Fking tent. No way would I sleep in that with a dog, 100k deer ticks per acre and equally as many mosquitos.

Well, I got the tent and put it up. It was fairly easy to put up, but I don't know about a wind. I would stake it out first in a wind. Need to pound the tent pegs they won't just push in but they seem secure. The tent is sideways inside and airy. The tent will keep out all the bugs but the...

Footprint came today and the tent is supposed to show up tomorrow. The weather looks perfect coming up for an overnighter so I will do that. Three possibilities, I can go anywhere from 28 to 55 miles one way. Pictures to follow.

I'm excited. I just ordered a new tent from REI. I am replacing a tent that I got as a gift 44 years ago. Promised myself that I would buy a new tent when I had gotten over putting the f----ing word in front of the word "tent" every time I referred to a tent. This tent is a two-person tent...

You guys are right, for some reason I was thinking it was 4.1 volts per cell at full charge, not 4.2.

I would think that 42 volts is too high. I would say you either have a bad charger and overcharging the battery or you are reading high on your voltmeter.

I very definitely had range anxiety at first and did run out of battery a few times at the worst possible moment. I then went to two batteries and was fine until I solved the saddle issues and then I was back into range anxiety but not as often. I then went to four batteries and still...

I think your numbers illustrate what I was talking about with more Wh/km the longer you ride. I assume the first 3/4 of your ride was on battery one. That included the time you were fresh with energy. By the time you started on battery two, you were fading in energy levels, a bit slower and...

I just shake my head at these mileages. When I first built my bike 6 years ago I was getting around 6 Wh per mile with everything tuned just right. On the same route I now find it hard to stay under 11 Wh per mile. I have a 63 mile route I do about once every two weeks that I use about 1.100...

I tour with a fat bike, and I see very few issues. The biggest issue is mileage. I have 2,540 watt hours of battery on my bike and don't sweat the range very often. I have a 15 amp charger and it charges pretty fast. I take enough breaks to charge up with my system. Furthest one day miles was...

2,540 Wh

I would expect you to get 300 Wh on average from charging all day while traveling. I decided against it even though I could extend my range some with it. It's a pain in the ass, hinders getting anything out of the trailer, is fragile and I will stop anyway for breaks so I can charge. I have...

The base BBSO2 motor is 8.6 pounds and a 360 Whr battery is about 3.2 pounds The rest of the kit is about 1.2 pounds so total would be 35.5 lbs minus what you take off in cranks etc I built a 2016 Specialized Roll up for my wife and it weighs 39 lbs

Titanium BBSHD mid drive fat bike+ 4 batteries+ extra set of wheels+ 15amp charger Bike build plus upgrades $6,300.00 US Maintenance $2,385.00 Less value of bike and parts -$2,200.00 Cost not including labor $6,435.00 or insurance Miles 15,263 Cost per...