Endless Sphere

Thanks for the excellent write-up. Happy things worked out so well. I'm beginning to see the light about more upright seating too, even for off road.

I've been using a BBS02 for about three years @ 52V off road (so, sometimes at fairly high stress when ascending steep trails) with no apparent "damage". The only problem is the display doesn't reflect the pack voltage accurately. This may be resolved with the new"mini" display when it's mounted.

3+" recorded in my burg; more than some years. No off road riding for a couple of days.

Drizzles all night down here in socal; could be a decent year.

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Nov 30 2018 3:06pm

2old wrote: ↑

Nov 30 2018 1:37pm

How about flooding and hillside damage in norcal?

Yes, there was some flooding due to excessive runoff up north but it wasn't too bad. For sure the fire is out now.

Thanks and good riddance to the fire, finally.

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Nov 30 2018 11:12am

Got about 1.7" here. Thunder, lightning and a power failure to go with it. Those bike batteries and inverter come in handy.
No tornadoes, but even thunder is pretty rare around here.

How about flooding and hillside damage in norcal?

Can't your motor be repaired? FWIW, I've heard that all the OEM systems are proprietary, and haven't seen a situation in which another company makes a motor that will fit an OEM frame.

Dan, I saw a picture of an ebike burning on a local beach in Orange County, CA. Supposedly the bike had been purchased locally (wasn't from a well-known company) and was parked on the sand. Shop owner said he was going to China immediately to ascertain the origin of the problem (Yeah, sure!).

I've got two Luna batteries (52V, 10 ah and a mini, three and two years old, respectively), and store outside, but usually charge in the house. I've never heard of a Luna fire; with all the negativity about them on ES, one would imagine a really thorough report if/when one occurs.

Rained steadily, but not a massive downpour, from 11:00 PM or so and continuing this AM in the"OC". Finally! No off-road riding for at least a couple of days (good excuse to let my pinched nerve settle down).

My 48V, 1000w handles 52V with no difficulty, and it's been reported most (if not all) are good to 63V.

Late in the day, but xcceries has 48V, 1000w kits for $157 on ebay.

FWIW, I thought the 2017 ST1X ($5,000, which has been discounted to $3,000) was a dynamite commuter if you're satisfied with 30 mph, which was adequate for me. I don't now if they've made any substantial changes for 2018, but doubt it.

I've used a "hook-type" wrench with the same thickness for 10 or so applications and it functions fine. Did you cut weakening holes into it before using it? :mrgreen: Didn't need to :); BTW, the "shaft" is only 3/4" wide on mine. Also, it cost $35, twice as much as the Luna (purchased before Luna's...

I've been using the "mini", mostly judiciously, for both BBS02 off road and 1000w DD road applications, and it's very functional. Range is easily what is stated above and it hasn't exhibited any loss of capacity (subjectively) in a year. I like it since it fits in a seat bag (with foam protection fo...

It was used for ten installations and appears like it should be used prudently, which it wasn't, obviously. Stainless steel is adequate in the application if it's utilized in a manner where only shear force is applied to it. I've used a "hook-type" wrench with the same thickness for 10 or so applica...

You could, but then have no back-up system if the motor has a problem. I reside in CA and have received some second looks from the police, but just keep pedaling and haven't been stopped (the bike has a top speed of 33+ mph and throttle which are out of the "Class 1, 2 or 3 ranges for "ebikes" here).

Don't put a front motor on a suspension fork unless its from Grin (ebikesca, all axle). A simple direct drive rear system (YESCOM or equivalent) would be adequate (with at least one torque arm since the frame is aluminum). Since you'll be traveling much faster I would get the front end problem sorte...

The ramifications of a fork failure could be severe, and I would consider only a steel fork for my wife. As stated above, there aren't any decent suspension forks with steel front lowers. This limits your choice to a suspension-corrected rigid steel fork (apparently with "V" brake `posts). You might...

Some of the Fox (possibly Rock Shox) ones are 34, 36 mm and not too pricey if you get them on sale from Chain Reaction Cycles in the UK.

Don't know whether the XT-60's come with "spark arresting", but the XT-90's do; that's what I use and it's been successful on several conversions.

Luna was selling their banana bike as a platform only - no motor about a year ago; have you checked with them to see if they plan to restock?

I think this was mentioned here already, but try www.bx-legacy.com.

As noted above, the BBS02 operates with 52V; I've been running mine that way for three years. Why don't you either try to sell the "01" and purchase an "02" or trade the "01" in on an "02"?

Send your information to Paul. I'm sure he'll respond promptly as long as it's not their weekend when the message arrives.