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The weight of these motors immediately persuaded me that they were direct drive. I also noticed that they were quieter than my Radrunner gears. I weighed the front and rear wheels from my Radmission: 2.8 and 5.7 kg. The 2.9 kg difference sounds like a geared motor. So I opened it. You're right...

My 2020 Radrunner had 20 poles and 5:1 gearing. I believe the Rover and the Mini used the same motor. To program a KT controller, one multiplied the poles by the gearing and said it had 100 poles. Using a motor with 100 poles would have the same effect as gearing a 20-pole motor: 5 times the...

Of 4 e-bikes I've had, only the first had a geared motor. I think the advantage to gears is lightness because you can get torque with fewer poles. Geared or direct drive, if a motor is set up for a back emf of 48 at a little over 28 mph, a 36 volt battery won't let it spin much over 21 mph...

Got it! I got that phone as a phone. How am I supposed to know all those icons and swipes and other stuff? Bluetooth failed again, but email worked this time. Thanks for the tips!

It said I was sending it with bluetooth, then said it failed. I thought I was attaching the file to an email, but when I opened it on the Mac, it had no content. Arggh!

A man wrote me an estimate this afternoon. He said my carbon copy was faint and offered me a picture. He sent it from his phone to mine. I asked if he could email it so I'd have it on my Mac. It didn't arrive. I guess he got my email address wrong. How can I email an Android text attachment?

The Aventon 48 volt battery is 678 watt hours, while the 36 volt battery is 720 watt hours. It looks like the 36-volt battery would cost a little more. I was thinking of back emf. A PM motor is a generator. The faster it turns, the more voltage it produces against the battery. If you hooked it...

Aventon seems to be going to 36 volts. There must be advantages. Maybe it could prevent users from getting far more than legal power with an aftermarket controller. Maybe a 36 volt battery is easier for a controller to keep equalized. Anyone know why Aventon is reducing voltage?

Ten years ago I bought this assortment of 419 universal o-rings in 32 metric sizes. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KC3CUJE They have seldom worked. They may be metric, but they aren't ISO. Anyway, 32 sizes isn't nearly enough. So I went here. Jackpot...

Poor balance is associated with being old, but it has causes. As I dismounted my 550-pound bike, I fell over backward with it on top of me. I was 23. It was 10 PM. I’d been riding almost continuously since 5 AM on back roads across five states. The bike had done my balancing. Now, as I...

I did a browser search for "freehub dust seal." Then I selected "images." Lots of items. If one looked right, I'd check the diameters.

Google tipped him off. The problem is not Google but the Administrative Subpoena. And T**mp. The victim couldn't even find out who had issued the subpoena. https://newrepublic.com/post/206088/homeland-security-67-year-old-us-citizen-criticized-email America will soon be great again!!!!! :)

The mass of the tip is important. I have a temperature-controlled pencil iron of just a few watts. It came with assorted tips. With the right tip and temp, it's good on 14 gauge. For bigger stuff, I use a much bigger tip that attaches to a propane torch. In 7th grade we learned to make boxes...

The people calling themselves Canadians are imposters. The real Canadians had disappeared by 1543. In 1534, Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence to Stadacona and asked what the place was. They said kanata, which meant “town.” It was part of a federation living on 90,000 square miles along the St...

Thanks for the tip. I wear a special bike helmet for for protection from e-bike EMF. I'll have to start wearing it indoors. ;)

Maybe it's your wicks. As the wax burns, the free wick gets longer. The flame gets bigger, burning wax faster and melting it even faster. You can control flame size by snipping the wick as it gets too long. I wonder if some candles have wicks whose tips burn away to regulate length.

My Radrunner ( 20 x 3.3” semi knobby) was a big disappointment on snow and ice. It wanted to float on a loose surface. It wouldn’t even steer until I reduced pressure from the mandated 30 psi to 10. At that point, rolling resistance was horrific. This is my third winter with my Abound (20 x...

As I say, I've had 3 bikes with hub motors and mechanical brakes. Two had direct-drive motors, with larger diameters than my 750 W geared motor. On each, the adjustor was a straight shot for a 6" driver shaft. I wonder if the problem comes from e-bike manufacturers using disk calipers...

What bike manufacturers make brake adjusters inaccessible? I've had 3 hub-drive bikes with Tektro mechanical brakes. I usually took the proper hex bit from my 3/8" drive set, snapped it on a 6" extension, went to the other side of the bike, and stuck it between the spokes. Straight shot.

The proposal is to ban them in a certain park. A man who uses one for transportation says the problem is juvenile operators. I've owned and depended on a Radrunner, which I guess would be called a fatbike. It was transportation. With an aftermarket controller, I could get up to 24 mph, which I...