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  1. Beachcruzer

    Rent me a get-around ebike in DC/Southern Maryland?

    I am going to be in West River Maryland, east of DC/south of Annapolis for a couple of weeks in June. Wondering if anybody on the forum has a basic ebike I could rent during that time. I have a broken ankle and just need something to tool around town . . . basically a two-wheeled mobility...
  2. Beachcruzer

    Craigslist Yescom - Did I score or get screwed?

    Hey everybody, it's been years since I posted here but I've been lurking all along. Finally I have a question for the forum. Last week I saw an add on Craigslist: a zebra-striped DD hub, oldschool CA and 12-fet Lyen controller for $100. I didn't need any of those things, but I'm partial to...
  3. Beachcruzer

    Minimally invasive 9C temp probe surgery

    *Edit* I took John in CR's suggestion to wire a temp probe through the right side axle. Scroll down for the play-by-play. I always wondered how doctors could start a tonsillectomy and end up removing somebody's spleen. Now I think I get it. I opened up my 9C to install a temp probe, and...
  4. Beachcruzer

    Ra-Roh!

    What's that Scoobs? Magic smoke coming from the eBike ride down at the abandoned amusement park? Did Beachcruzer just try to take a premature test ride? Ru-huh. Did he plug in a 24s/100 volt-volt lipo pack without wiring a pre-charge 'cause the parts are still in the mail from Hong Kong...
  5. Beachcruzer

    Slice and dice advice (Cycle Analyst)

    Anybody chop their Cycle Analyst, throttle, Hall-sensor wires lately? It's time to clean up the wiring on both my ebikes. I'm tired of having little zip-tied wire bundles all over my bikes. So, time to slice and dice. All these cables (7 total on 2 bikes) are terminated in JST-SM connectors...
  6. Beachcruzer

    Parallel balance charge 8+ packs with 106B?

    I've been parallel/balance charging up to six 6s/5ah lipo packs using my iCharger 106B for some time now with no problems. I use this 6-into-1 JST balance cable http://epbuddy.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=26_14&products_id=59 and just plug-and-play. IceCube57 turned me on to this...
  7. Beachcruzer

    Making Everything Fit

    I'm to the point in my Specialized Big Hit FSR build where I'm attaching all the bits, and not surprisingly, a lot of them don't fit. Or rather, a lot of them almost fit. I could use some advice on a couple of these issues. 1. Rear tire. This bike was built to accept a 24-inch rear. I'm...
  8. Beachcruzer

    Lipo + Desert Sun * 36 hours = ?

    I'm going on a river trip out in the desert near Vegas next weekend. The way it works is you leave your car at the take out, spend a couple of days floating down the river, then get in your car and go home. It will be sunny with temps in the 90s (30C+). There's some good riding out there and I'd...
  9. Beachcruzer

    Sensorless Sync Issues (was Phase Combinations, Aotema)

    So I'm in the process of upgrading my 'Basket Case' cruiser with a new Lyen 12 fet sensorless. The motor is an Aotema front hub, nominally 750 volts. The stock no-name controller supplies 35 amps. I've been running 12s lipo, just about 50 volts off the charger. That should be about 1750 watts...
  10. Beachcruzer

    Magnets around controller, batts and CA?

    I have a plan to pimp my battery basket, which also houses my controller and soon my CA. The basket will have a false bottom covering the batteries and wiring. I'd like to use small rare-earth magnets to hold the false bottom in place. These will be 4 to 6 inches from the controller, and 1 to 2...
  11. Beachcruzer

    Paralleling different capacity packs

    Okay, I think I know the answer to this one in theory. Wondering if anybody has real-world experience doing this. . . . Say I want to parallel 6s lipo packs of different capacities, 5ah and 8ah to make a 13ah pack. Same number of cells, same C-rate, harness wires and connectors are identical...
  12. Beachcruzer

    Stealth Cruiser

    I took my cruiser down to Trestles beach just before sunset and had an impromptu photo shoot. This is my 'Cheap Rentals' beach cruiser with Aotema hub motor and 15 amp hours of lipo in the 'power basket.' I haven't seen this configuration on ES yet, so I thought I'd share some pictures and...
  13. Beachcruzer

    What happened, and should I worry?

    I do a lot of short trips around town, and most of the time I run with just two bricks of lipo in series (12s1p, giving ~48v/5ah). I've got an aotema hubmotor with the stock controller. The other day I did a little joy-ride, about 4 miles, and then met my wife and daughter at our favorite park...
  14. Beachcruzer

    Newby McNoob: Ready-made Lipo packs vs LifePo4?

    Hi Team. Long-time lurker, first-time poster. I have a stock beach cruiser with the W.E./Aotema front hub kit and 36V, 12 ah SLA batts. I built it last year and I love it. The only thing I want to change is the batteries. I'm looking at LifePo4 vs Lipo. First, the mission: Regular runs of 8...
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