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If you so fancy ride it until it dies, or you decide on another ebike. You'll figure out what you want by doing.

All it should be is an issue with the shift cables adjustment. Probably has some stretch. It is kind of a peculiar adjustment, and if it isn't set right you lose some range. No gears in it.

I think putting a motor on that bicycle (especially a mid-drive) ruins the whole concept of the bike. A hub -drive might work, but where would you mount the battery? If you want a deal look for a lightly used older pedal bike. They're out there, hopefully stored dry. Most of them are easy to...

Does the bike turn the motor? The bms (battery management system) in the battery probably tripped, and the charger won't charge because it doesn't see the voltage it wants to and won't start charging. I've had luck with a forced start of the charger, but that's using a Grin Satiator charger. The...

I hear you on the drop bars, but I can still ride on the hoods. I should try riding some of those quality production ebikes too, but I'm into the build your own thing. That really only works with a lot of knowledge (which you have) and a bunch of quality bikes and parts (older good quality bikes...

Is that barbecue in the bushes at the bottom of the garden? 🤓

You need the tool to unscrew the freewheel. It's not expensive, and something you'd want in your bicycle toolbox. They can be really stuck on. One method I have used is to put the tool in a bench mounted vice, then put freewheel on the tool (cluster down of course) and turn the wheel the normal...

The freewheel incorporates the ratcheting part and the sprockets in one unit, the cassette is just the sprockets which fis on the ratcheting freehub on the axle. The only foreseeable problem would be getting the freewheel off the bike wheel.

cassette or freewheel? Either of them should be just a regular bike part.

I have a 52v 750w bbs02 on a Trek 7.2. It will do 35mph, level ground full charge, on the throttle. I do have short steep hills and have no problem, though I do shift to the lower gears. The bbshd is a kilo plus heavier, and at 1000w technically illegal for road use. It does shed heat better...

It would help, but the bottleneck is the motor connector and getting that compatible with what is already on the bike. That might take a bit of soldering.

Grin (ebikes.ca) is in the top tier for hub motors, and it's a Canadian company. Leafbike has many likes with their motors. Or you can search (Bafang) hub motor in wheel.

The bbshd is overkill for what you want the bike to do. The bbs02 is lighter, and has plenty of power.

Just a standard 500w hub motor in a wheel. Easy to source one of those.

Yeah, color is an unimportant criteria in my purchasing of an ebike, but then again I'm buying twenty-year-old bikes and putting motors in them. Quality and condition is what I look for.

Oh, I've used them, and they have worked fine for my non-trail use. But having taken them and other spring Rockshox forks apart I found the better models have twice the bushings (and springs), and appear much more robust.

They sure promise a lot for a sub $2000 ebike: https://wiredebikes.com/ . It's a geared hub motor, and they don't shed heat. You'll burn that motor up in short order at 3200w, and even their claim of 1500w continuous is dubious. If the motor does not have a temp sensor that is monitored the...

40 mph on level ground! How many watts does that motor pull at that speed?

Yeah, you do want front suspension. An ebike has more speed and weight, so it helps when you need to eat a bump. Without suspension your arms and legs are your suspension (will not talk about "fat bikes"). When you get front suspension you will then notice that you don't have rear suspension...

....that is until you smell that smell😥.