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Happy to! :) I was referring to several batteries yes, but made no size reference. Actually, the bike I did all of my trips on this summer only has batteries in a single size (500 Wh)! So there was no size choice for me. :) One of the downsides of production e-bikes, I suppose, is less...

Hi there, I'm not sure if you realized or not but you added most of your comments (in bold) to my quote. This meant that most of it was not displayed, due to how EBR treats quotes. So I have copied and pasted each of your comments and will reply to each of them individually, so that they're...

0.3C is lower than the recommended charge for long-life? That statement seems wrong, since when is charging too slowly bad? Is that statement grammar-challenged, or am I comprehension-challenged? :)

The two big problems we run into when trying to service mail order bikes are general quality issues, and parts availability not being off-the-shelf. Some brands are going to be better/worse than others of course. But between proprietary parts that aren't readily available at retail, sketchy or...

Ah, fair enough. You guys are hard core. I don't ride when it's below zero. (And by "below zero", I mean below zero celcius, AKA below freezing.) It's very rarely below zero in South-coastal British Columbia during the daytime (relatively rare that it drops below zero overnight for that...

I would bring the bike inside at night. Even if it means bringing it in when the last person goes to bed, and then putting it back outside first thing in the morning when the first person wakes up, and leaving it in the middle of the living room while everyone's asleep and not using that space...

That's actually really good feedback. Since I put the bike on a timer for recharge, if I don't get as much of a recharge as I expect for the amount of time that it's on then that's a sign that it's time to do a full rebalance, so thank you for that. I suspect I'll never get there, though, as I...

The general lack of broken chains you've experienced fits with how rarely we see it in our repair shop. And, wow, your group rides are apparently pretty intense! :D

Does that matter if: - the pack has very good cells, - you're using a brand-name charger, - you're charging very slowly (a 14Ah battery and either a 4A or a 1.8A charger, so a very low "C" rating), - only charging to 70% (so that even imbalanced cells are probably in the 65-75% range after...

I think your advice is great for most people, who probably don't want to get in the weeds when it comes to treating a battery optimally. I recommend most people read what you wrote, and ignore what I'm about to write! :D Full range doesn't matter to me, it's a bike with really good range even...

Thanks!!!

Hey Steve. Would you notice it on a short ride at +3? Meaning if the battery is charged and stored at room temperature, and then you head out on a 30 minute ride at somewhere from 0 to +5C, would that be long enough to see enough of a drop and warrant a cover? How long a ride would be...

Not a true folding bike, but it's an urban compact with the ability to drop and turn the handlebar 90 degrees without tools, so potentially of interest, the Haibike Radius Tour. They don't make it anymore, but it's still possible to find it online if you hunt around. It has a Yamaha mid-drive...

For sure there are mechanical problems that could bring you to an immediate stop with a mid-drive, I don't deny it. I myself have had my chain fall off on a Brose bike, until I figured out where to get an appropriately-sized narrow-wide chainring to solve the problem (thanks in part to a poster...

If you're typically charging to about 70% (and draining to 30-40%), wouldn't it take a very long time before any of the cells became so imbalanced that it started to create a problem? And that's assuming that the BMS on board the battery can't balance the cells on a cell-by-cell basis, which...

I don't want to charge right away as I want to at least wait for the battery to adjust to room temperature, especially this time of year when it's pretty cold out and the battery is significantly colder than the ambient temperature of where it's being charged. By using a timer I don't need to...

I meant a direct message on the forum here (AKA a private message)! :) Click on my name and there should be an option to send me a message through the forums. But I'll pass your email address on to them. I now have it, and I recommend you edit your post to delete your email now, in the...

You're welcome! And it'll be fine. You can get years of use out of an e-bike battery even if you abuse it, let alone if you baby it. There are advantages to using best practices when it comes to charging/storing/etc., but e-bike batteries aren't so expensive that it's worth stressing yourself...

Parts availability doesn't necessarily mean opening up the motor and repairing it. It could be a brand new motor. It could be battery packs, wiring harnesses, screens, etc. I just don't want someone to, for example, damage their screen and now it's a hassle to replace it. I don't think...