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I am putting together my 8Fun on my Trek Pure. Please tell me if you used the included brake replacement handles or kept the OEM and used the inline switch that is an option. If using the optional devices, how and where did you place them accounting for the very long switch cable plugging into...

For your reading pleasure https://www.sheldonbrown.com/tandem.html

Azib makes a very nice tandem which I would think could be converted to an electric recumbent quite easily. they can be prone to tip over at slow speeds so maybe not the best option with your bride as stoker. I will say you might be better off with a trike recumbent and I have even seen side by...

Consider this? http://electricbikereview.com/pedego/trike/

Perhaps a Bionix kit or a Bafang 8Fun mid drive. These are easily added to a a regular bike in various options and I would think a tandem would need a fair amount of torque. However the front rider or captain would have the motor control for braking and shifting. Then there is the chain timing...

I found this after extensive search. For my application it appears I need to make a new cable run with a gap in the outer jacket where the sensor will be fit. http://www.batterybikekit.com

I purchased the optional brake sensors from Paul so I could keep my original V rim brake handles. It would appear they sense the brake cable moving when applying brakes and cut motor power. I am unsure where to put the units, right up against the brake lever or down by the rim brake assembly...

Thanks George. Here is the copy from the link For most people using the PAS system on the BBS02 they have had to get used to just barely pulling in the front brake (enough for the motor to disengage) in order to up shift without putting serious strain on their chain and risking breakage. Paul...

I am looking forward to the arrival of my 8Fun 500 W 48 v mid drive kit. It was ordered from EM3ev. This will be installed on a Trek Pure Sport vintage 2010. I took note and ordered a cockpit mounted electric brake which I had not seen before in my research phase of this adventure. It appears to...

I am in New York heading for Vancouver in a good snow storm and I observe a fair number of electric bikes out and about. Slush and somewhat icy and the riders seem undetered. Most just stand on one pedal and motor on. Must be throttle equiped. Not the first time in NYC but first time seeing so...

Snowing. I went to the garage and looked at my bikes..Sigh. To the gym to spin today. Will listen to Kid Rock's new album.

I post this not knowing if the BB on a Catrike is 68 or 73 mm so this may be moot, but: Any thoughts on a mid mount 8Fun on a Catrike recumbent Villager. Is there too much chain through idlers for it to be efficient? Too much torque? Too much weight out in space at the end of the crank arm...

Louis, a well respected contributor to this forum, is putting together a list of tools he has experience with for removing a BB and installing an 8Fun mid-drive on a Trek Pure. Thank you Lewis. As I would like to do more maintenance on my bikes and recumbent trike, I am looking at either a good...

Louis, I left you a PM on your profile page about your Pure

Greetings to you on this cold February day. You wrote about your Trek Pure which has been converted to a BB electric bike. I have one that I purchased about 3 years ago. I have been looking at new ebikes such as the Avolton but may have the foundation for a good BB Ebike right in my garage. I...

I have to remember it is only January and it is a big nill outside with a wind chill at -10. At 9:45 AM. I would be interested in experiences with a Bionix equipped recumbent. Thanks to you all for your thoughts and I hope to learn more but test rides will need more Spring like conditions. Till...

A very nice reply and my thanks for taking the time. As Mark Twain said "riding a bike is fun, if you survive" or sometching to that effect. I will certainly take your and many others advice and try on as many as I can of each. Everything I have read points to DF bikes equals pain. Knowing that...

Thanks for the Catrike advice Chandlee. It is important to know I can use a DT version. Any experience on hill assist with the Bionix. My trek home consists of a mile of 7-10% grade in one direction or a 2 mile 4-6% in the other to a rail trail. Then mostly flat. My touring will be supported on...

Yes thanks, I found their web site and am planning a trip perhaps next week. I have looked at the Stromer with interest but every piece of advice I get tells me to go only with a mid-drive motor and not a hub motor due to the hills I need to conquer to get home. As an owner I would enjoy...

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Yes you were spot on with my question. I was looking at a trike more for the stability it offers over a 2 wheel recumbent. With regard to being seen in a recumbent, as you would expect there are people on both sides of the issue. Also many would say to try...