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I agree. I'd suggest measuring your rear hub to be 100% sure what spacing you have. I can confirm if it's 197, both the Christini "FAT" and the stock Bafang "Fat" spiders will put the chainline right in the middle of the cassette with the chainring mounted to the outside. One more...

Yeah, I just wasn't ready to commit to that yet, also with the bike already being built and the inner battery compartment looking like it's glued in (hiding all the wires going where I'd need to drill through) I didn't feel like messing with it yet. Maybe one of these days. When I have time...

I'm so glad you posted that, I didn't realize Ebikes were allowed. I'm definitely going to have to give that trail a try soon. Though I dislike riding in the rain, when things freeze up and the snow flies, that's a different story!

Looks like you're getting a handle on it. It'd be great for everybody to hear it's a pretty easy fix.

Yeah, I hadn't seen that extra 2mm before, I hadn't really thought about it much beyond "aim for the middle!" But it does make some sense in that an angled chain only hangs in the air on the big cogs but can run into the next cog on the little ones. And it does seem to line up with the nominal...

A handy reference for chainlines from Raceface: A nice writeup from Wolftooth: https://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/pages/boost-chainline-and-chainrings Interesting quote from that:

Though before going to that trouble, you might try and see if you can do it without removing the crank. The last time I had my chainring off, I didn't remove the crank--I was able to just wiggle it off (after removing the pedal of course). I have different crank/chainring though so it may or...

I agree with the others, if your chainring is mounted on the inside of the spider, you definitely want to start by putting it on the outside and see where that puts you. Definitely check if your chainline looks the same as Deacon Blues'. Moving the chainring to the outside may reduce or...

When you guys have these chain skipping issues, how much power are you using?

Please do let us know how that all fits when the time comes. I'll probably upgrade to some bigger tires for winter on my E06 eventually (next year?). Looking at the Johnny 5 at this point (slightly narrower and a fair bit shorter than the 2XL) and I'm guesstimating I might get some chainrub in...

Thanks, Mike! I do plan to get a trailer for it eventually, I just haven't gotten that far yet. As it is, I was pretty happy to get all the other modifications done in time for this trip--rack, rifle mount for the rack, headlight, taillight and the hardest thing--the dual battery setup. I was...

From just the last few days: The "easy" side of the range to ride (no sagebrush): The river bottom--posing different challenges: But of course in the pics above, I was not a "fat biker." I was a hunter. Just one of the many uses for this extremely versatile tool. It took a...

Oh, I agree completely about the geometry of many of these entry level bikes. However, this thread was specific to the motors themselves. You don't have to put the motor in such a bike. The geometry on mine is pretty darn good--very stable at ridiculously high speeds over ground so rough it...

Did you change the file extension in its name?

Anybody try this one yet? https://tosabikes.com/en/produkt/pro-throttle/

That's kind of like saying you watched a video of a Corvette and you can't believe how loud and "low quality" the engine sounded. The Ultra isn't as loud as that video makes it sound. It sounded like that guy was lugging it quite a bit as well. There's nothing "low quality" or "broken down"...

While it's always best to avoid it, if it does happen and your bike has a kickstand it's easy to fix. Get off the bike, put down the kickstand. Tilt the bike toward you until the back tire comes off the ground slightly. Use walk mode (or throttle if your bike has one) and click down through...

Here's my current file. You need to change the file extension to .el before you send it to them. The board won't allow a .el file to be attached. PM me your email and I can send you the original if that doesn't work. It's very similar to the Frey smooth, I've been planning to do a writeup on...

I think you're probably right about that on this board. Lots of commuters and road riders here. It's usually skewed quite severely the other way on many other fatbike boards though--some never ride on pavement with theirs. But a lot do both and typically feel their offroad setup works just...

Certainly true to some extent, but not as much as some think as it's often much smaller than differences in rider weight. Last year when I was over 200 lbs, I put more weight on the tires of my 30 lb fatbike than I currently do with my 60 lb E-Fat. Sure, I'll err on the side of maybe 1-2 psi...