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Welcome, but some of us still roll our own:

Prices also increase in riding season. One might be hit with a double whammy come springtime. Though maybe not, if demand is down.

The derailleur can be at that almost 9 o'clock position, but only in the smallest cog. I'm sure there's better options in the hardcore MTB world. I just run the regular stuff. A hub drive can be your friend in those bent derailleur situations, as can be a chain breaker and a quick link connector.

Whatever battery fits, can deliver the current that the controller will pull, and has the capacity you need, but I'd also factor in weight. I like high discharge batteries. I have a couple of packs built out of LFP A123 cells, cells that deliver 50 amps each. Great batteries, but big and heavy...

Maybe a bicycle or ebike's speed should be limited to some maximum kinetic energy that has been deemed safe. Enforcement would be most entertaining, with both the cyclist and bike on the scale.;)

I remember paying a plumber $450 for 90 minutes of work. I was happy to pay, as pooping in a bucket ain't fun. Would hate to pay for 3 of them!

A right hand half-twist throttle. I'd install a cadence PAS sensor, but what I have won't fit on the crank. Being that the bike is a Cannondale Badboy it is super nimble, and functions surprisingly well with its 350w geared front hub motor. It probably gets 750w full throttle.

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On some ebikes the whole thing is a propriety system. The battery communicates with the controller. Makes things complicated, from what I understand.

I have a bbso2 from Luna with their program, and it is a cadence sensing PAS. It works great, no noticeable lag and never have the ghost pedaling issue. I also have a Grin hubmotor bike with a torque sensor in the free hub. With the torque sensing bike I have to pedal with equal force from each...

I was referencing the Intense 951 MtB in this thread's title.

A motor or two would be a good addition, though it might be difficult to fit a battery into it. ;)

How's everyone doing who lives in SoCal? I haven't seen Jeremy posting recently, and I believe the fire is in his neighborhood. Hope he's alright.

As the battery drains the voltage drops so less power at constant amps, and the amps delivered depends on your controller. There are low voltage cut-outs on the controller and the battery's BMS. It would be nice to know what your controller's low voltage cut-out is set for. You would need to...

I think what Pedal was trying to say is that to stay in business you need to have and sell what people want, within the law, of course. The US has a real hot mess as far as electric bikes are concerned. Things have gone pretty far down the power path, and it will be difficult to re-regulate.

Ain't those 67 year old's a bit too young to be riding those ebikes? Just saying 🤪.

The BBS02 makes a great conversion, but you need to make sure it fits into the bottom bracket first (and figure out where to put the battery.) Outside of a heavy rear wheel, I really like a direct drive hub motor on the rear wheel. I have one that is torque sensing and with regen. It's a Grin...

When I want to pedal I ride a bicycle. When I ride to and from work, I'm not so much into pedaling and use an ebike. Sometimes a throttle seems like a good idea.

I'd like to see an accurate readout of that bike at maximum power. From my experience living in hilly country (and I'm pretty darn fit for 70+), 240 watts would not be enough power -- unless it's an incredibly light ebike. As far as California's law, it's unenforceable. Though I guess it could...

Just read this about the new California ebike restrictions, and thought I'd pass it on: https://electrek.co/2025/01/01/starting-today-california-is-coming-for-your-e-bike-throttles/