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Oh, sorry about that

Perhaps it is inaccurate to characterize “learning new things and sharing ideas” as wasting time.

Parts hadn’t arrived yet

“Us morons?”

Noted. I won’t change anything till after a few hundred miles. Parts arrived this a.m. woo hoo!

Good morning everyone Thanks again. I appreciate the information. It’s fun learning about a whole new thing, albeit my eagerness to get going often has me changing tracks along the way, but that too can be fun. I’ll update along the way. Still waiting for a couple extensions, may be here...

Lived Salem Oregón for 17 years. Now there it’s a different story

Well, Gionnirocket you make good points. Course here in Tucson there’s a pretty big risk of things getting wet 🥸

Reflecting on my question I think the fundamental issue is reliability. Can’t afford Bosch, but if for a relatively minor extra cost I could swap out say a controller whilst waiting on an ordered one then .. . . Really pretty embarrassing worry in a bigger context—talk about a “first world” issue

Thanks for the thoughtful responses. I’ll put a gear sensor on a list and shrink wrap the connections.

Reading here & just beginning with ebikes I came across a thread where the OP recommended buying a spare set of parts including everything except the battery. Rationale: questionable availability at times & in the future. That and history of failures of controllers & other miscellaneous parts...

Thanks. Me too. BTW alphabent shipped it unassembled

New to electric, not to bikes or trikes. Started trikes in 2018 w/a HP V Gekko 26, 2017 model before they made 2 versions. Have a bit over 1000 miles. Like it just fine , but tired of the limitations in range & speed. Couldn’t afford it, but found a good deal from alphabent in Chico. They...