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Horses for courses. I wanted a lightweight, fast-ish, cargo bike under $3000. My Omnium Cargo with a mac10T front wheel has been brilliant. I have taken at most about 70-80lbs of load, which puts the weight of me, bike (plus bike tools and two locks) and cargo at just over 320lbs. I can get...

In the spirit of sharing knowledge like that which I have benefitted from here, I’d like to share my story of my cargo bike with electric assist. I appreciate the advice people have offered here as well as all the stories, opinions and anecdotes that have helped shape my own purchases for this...

I'm not using any torque sensing or PAS, just throttle, but I do want cruise control or some way to have pre-sets for the motor. I'm looking at either the CA3 since apparently you can program the throttle to set cruise control after a second or so, or the CA2 with a 3 speed switch (how that gets...

Hey harryS, thanks for that. I don't think I'm as clear in my writing as I think I am! I think what I'm trying to say is that I was going to set the CC as a fixed input, a set amount of wattage when activated, and then if I hit a hill, or want to go faster I just pedal harder. I was using...

Math not being one of my natural talents, I’m struggling a bit with estimating some operating parameters of a build (a lightweight cargo bike with front hub motor, no pas - throttle only with rider effort), in this case the battery voltage, controller amps, and how to set things like cruise...

The creaking issues in bottom brackets I've had over the years I solved in a few ways. Sometimes the BB was not fully threaded into the frame. It didn't take much, but if the drive side is not torqued in tight, or if the non-drive side cup is not in tight enough then the side load you put on...

Has anyone have any experiences they could share about how well Mac geared front hub motors fit into forks? They have been described as have very tight clearances for disc brake calipers, especially hydro ones. I've dealt with rotor spacers and moving calipers to suit before, and I think I could...

Is there anyone who has tried mounting a BBSH by using a BSB-1 stabilizing bar instead of the y-shaped, toothed fixing plate? Or at least has successfully installed the motor - torquing it down and not having it rotate under load - without needing to have the toothed part of the fixing plate...

After using the extremely fun simulator over at ebikes.ca I discovered the 20” front wheel of the bike I have in mind performs better with the mac motors. I did up the weight parameters of the bike (forgot to add the battery and motor, duh) and ended up doing simulations with the loaded bike...

I like your particular setup - throttle only(?) on a front hub - the idea of “cycling over the motor” is kind of what I had in mind. Would you share with me any tips for your riding style? I’m assuming throttles are spring loaded and so would have to be held open. I also have some uncertainty...

This is very helpful. I'm familiar with resolving chainline issues so that's not so bad, but good to know in advance. The Omniums have 68mm BBs and 135mm rear ends so nothing out of the ordinary there. But I appreciate the "real world" experience regarding what a mid drive unit will do to a bike...

I have seen the video of him hauling his daughter and camping equipment. The other I've not seen before, so thank you. It's a useful companion piece. It was after seeing him use a front hub motor (with a heavy load), and someone else posting on this forum doing the same but for their road bike...

I had considered that option, desired it even!, but they'll be around $5300 plus shipping which is a little over my budget. I already own many of the bike parts I need for this project, and was planning on buying just a frame set and front wheel. I can build the bike up - including whichever...

Hi, I’ve been lurking a while for research purposes but decided I should ask some questions. I have a plan to build up a (relatively) lightweight cargo bike - an Omnium Cargo if anyone is interested - with some kind of assist. The bike would be around 25lbs, I’m 160lbs, and I would carry up to...