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I burned up three legal motors (750 w) last 2 years trying to climb the 12% hills near my summer place. 1300 w and 1000 w geared hubs are no longer for sale in USA. those would do the job without help, but legislatures are terrified of old men carrying groceries up hills at 8 mph. At least we...

So I wore out the Mac12t clutch in July, installed a 750 w generic hub in August, burnt the winding on the second trip. Nobody in USA has a Mac12t 48 v 1000w and 750 w is not good enough for my safer route to summer camp. I had 6 bafang 350 watt motors from Uber jump fleet, burnt one in 2022 on...

I just bought a KT36/48ZWSRM-ff01 controller. 22+-1A max. It has a display connector, 5 pin rectangular. It was not offered with a display. Will it operate without the display? Will it operate without the PAS sensor? Previous controllers except ebikeling had a door switch input that had to be...

Coming home in the rain Sunday 2 phases dropped out, making the geared hub motor cog and useless. Analyzing today, the blue 16 ga phase wire burned in two at a crimped flag terminal connection. Bike has been rained on occasionally for 3 years since I installed the terminal: probably was some...

I bought the last Mac motor in the US. It has a freehub, not a freewheel. I really want the motor on the front, not the back. I see the snap ring holding the freehub on the axle, I removed it. I pried between hub back & motor body using wood chisels, no movement. ???? There are videos about...

Everybody that reads bike forums knows short run carbon fiber frames have a horrible record. Now submersible operator James Cameron reports he told the CEO of Oceangate, the Titanic submersible company, the same thing. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1183975136/james-cameron-titanic-titan-sub...

NBC News on 11/11/22 covered a NYC Public Service Announcement about E-bike & Scooter fires of LIthium Batteries. There were the expected videos of burning apartments, a destroyed bike store, plus one scary video of a bike bursting into flame as a toddler ran away. There were a list of...

I have a 8 speed rear derailleur with SRAM X3 derailleur and SRAM comp twist shifter 8 speed. The takeup is a SRAM X4. It stopped upshifting at 3 (2 mph). If I hit a big bump it will shift, usually just when I am starting uphill. Not being able to up shift down hills has added 1 to 2 hours to...

I installed a bafang 36 v geared hub motor 8/21 on my ebikeling controller. It worked okay but I had 25 watt resistors in phase wires to drop voltage from 48 to 36 and one burnt out 4/5 of way to summer camp. I bought 110 watt resistors and installed them but the ebikeling controller started...

Anybody know the what the error codes mean on SW900 display from 2018? I've got code 07. Unplugging the pas pickup leaves the code at 07. I bought a new pas pickup but I lost it doing the income tax. I followed the programming instructions...

I use double nuts on the geared hub motor to prevent it from walking out of the fork. Never moves. One nut has to be thinned out to fit on the thread. Those of you that have used 8" crescent wrenches know they are too thick to fit the inner nut. I've been carrying a 7/8" combo wrench to...

I have a 36 v bafang geared hub motor bought from batteryclearance warehouse in April per TJ's tip. It has a julie connector, 1 ' long. The only julie extension cord I found on ebay was 24 pounds in the UK with 25 pounds shipping. I don't shop aliexp, I'd have to buy an anonymous one use...

I bought a 94 lb motor for my bushhog, and it was delivered in town. I don't think I dare load it on the cargo shelf of the bodaboda, I may not be able to balance for 30 miles with that much weight that high. I may not be able to lift it that high, either. I'm age 70 & weigh 160. I need a...

It helps prevent your neck from being bitten by a tiger. https://www.wlky.com/article/federal-officials-order-southern-indiana-wildlife-refuge-to-close-after-owner-loses-appeal/32112656 This private zoo is along the road of the 6 mile extension of the route to my summer camp. It is not as...

Greta Thunberg arrived today in NYC by the low-carbon yaucht. I wasn't there. Most of the people there are young. Just because I'm age 69 doesn't mean I am a energy hog. I've used 4 gal gasoline this year in lawnmowers. I took a week's vacation last May , used ~ 50 gallons gas at about 45 mpg...

Shifting the rear derailleur is causing arthritis in my thumb joint. I could only practice half the Rhapsody in Blue the other night before the pain made me stop. I've already changed from thumb trigger shifters, that caused a 10 cm dia x 1 cm cyst over my thumb joint 3 years ago, to twist...

I bought an ebikeling geared 48v 1200 w hub motor plus controller & PAS in August 2017. I only rode it about 20 miles because the battery I bought that year via Amazon and the one from e-bay the next spring were both bad. So October 2018 I bought a $630 battery from luna and a $189 throttle...

Some new person rebuilding a mototec had some confusion about battery amp ratings, with a burnt motor & controller. His thread disappeared from introductions. If he moved his thread somewhere else, here is the answer. First off some precision in names would help. Lead acid batteries rated in...

I've been connecting to ps.eyeota.net for 2.5 hours now. Earlier today they got 2 hours before I gave up. I'd like to see what changi said on introductions, please? Indianajo 5/24 10:35 That thread is still cursed, even though the moderator just posted to it. Now it waits forever for...

Following is the article about a hit & run electric cyclist in the UK. Pedestrian died days later. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-45497026 Bottom line: be respectful to pedestrians or we'll all be regulated to a "safe speed". Maybe 8 mph?