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At age 13 I rode my first 64mile bike rally. I could easily ride 25 mph on my 10 speed and did. Yes, if someone pulled in front of me and I t boned them it would not be pretty. People often overlook bikes and pull in front of me. I ride very defensively as I value my life and have 50 years of...

I'm all for it.... and we should also ban all motor cycles, and all cars and busses. Yes kids are killed by school busses ...and ban sugar and alcohol and guns and... you get my drift. You need to set speed limits and enforce them. no kid should be able to pull the blue wire that lets the...

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Having built and ridden many Ebikes I will give you my 2 cents worth. Batteries have and amp flow limit. A single cell in a string has a discharge rating that can range from 8A and some are as high as 35A (Molicel brand) Above that number is really expensive and then we start to get into the...

Thanks Joe, I am going to experiment with the ferrite. You did elude to the purpose of the ferrite so I will test the voltage up and down stream to see how much it changes the voltage. I follow the greater current lower voltage idea. That seems like exactly what I would want. A quick (test...

It's something I read from a manufacturer when responding to complaints about their product . They said excessive travel caused by the lever being pulled when the disc was not in place causes damage to the seals of the piston.

Joe I thought the ferrite was still soldered in place but on closer inspection it was just hanging as well and the wrap looks melted. Looks like it was a direct short. My wife had a battery pack she melted and I thought she put a battery in the pack upside down. Now i think this light was the...

All things considered These throw more light than anything else I've ever used. We have 5 18650 4cell flashlights called "Sky Ray" they are the same unit as shown above (the 13 diode led) but the batteries are inside and not powered by a pack. We have dropped them each 25-50 times and they...

I have a pile of these and we use them. We have 1 or 2 of the big LEDs on all 5 of our E Bikes. They are great for an e bike but you need to look at the discussion Indian Joe and I are having. There are pics of the part that breaks. They did last about 6 months before the vibration broke the...

The packs are 2s3p and I say 8volts, I guess it's 8.4 full charge down to 7v. I will soldier them as there is no reason not to. I shot a few pics and will try to attach them. Thanks for your info. I will try motorcycle lights next. One pic you can see the wire on the (choke? or ferrite...

I know I'm spending more time on this than I should but I like to learn and understand things. Was I correct that the steel doughnut wrapped with copper wire is a choke and it limits current flow not voltage? Does a choke get hot? Next question... If i match the input voltage the light was...

unplug both cadence and throttle then power up. If you surge it's in the controller. next add/ plug in cadence and go for a ride. If it's normal then you know the short is in the throttle.

You can get a low end 29er with disc brakes and make a bike with a kit that will perform awesome. I think disc brakes are a must have after working on my wife's v brakes all the time. She rides her E Bike every day and we have big hills. I converted her Trek Pure to disc brakes by making...

As a family we have 5 E bikes and the only issue other than tires and tubes occurred when my son changed the power level on his control screen and burned up a controller by flowing too many amps. He wanted to go faster. Hydro brakes go bad when the lever is pulled and the disc is not between the...

I like that your new protocol is turn off the bike when your done riding. Off at the control screen, then off at the battery. I have made that mistake before and it was with a twist throttle. I forgot to power down and twisted the throttle putting the bike away. I used to power down in the...

Tyler I forgot to mention I really like disc brakes for all ebikes. I just created a rear disc brake mount for my wife's Trek Pure. It has a crank forward design that She loves and I find very nice as well. The original design brakes were V style and were marginal for an E Bike. I had to...

Tyler, I'm not sure what your finances look like but you might want to build one using an old mountain bike and then get a kit from ebay or E Bikeling (Chicago). E bikeling imports from China and usually has kits in stock, no waiting for a ship sitting in the ocean. Building one from a kit will...

Our family has 4 e bikes (my builds) and I'm building a 5th. We use 6 cell 18650 lithium ion packs to power our lights ( 10 cree xml t6 diodes)(some are 13 diodes) in each light. The lens looks like a flashlight called a SkyRay but are built for bicycle use without the batteries inside the...