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Here's the front wheel fresh from the builder. I ordered a spare rim too, now to find someone to rebuild the rear hub motor into the Blunt 35. Rim Velocity Blunt 35 made in USA, spokes Sapim Strong made in Belgium, hub Hope Pro 4 15mm made in UK, with sealed cartridge bearings made by INA in...

The Nitro limit of 45km/h is 27mph, so I suppose they could just be selling Evos with Nitro electrics now, but that would make them Speed pedelecs. Previously the 350W motors probably just couldnt go faster than 25mph with hard pedaling due to wind resistance. The Euro Nitros will only go...

BH were wise to launch the US Evos with the Euro Nitro specs (500W 48V), but with a 20mph limit. I've coveted the US spec bikes for a year now, and even though you get less variety in models, their speed, power and price is enviable compared to the Euro originals, which have to conform to much...

I got a couple random shutdowns for the first time in a year's riding a few weeks ago. I did some random shutdown diagnostics of my own, but the actual cause remained a mystery. Never had my Evo 29er shut down on me before, never got any error codes. Best guess is the battery chemistry was...

Always plug the charger into the battery first, then to the wall outlet. When done charging, unplug the charger from the battery first, then the wall. Don't know why you'd get sparks from the cradle prongs though, they're too far apart for low voltages to arc over.

Update on rims: I've decided to go with the Velocity Blunt 35, which has a 29mm internal diameter compared to the 16mm for the OEM Alex DM18. The blunt 35 is one of the few 29er 622 / 700c rims available at over 25mm and in a 36 hole config. Earlier I already bought one new Shimano M758 15mm...

I haven't had any spokes break on my Evo, but both wheels were out of true when I got the bike brand new, and the rear wheel still is a little, even after two different shops took a crack at truing it. I'm in the process of getting wider rims, since the OEM Alex DM18 is way too narrow for the...

Well, an iPhone 5S battery is 6Wh, an iPhone 6S is 6,5Wh and 10Wh for the Plus model, and your higher end e-bike battery is typically 400-500Wh depending on the model. The 6S 6,5Wh battery claims to last about 8 hours of average use, so lets halve that for your use, which means 4 hours on 6,5Wh...

I already commented on that video. :D The arm wont get lost or misaligned when the bolt that holds it on has been properly tightened, and you never remove it to begin with. I suppose, depending on the tolerances in milling of individual parts and the alignment of the bolt hole, the arm might be...

Thanks. I checked out the new manuals, and the spanglish is still a tad difficult to follow. But I really dislike the way they tell people to remove the "safety clamp" aka torque arm when removing the rear wheel. There is NO NEED to do this, and this also messes with the brake caliper bracket...

Thanks guys! Updated top post with more results.

So here are some FLIR One infrared imaging photos of my EVO 29er 2015. Maybe this will be of interest to some people, as there have been some questions about the usefulness of neoprene or custom battery covers/jackets. UPDATED with official BH Easy Motion neoprene Winter Cover measurements...

BH use a half-grip throttle which would seriously compromise your grip on a full sus bike like the Jumper. They could have a thumb throttle in its place, but oh well.

The older Euro displays (with battery bars) have no kph/mph feature, but have a walking assist feature.

You need to find roughly the right wheel size that matches the GPS at full speed (full assist is easiest for this). Then fine tune it in either direction by using the measuring tool in google maps (desktop) to mark a safe path you can follow, at a set length like 5 mi, ride that path back and...

I just discovered this winter cover offering from Fahrer, should fit Evos too, since the downtube circumference is about 31cm. http://www.fahrer-berlin.de/e-bike/fahrer-akku-cover/akku-cover-tube.html?___store=english

That would require some custom DC 36V to 5V stepdown converter, and drilling the bike frame to accommodate a USB plug of some sort on the frame, or dangling a lead out of one of the available cable routing holes near the head tube.

On. This might be a feature that has been removed? Court explains how the walking assist works towards the end of this video.

Having been unable to get the official winter cover from anywhere in Europe, I crafted my own out of 13mm thick Armacell, duct tape, stitching and an old zipper. Seems to work great, and surely insulates better than the official 3mm neoprene, if being a tad uglier.

Not that we know of. It is a feature I would like to have, and many other manufacturers already offer. Especially when riding new forest trails, I'd like to have my phone in a holder and plugged in for GPS mapping.