Recent content by daniele10

I tried a bike with the Shimano Steps at Interbike this year. I liked it a lot. The power flows very smoothly in any gear. It's not high powered but worked well on the hills leading up to the parking at the outdoor demo. This bike had the automatic electric shifting. Here is a review of the bike...

Seems like there is a lot of interest in ebikes right now. Do you think the market is saturated? Would a dual suspension electric mountain bike sell for $2199 if it was rugged enough for XC riding? I thought the Shimano Steps system was very refined when I rode it, I didn't care much for the...

Samsung SDI Unveils E-Bike Battery Pack That Runs 100km with Single Charge at Eurobike 2015 http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150826005361/en/Samsung-SDI-Unveils-E-Bike-Battery

The Phantom X Li has the same tires as the Phantom X2. The difference is in the wheels, the X Li has Triple Wall Deep 25mm rims. The promotional photos ProdecoTech uses don't have enough contrast to show the where the rim ends and the tire begins. I think the deep rims give a more rugged...

Prodecotech looked for a torque sensor for a long time and tried them out before finally offering the BEAMts as an accessory. Here is a link to a ebike forum that discusses there performance along with link (youtube) how they are installed. The BEAMts is used by at least a few electric bicycle...

The battery will come off with when you push in the key and turn it to the open position. When the key is turned in that position a pin lowers allowing the battery to be removed. Medium taps with a closed fist on the front of the battery will slide it out. Once in the past on a 2012 models, I...

FedEx has some new regulations about shipping items with Lithium batteries. I tried to read the requirements but they are hard to understand. From what I can tell is some types and sizes must be packed and labeled by a trained person and shippers must be registered with FedEx and there will...