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    Best mid drive motor under 500 Dollars?

    A bit of background. I've installed 4 motors over the last few years on mostly recumbent bikes. First was a TSDZ2b on a Greenspeed trike. No OSF, vldc5 display, no throttle. Ran great for a couple of years but then something in the motor went and it developed a vibration under heavy load. I...
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    Need help on adding a throttle to an REI Co-op 1.1 bike

    My step daughter bought one of these REI bikes last year when the went on sale. She really likes the bike except for one thing. She has MS and the bike does not have a throttle, it's a class 1. She needs the throttle to help start off from a stop so I offered to see what I can do with it...
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    A camping recumbent with the new TSDZ8 motor

    I'm looking for a motor for my third ebike build. First two are recumbents and this one will be as well. I have a greenspeed magnum with a tsdz2b and a rans stratus with a bbs02. Both bikes have over 1000 miles on them with about a year and change worth of riding. Have had no trouble with...
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    Converted a long wheelbase recumbent, a Rans Stratus XP with a slightly used Bafang

    A month or so ago, I picked up a pair of Rans LWB recumbents, one was an LE with the smaller front wheel and the other was an XP with two 26" wheels. My plan was to keep one and sell the other. After riding them both a bit, I decided on keeping the XP. I upgraded the road tires to Big Apple...
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    Need some quick help to swap chainring on Tongsheng tsdz2

    Howdy. I've been riding the Greenspeed Magnum a bit and it looked to be topping out at about 12 mph in the highest gear with the default 42 that came with the motor. I looked online and ended up ordering a 48 in the 110 BCD to swap which will give me an extra 2 mph give or take according to...
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    Need some feedback on TSZD2 with OSF vs standard OS

    Howdy Some background first. I've currently got a Greenspeed Magnum which is a tadpole trike with 20" wheels that I would like to electrify. It's not my first electric bike experience, before this I had a Himiway with a hub motor that was fun to ride but didnt provide that much exercise...
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