Recent content by PacoMarkE

Thanks for the tip tomjasz!

Hi friends, The three button control on my DPC-14 is acting a bit oddly. To get the UP button to recognize I have to push hard and in a specific location. It's still functional but I wanted to get a replacement and unfortunately Luna is no longer selling them. It seems a waste to replace...

Range and Speed I'm coming up on 3000 miles here and the whole experience has been just awesome. I've got quite a bit of time-on-bike and experimenting behind me and I thought I'd share some more thoughts on the range and speed I’m getting. When I started looking at e-bikes one of the...

Thanks for the follow up with Luna. I think that pack size will fit better in the bike bag they have. Oops, I meant 48x on both accounts. You're right I have a 48 tooth chainring. Throttle is independent of the PAS. I did have to change this from what Luna delivered. I've got a post...

I'm not sure why the throttle would matter vs PAS -- watts into motor can be the same regardless. I read that as an indication that most people run WOT which would be like me running max PAS all the time. Your climb is significant and much steeper than I encounter on any regular basis...

"Insanely helpful" I LOVE it. I learned so much from scouring sites where previous builders had shared their experiences. This blog was a way for me to share back and consolidate information for others. It's always great to hear when someone finds it useful. I picked the battery pack...

Compare Commute Times and Speed Two of my main motivations for building my e-bike were to stay cool on my commute into work and to increase the speed. I work in an office and even with just 5 miles I would get warm on the way in. I've got a big fan in my changing room and a small USB fan I...

Lurkin, thanks for the tip. I hadn't heard about the adapters yet. I'll have to look into it. Thanks!

The Weighting Game I'm just getting around to posting some pictures of how much the components weigh. This is the total of what I removed from the bike. Pedals included in above photo because I replaced them. Axiom Journey rack...

PAS Behavior I wanted to publish some numbers on how my Pedal Assist settings propel the bike with no effort. I went out a few weeks ago and collected some readings. Here was the set up: I used my middle gear, #5, 48x21 gearing, outside tire diameter is 27.5 inches Speed limit settings...

Chainline Before&After I had read a lot about people having trouble with chainline and chain drops. Maybe I was mixing BBSHD and BBS02 threads, or maybe most of the issues were with fat bikes, I guess I'm not sure, but the chainline with my BBS02 on my bike with a 68mm bottom bracket is...

Controller Programming I'm glad I bought the programming cable. I could see early on that wanted to modify the settings from what was delivered. My priorities were to: Control the wattage entering the motor to protect it from burnout. Tweak the power at each PAS level to my liking...

Max PAS torture test Minnesota posted a pretty nice day today and one of the questions I had is…just how fast can I go and how far can my bike take me at that speed? Time for a torture test. Here are a few details: I did this test out in the country on the side of county highways where...

Ride Report After a month or so of commuting here are my observations (other than this bike is freakin' awesome). :) Quiet. The motor is almost silent. I rarely even hear it. Power. I've got it configured to max out at about 750 watts peak (52v*15a) and I find it plenty powerful. At...

My Delivered Luna Controller Programming I finally hooked up my controller to the computer and thought I'd share the delivered settings from Luna. What I found is different than others have posted as recently as October 2016. From reading up a bit I'm going to need to tweak these a bit to...