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I recall Zen is hoping to offer 3-5 years on battery. https://electricbikereview.com/forums/threads/zen-october-2021-updates-from-halifax-canada.45635/#post-485312

Ah yes, I think you're correct. I recall folks opting for a fat tire specific variant from FREY (I think one of those variants might have even been rebadged for Backou) vs. the older AM1000.

3a and 3b are defining items considered to be part of a motor vehicle or motorized land conveyance and thus excluded with the motor vehicle. In 3b they append 'of motor vehicles or all other motorized land conveyances" so clearly they are defining a subset of what is already deemed a motor...

Agree with JRA, 14ah won't cut it on the Ultra. You might be able to get away with it on a M600 build. I know you're looking at a CF frame, but have you seen Frey's kit for the AM1000 v6? https://shop.frey.bike/products/am1000-v6-frame-kits I think a FREY customer can get you a slight...

To clarify, did you ask if your homeowners policy provided any coverage for your electric bicycle, or were you asking if you could get a separate insurance policy for liability, property damage, theft, etc.?

To be fair, I think that portion bolded in red is intended to clarfiy / exclude motorized things that are actually part of the motor vehicle, as opposed to personal property in the vehilce. For example, a boom box with cassette motor stolen from a car (covered by homeowners policy) vs. in dash...

Good point. I assumed non-motorized language was in there. The insurer does seem to be conflating "can be exclusively propelled" and "designed to be operated solely by" to support their denial. The latter is in the policy, but not the former (at least not in the portion provided by the OP).

Did the adjuster ever point to the specific exception in the policy? Seems as if they are saying an ebike with pedal assist would be covered, despite having a motor. When terms aren't defined in a policy, courts have held they must be given their ordinary (as opposed to technical) meaning to...

Walk mode can exclusively propel class 1/3. So technically, if anything that allows the motor to exclusively propel an ebike makes it a motorized land conveyance, they could exclude class 1/3 as well (assuming the ebike has walk mode, some do not, but that is the exception to the norm). I...

It appears motorized land conveyance is not defined. I assumed it was a reference to "conveyance" (transport) on "motorized land" but after looking at this judgement it seems to refer to "motorized" vehicles that provide "conveyance" (transport) on "land" (as opposed to water, air, etc.)...

Yup, also coming from a background in the biz, insurance companies do NOT want to deal with state regulator complaints. Give the adjuster one last chance to reconsider, and make it clear you will be filing a complaint if they deny your claim on grounds it is a motorized land conveyance simply...

Issues are communication, transparency, and lack of action plan (and motivation). Those are the ingredients for a shitshow. Feedback speaks for itself, it's been a broken record for a while, call it something more polite if you prefer, but at some point you have to call a spade a spade. I get...

But is it normal for a relatively small company with not much to do (waiting for parts) to not have time to respond? I don't think they are building that many bikes right now.

People seem pretty happy with Frey smooth tune and other variations here, probably worth tesing: https://electricbikereview.com/forums/threads/bafang-ultra-smooth-tune-by-mike-at-frey.42394/

It isn't that hard to drop the motor, just pull 3 bolts. You'll actually be pulling the motor out (remove it with the bike upside down, otherwise will be next to impossible to put it back fighting gravity). Hopefully you can pull out the motor just enough to route the dropper cable while keeping...

Yeah, while one could argue throttle to 20 mph and pedal assist to 28 mph makes it hybrid class 2/3 it's a very gray area. Who knows what modifications the thief made to your class 2 ebike after stealing it. ;)

Yeah, I don't get it, some pretty huge red flags here. I'm still holding out for Helios 2.0 but not sure how much longer.

Also, pretty sure Luna bought out a significant amount of Dengfu's manufacturing capacity. I think that's the other reason why reason Pushkar is looking elsewhere to manufacture Helios and Hydra v2 frames (assuming they ever happen), in addition to the IP issues that arose with Dengfu and the...

For sure Luna restocked the X1 multiple times last year. There's even a July blog post mentioning the galaxy paint X1 in stock with the matte version restocking later in the summer. https://lunacycle.com/blog/new-galaxy-paint-on-the-luna-x1-enduro/

Comparing the stock M600 vs. shorter Luna cranks on my Luna X1 I see they are actually stamped with the length (at the bottom of the crank where it indicates L or R). The stock cranks are stamped I-12 170 and the shorter cranks are stamped J-4 152. See pictures below. Also note how much pedal...