Recent content by nezhac

It's alive! I've gotten everything assembled onto a cheap used bike. I've been using it for about 2-3 weeks now, for my daily ride to work, which is about 8km one-way. On the flat I hardly use the motor, maybe at the lowest level if I'm really lazy. But as soon as it goes a little uphill then...

So after a long delay of trying to get PayPal to work with leaf bike, and double checking via e-mail they have told me that for their 500W hub motor "This motor is brushless with gears inside". Their web page says "direct drive Brushless Geared", somewhat contradicting itself...

Alright! Thanks for the comparison. Arch linux user and Android rooter here, I'm fine with doing tech stuff as long as I know that in the end it's possible and I'm not setting out on a fool's errand. If it's possible to add the Cycle Analyst to almost any e-bike and therefore do a PAS...

Well, I was going to order the smart pie form Luna today and I got an answer form their sales team (super fast answer btw): "The smart pie is throttle only." In order to comply with the law I need a PAS motor, and ideally i want it to be a DD too, for reliability. I then found this in relation...

Thanks for the info LewTwo! It's not a DD? I looked around a bit more and I couldn't get any info on whether it's a DD or not, anyone care to chip in? Here's a link from the CA web saying the SP5 is gearless...

Thanks for all the feedback! Based on what you've said I'll probably re-adjust to a 500W DD. I'm sure it'll still do faster than 15mph on flat roads if I want to. But if I'm going for that smaller motor it seems LunaCycle becomes more interesting, with the smart pie v5. I'd go for a standard...

Hi Ronnie, Nice pictures, I'm also considering doing a rear hub build, and I coincidentally came across a secondhand Merax bicycle just like yours! Can you give us some info on where you ordered the different parts from? Motor, controller battery etc. Also, how is the build holding up? What...

Hi everyone, I've been trailing through endless sphere and r/ebikes for a while now and have gotten the courage together to go to the ordering part. I've got previous experience riding and maintaining motorbikes as well as bicycles, but nothing electric. Changing tires and wheel bearings...