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I decided not to go with LFP, and instead decided to buy a Velotric Discover mid-drive. Thanks for all of your suggestions.

The rear rack on my fat tire bike can handle it. Part of my motivation is to avoid the fire hazard (real or imagined) of NMC lithium batteries. I'll ride around with three 1-gallon jugs of water to see how bad 24 pounds is before I buy anything.

Amazon won't ship large lithium batteries to my location. I don't know if this is a New York thing or restrictions by their shipper. I will search the interwebs to see if someone else has this battery and uses a shipper that will accept it. I've also seen similar batteries that have an internal...

Thanks for the input. I mistyped; the new battery is 48V, not 40V and weighs 21 pounds, which my rear rack can easily handle. The old battery is around 8-9 pounds and is on the downtube.

I have a six-year old Rad Rover 4 with a declining battery. I'd like to replace it with a rack-mounted LiFePO4 battery (40V 20Ah) for safety and range reasons. Would I need to change any of the electronics, since the LiFePO4 discharge curve is much flatter compared to the original NMC battery...

I'm new to this forum. I've been riding a 2019 Rad Rover 4 and loving it for over 6k miles. I replaced the original tires at 1500 miles with Vee Zigzags. I highly recommend these- much quieter, longer lasting and a few more mph.