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Noob, you're welcome in my neck of the woods any day. ;) Congrats on your upcoming move, we'll be lucky to have you.

Any chance you could take a pic of that? That was definitely one of the attractions for me in getting a Bafang powered bike. The control--if something breaks, buy the parts and fix it. If all else fails, one can buy a complete replacement motor ready to bolt in for less than you'd need for a...

I'd need to have one apart in front of me to be sure, but it looks to me like the rubber seal (actually looks like cork on the OP's but rubber on this replacement below) on the side of the sealed bearing pressed onto the shaft should press into the opening of the cover. If everything fits...

I don't know the details of that frame, but people quite commonly use 190/197 interchangeably and/or incorrectly. In most contexts it doesn't matter because it denotes the same size frame, tire clearance, chainline, etc. Jump down to 170/177 (the older, smaller "fatbike standard") and you are...

I don't have much experience with motorcycles offroad and I have to say, it is a different sensation. It almost seems harder for me to balance the bike when I'm not pedaling for some reason. It does take a bit of getting used to. I often find myself with the seat lowered and my feet on the...

Bikebillies!?! I like that! I may or may not resemble that remark.... ;) I guess that's why it doesn't bother me that my bike looks like something out of Mad Max to some people.... :D

I think Neeko probably knows infinitely more about these motors than I do, so I'd listen to him on stuff like this. They have lots of mud over there.... In the US the Ultra really dominates the market for Hunting Bikes (which doesn't exist in Europe). In general, those users are less likely...

That's not the case. There is no difference in cassette location between 190 (quick release skewer) hubs and 197 (generally through axle hubs). Many hubs can be converted from one configuration to the other--the cassette doesn't move. Yes, Q Factor is a personal thing. I have bad knees and...

It looks to me like that motor had a flaw in one of the seals. If this was common with that motor, we would have heard a lot about it by now as these motors are widely used in nasty conditions.

Yeah, that's a common complaint with the stock Ultra programming--even level 1 is equivalent to "turbo mode" on many other bikes. The tune I'm running (similar to Frey) cuts that in half and makes it more dynamic--in Level 1 you can barely tell the motor is on. ;) Battery would darn near...

I'm glad you have it working better! Enjoy!

With the stock Ultra, you can tone down the throttle with tuning enough to improve it a lot. I find mine highly useful offroad. I would assume the X1 has similar capabilities?

I'm sorry to hear you're still having issues, I think there must be something else going on. It just shouldn't be this hard--it makes me feel guilty being able to cruise at 30+ MPH (pushing fat, knobby tires) without a hint of skip on 11 and even 10 tooth cogs. I know nobody wants to spend...

For the record, I was only partially correct. The EX1 also has a spacer built into the end of the cassette: From here: https://www.bikeradar.com/news/sram-gives-e-mountain-bikes-a-little-something-extra/?image=15&type=gallery&gallery=1&embedded_slideshow=1 That's a pretty significant...

Yeah, if they're these: https://veetireco.com/product/fat-bike-mission-command/ it looks like 20 psi is max recommended which is pretty normal. When setting up tubeless, you only need the initial blast of high pressure air until the tire starts to "sort of" hold air. You can then bring the...

Please, don't inflate fat tires to 40 psi. Expect them all to explode if you do that.

I haven't had the 2XL's so I couldn't say for sure how big they are, just from reading the reviews I get the impression they're pretty darn big. ;-) The lugs are the limiting factor on the J5's for me (at least when on 80mm rims--that might change with wide enough rims). Mine are...

Yes--the FAT, not the Boost. However, for the record I need to revise that statement slightly. While test fitting some really fat tires and spending some more time eyeballing lately, I'd say it's not perfectly in the center--more like 1.5-2mm inboard of center of a 12 speed cassette. This...

That's great. I assume that means he confirmed you have a 197 rear axle? As loamoaf mentioned, you will probably be able to improve things adjusting the B screw with the new cassette. I'm not all that familiar with the Shimano stuff so I can't say how much. But I would guess if you took a...

OK, that might just be how that derailleur ends up with that cassette. With the new cassette you may be able to tighten things up a bit. I still think a pic might be instructive for comparison purposes though for others chasing down this issue. I took a look at mine when I saw your pic (mine...