Holding your pants and your battery...

CCroft

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I'm sure I'm not the first to use a belt to secure a frame-mounted battery, but thought I would share this one which seems to work well. This is the belt off Amazon. The thing I like about it is that it has just the right amount of elastic "stretch" to be cinched up nice and tight, and the buckle is beefy and holds the webbing in place. I've been on a couple of rides with it off-road/off-trail and it didn't slip one bit. I did cut off that longer 'tail' with just enough to tuck beneath the wiring to keep in place. It's just serving as "backup" right now (and to limit movement a bit I suppose) since the mount has been just fine/secure so far, but nice "insurance" to have...

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I used wide steel zip ties and covered it in lots of duct tape, even though the battery is held in place by the frame design. I charge it on the bike. Theft deterrent feature.
 
That's obviously more secure than this arrangement. Fortunately not many people where I ride (off-road/off-grid) and I doubt even if they found the bike they would think of even stealing the battery...not many ebikes in my neck of the woods.

I'm also working out whether it is better/easier to leave the batt on the bike for charging rather than taking it off. If it stays on, your method is definitely a better one :)

I used wide steel zip ties and covered it in lots of duct tape, even though the battery is held in place by the frame design. I charge it on the bike. Theft deterrent feature.
 
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