Endless-sphere Timeline.

[Miles]

Great write-up on the crisis, Todd
http://www.ebikehub.com/forum/viewtopic ... 4661#p4658

[Thud]

you win.
I conceed!.....(i just puked a little bit but i'll be fine soon enough)
(add one more post closer to goal!)

[GGoodrum]

thats no way to talk about my alter ego Dogman

look at my next build:


If a chicken & a 1/2 can lay an egg & a 1/2 in a day & a 1/2........

I am going to go for 3k posts just in this thread! (dare me?)

Sounds like a "Safe" bet...

I never let Safe get to me, because I simply stopped reading his posts. I just skipped right over them. I guess I should have read a few, and posted, but I think I'd prefer to keep the extra couple of years that would've cost me.

-- Gary

[dogman]

Like others, I just got to ejoying proving him wrong. Later of course it did get obvious that facts meant nothing to him. He was so into believing the big lies. But I gave it a try, to convince him that money does not equal rightness.

[Miles]

Piercing analysis: http://www.ebikehub.com/forum/viewtopic ... 4662#p4662 [edit: this material has now been deleted...]

[nicobie]

Piercing analysis: http://www.ebikehub.com/forum/viewtopic ... 4662#p4662

The guy really is a dillweed isn't he.

[beast775]

That was a great read .

[docnjoj]

Piercing analysis: http://www.ebikehub.com/forum/viewtopic ... 4662#p4662

The guy really is a dillweed isn't he.

Safe is as crazy as a bedbug. My humble, but professional opinion!
otherDoc

[TPA]

That's like 5 pages of only one dude yammering

[Ypedal]

That's like 5 pages of only one dude yammering

Per day.

[darkshirikens]

LONG LIVE THE FORUM

[chwalker]

I just found this forum, and it rocks! Thanks for letting us in on electric vehicle technology, Endless Sphere!

[veloman]

That's like 5 pages of only one dude yammering

I actually enjoy Safe's posts, and think they offer a good perspective at times. I have't read all his stuff, but what I have read leads me to believe he has more knowledge than most when it comes to ebikes.

[AussieJester]

but what I have read leads me to believe he has more knowledge than most when it comes to ebikes.

While this maybe true, Safe repeatadly prooved he couldnt
accept he was wrong and/OR follow the already very very lax rules of a forum. He was quite skilled with his hands used minimal tools and built some decent e-bikes, e-bikes several eyars ago people mocked, fast forward and we have a small group trying to build e-race bikes....albeit with a tad more power than SiR Safes EBRR 1000watt 'input' or is that 'output' i forget either way, his 1000watt carry-on would be as much fun as a poke in the eye with a stick, i use ~double the power just getting out my driveway LoL...

KiM

[liveforphysics]

The problem with Safe, is that he was dead wrong on 90% of things, but tried to preach it with charts and graphs like it was remotely correct, misleading newbs like crazy.

Years of trying showed he was un-learnable.

We are currently in this phase with darkangel. It will be interesting to see if he is capable of learning.

[veloman]

but what I have read leads me to believe he has more knowledge than most when it comes to ebikes.

While this maybe true, Safe repeatadly prooved he couldnt
accept he was wrong and/OR follow the already very very lax rules of a forum. He was quite skilled with his hands used minimal tools and built some decent e-bikes, e-bikes several eyars ago people mocked, fast forward and we have a small group trying to build e-race bikes....albeit with a tad more power than SiR Safes EBRR 1000watt 'input' or is that 'output' i forget either way, his 1000watt carry-on would be as much fun as a poke in the eye with a stick, i use ~double the power just getting out my driveway LoL...

KiM

I did see he was banned on multiple forums.

I think his limited-power angle is good. It's good because it's important to strive for efficiency in some cases. There is value in not needing 2kw+, and still getting around quickly for a bike. Less cost, weight, smaller motor, again less weight, able to ride a lighter bike, much easier to mount less battery, it retains more of a bike feel, vastly better range. I myself have been upping the power and enjoying it, but I am not going to say "<1000watts" is useless and a waste of time.

[TPA]

Safe constantly mentioned that he was getting 40-50mph out of his 1000W motor.

There is zero chance he is doing those speeds at 1000W.
He was not limiting himself to 1000W.

[liveforphysics]

I think his limited-power angle is good. It's good because it's important to strive for efficiency in some cases. There is value in not needing 2kw+, and still getting around quickly for a bike. Less cost, weight, smaller motor, again less weight, able to ride a lighter bike, much easier to mount less battery, it retains more of a bike feel, vastly better range. I myself have been upping the power and enjoying it, but I am not going to say "<1000watts" is useless and a waste of time.

The reason he was banned has NOTHING to do with wanting sub 1kw bikes. That's a personal choice thing, and more power to him if he wants to preach sub 1kw bikes.

The problem was, he could go to elaborate lengths on a near-daily basis to try to spread incorrect information about how motors worked, controllers worked, aero, gearing, motor winds, etc.

It took a team of guys here working for quite a bit of time everyday just to constantly refute the absurdly wrong things he would post continuously, badly confusing newbs who need correct information more than anyone to have a good start in ebikes.

After YEARS of folks trying to set him straight on basic concepts of how a motor works, how gearing works etc, he STILL was trying to preach 100% wrong BS everywhere on the forum he could everyday.

This is why he was banned. Totally not related to wanting sub 1kw ebikes.

[Ypedal]

dude.. can i quote that reply in the future ? lol... +1 and perfectly worded sir.

[liveforphysics]

dude.. can i quote that reply in the future ? lol... +1 and perfectly worded sir.

My pleasure.

[Joseph C.]

I think his limited-power angle is good. It's good because it's important to strive for efficiency in some cases. There is value in not needing 2kw+, and still getting around quickly for a bike. Less cost, weight, smaller motor, again less weight, able to ride a lighter bike, much easier to mount less battery, it retains more of a bike feel, vastly better range. I myself have been upping the power and enjoying it, but I am not going to say "<1000watts" is useless and a waste of time.

The reason he was banned has NOTHING to do with wanting sub 1kw bikes. That's a personal choice thing, and more power to him if he wants to preach sub 1kw bikes.

The problem was, he could go to elaborate lengths on a near-daily basis to try to spread incorrect information about how motors worked, controllers worked, aero, gearing, motor winds, etc.

It took a team of guys here working for quite a bit of time everyday just to constantly refute the absurdly wrong things he would post continuously, badly confusing newbs who need correct information more than anyone to have a good start in ebikes.

After YEARS of folks trying to set him straight on basic concepts of how a motor works, how gearing works etc, he STILL was trying to preach 100% wrong BS everywhere on the forum he could everyday.

This is why he was banned. Totally not related to wanting sub 1kw ebikes.

Karl's Bullshit Man is required.

[oatnet]

That timeline is a really cool idea, thanks for posting it!

Wow, I didn't realize there were only about 100 members when I joined April '07, I had already been lurking for a few months. I miss those days, everyone was just happy to share the EV grin back then, and didn't care what hardware you used to get it. Except for Randy Draper who hated anything that wasn't chain drive, there should be a footnote in there of when he got booted for being an ass about it. I guess he was just ahead of his time.

Wow, I didn't realize we had over 10,000 members now. Explosive growth!

-JD

[amberwolf]

Although I'd venture at least 10%, maybe twice that, are spammers (whether they've ever posted or not, since some just create a member profile with a link to their spamsite).

[TylerDurden]

Go Dog, Go.

[sk8norcal]

Wow, I didn't realize we had over 10,000 members now. Explosive growth!

-JD

just noticed this thread,
10,000 doesn't seem like a lot....

how many of them actually logged in within the last three month?

anyone? anyone?