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    Ebike spotting in Europe

    This past July we went to Athens, Santorini, Kotor, Messina, Savoca, Amalfi and Barcelona. Anywhere that had some climbing, the bikes were almost all ebikes. These were factory bikes, I didn't notice any conversions. It looked like some had throttles but it's hard to tell. Riders on some...
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    Saw many fat tire ebikes this weekend

    Sand Fest happened in Port Aransas, TX this past weekend. Many sand sculptures are built before the opening on Friday, the event continues through Sunday. We went on Friday and Saturday, Friday has more locals and fewer tourists. We saw a lot of fat tire ebikes on Friday, most looked like...
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    Panniers vs top of the rack bag and backpack.

    For decades I used a top of the rear rack bag and sometimes a backpack. When the ebike came along I put the battery in the rack-top bag. Because of ageing it became harder to get a leg over the rear bag. Also balance when stopped on a climb was a problem, the bike tended to rotate nose upward...
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    5 ebikes, observations from riding them.

    1975 Stirling City Sport 15 rigid steel frame and fork, front direct drive hub, 25 lb front wheel. 36v gel cell battery, then 48v, 13ah 18650 battery atop rear rack. This was a good riding bike, it was much like a Specialized Hard Rock. Handle bar shock was bad, same for seat shock, balance...
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    Your thoughts on frames and riding positions?

    This year I've been on 3 different conversion ebikes for several hundred miles each, here's some observations. First was a no suspension mid 70's bike that was muchly like a late 80's Hardrock Sport. I mounted riser bars with some back reach to get a more upright position and put on a wider C9...
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    Converted cantilever brakes to V brakes.

    It went sort of like a Woody Allen movie. The bike had eBrake levers made for V brakes but had cantilever brakes. A lot of lever force was needed to get only moderate braking. I expected to remove bolts and slide the cantis off the brake studs and slide on the new V brakes. On the Rockshox...
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    Battery Position with rear hub motor

    The bike is a 1997 Mongoose full suspension, the rear hub motor is a MAC. There is no usable front triangle on this bike, and thus no good place to mount a battery in the front triangle. The new battery is too big to mount under the down tube. The new battery is a 14s, 8p, 52v, 20ah, it...
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    Recommend V-Brake set

    For conversion from cantilever to V-brakes. The ebrake levers on my bike are made for V-brakes and require too much lever force when used with my cantilever brakes. Riding is mostly bike path, I seldom go over 20 mph and usually ride in the 12 to 16 mph range. I walk the bike down steep hills...
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    An alternative to torque and rpm pedal assist

    An alternative to torque or rpm pedal assist is to use the cruise control on a Cycle Analyst V3. Throttle along with CA V3 cruise control works very well. The only pedal assists I've liked have been on the Bosch torque sensor mid drive Trek bikes and the Bafang Ultra torque sensor mid drive...
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    Tried Topeak Beam seatpost rack with panniers

    This was the type V rack, it angles down from the seatpost and then horizontally back. It carries the load lower than a straight backward rack. Side frames are available to carry panniers. Topeak makes a really nice quick disconnect bag with panniers to fit on this rack. Got this to carry...
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    Attempt at posting pic of FS with MAC and battery placement experiment

    An older Mongoose with MAC 12T and 52V, 20Ah battery. Now building a battery box to mount the battery over the top tube, since it won't fit under the down tube. Edit to add, 105 miles so far, no problems. Miles per Ah are around 5.55 average.
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    Test riding my "new" FS ebike results so far

    Previous ebike used a direct drive, no Hall sensor, front hub and a 48V, 13.5 shark battery in the rear rack. First host bike was a rigid 3 x 6 speed sort of mtb, second host was a Jamis Hudson 1 x 7 that is sort of like a Townie. Those bikes worked just great but no suspension was too rough...
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    Seriously stealthy ebike

    https://www.goatbikes.com/section811599.html The link is to page explaining how the system works. This is for factory bikes, not conversions. Not a recommendation, just info about something interesting.
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    eZee vs MAC? Your thoughts?

    Both are geared hub motors for the rear wheel. The eZee 26R would be from Grin, the MAC from EM3ev. Prices are about the same, when all things are equal and including shipping. What would your choice be and why? Is there much difference between them? Bike will be a full suspension bike with...
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    DD and gear hub Ah compared on the same ride

    Geared hub is a front Bafang G311 on a 24" Townie. G311 is small and light, it has 11:1 gear reduction, helical cut gears, it's very quiet but provides surprising thrust, especially for its size and weight. Speed is limited to about 15 mph for the G311, by the possibility of throwing magnets...
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    Got fried by Col. Sanders today. eBike vs pedal

    On the bike path I see a lot of riders, mostly see them when they are oncoming and when they pass me going the same direction. There are lots of fast roadies and many fast mountain bike guys, all on pedal only bikes and all faster than I ride. One roadie is an older guy who looks sort of like...
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    Tell me about MAC 3 speed and cruise button

    I'm looking for a rear hub motor, 135 mm spacing, that can give a gentle start and some power for walking beside me on very difficult climbs. Also, sometimes I do some very slow riding, often with a foot or two paddling, following the grandson. Then there is starting on a steep uphill, some...
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    One Wheel not a bike but beauty in motion

    On my bike rides a rider on a One Wheel eBoard sometimes passes, usually going in the opposite direction. The rider is moving along smartly and in excellent and seemingly effortless control. He's traveling faster than the eSkateboards that I see and corners beautifully. A couple days ago I...
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    630 miles on a Jamis Hudson Sport host bike

    The Hudson is a semi flat foot, semi pedal forward bike. It's probably between a normal bike and a Townie. The Townie is probably more pedal forward. It is easy to stand when needed while riding the Hudson. Getting weight over the pedals is not difficult but getting enough toe touch when...
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    Efficiency test Geared vs Direct Drive Hub motors

    Did a test ride, 6.3 miles, same route and speed, same battery, one bike with geared front hub, the other with direct drive front hub, same rider. The geared hub was a front Bafang G311, a small 11:1 reduction gear hub, on a 24" wheel Townie, with a 32 x 14 top gear and a 36v, 10ah battery...
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    eBikeing Moab Practice and Slickrock Loops?

    Anybody ridden these? Tell me about a minimum eBike (cheap) capable of riding these. And, what are they like and how did you like riding them? (I drove Hell's Revenge in a side by side last summer, so I know a little bit about Moab.) Note: I'm old and slow and this is probably a one time...
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    2 leg centerstand type kickstand

    After decades without a kickstand, and finding my wife's KS very useful, I decided to get one. The bike uses a direct drive front hub motor, the front wheel weighs about 25 lb. The battery is on the rear rack. My wife's bike uses the same setup but her front hub motor is much smaller and...
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    Recommend bike to bike communication method

    Back in the day our riding group used FRS radios with VOX earpiece/boom mike. The radios and VOX stuff was Motorola and it worked pretty well. Today my wife and I are riding and need to be able to talk to each other. We have Motorola newer generation FRS radios but no VOX earpiece/boom mike...
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    Change from single to triple on front, BB width?

    Bike is a Jamis Hudson, it has a single chainring on the front, I'd like to install one of my triples on it. This bike needs a new bottom bracket, should I use the present size or use a wider BB? Thanks.
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    Jamis Hudson bolt sizes for rack mounting?

    The Hudson is sort of a pedal forward, foot touch when you stop bike. To me it appears to be between a Townie and a conventional bike design. I bought a used Hudson and am now trying to mount a rack for the battery. M5 .8 bolts don't seem to work, M4 is too small. Anybody know what bolt size...
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