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  1. orcasprout

    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    Hello Leffex, Thanks for prompting me to update. Whew, its a LOT! Spring is here, garage is FULL! I was able to obtain liability insurance! It's kinda "soft" (non-admitted and restricted) but after ~1 year of looking it was a welcome expense (ironically). I'm feeling like this can fly. Its the...
  2. orcasprout

    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    Update from me: I feel like the slow season never happened. I'm busy with taxes, marketing, networking, B Corp initiatives, and THEN the garage! Each cheap internet bike that comes in is a nightmare with some unknown. Hours of labor later, it turns out the ground pin on a JST was loose and then...
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    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    Thank you Lan Man and Riding On. My friend, my age (55), has prostate and bone cancer. He's not long for this world either. Lan Man, I'm sorry to hear your news, may your remaining days be filled with joy and gratitude! Thank you for the advice, I'll incorporate it for sure.
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    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    I feel like I never stopped, but I'm a one-man operation. People ask me how business is going and I say, "I'm going as fast as i can, which is very slow, which is all I can handle." (did i say this above already...I must be old) I have a battery builder here in my region and we are partnering...
  5. orcasprout

    Meaning of generic controller wiring labels? Index + review of forum-member bought controllers? and more questions

    Love your vocabulary Mindgames! I use that term daily in my eBike repair business. I wonder if Chat GPT/AI can be employed to do all the documentation "dirty work"...hmmm. I could absolutely use an updated wiring/compatibility sticky/wiki. I imagine if we had a vulcan mind meld with some of...
  6. orcasprout

    An interesting Development, Any research?

    Sounds like you've got your ES certification protocol written. I can see why a UL cert is kinda pricey.
  7. orcasprout

    30M for a "streamlined, circular, and affordable ecosystem". Upway - onto a Series B

    This news is personally and professionally fascinating to me. I often compare value propositions against my desires (wait, you mean they're not the same?!!!) and I'm super interested to observe the ways a, "...streamlined, circular, and affordable ecosystem would propel this market's...
  8. orcasprout

    Ok, I have to beg for help... Or "The reason to not by 3 ebikes at 4 in the afternoon after being up for 36 hours" My Jetson story.

    Love this, it says so much about "merchandise" these days... Could this also be a fully charged battery? (despite the alligators/tape/helping hands connections) Good idea Yup, that's right, "does anyone know a shop in (insert location)". UpWays has access to a large upcoming (hopefully...
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    Ok, I have to beg for help... Or "The reason to not by 3 ebikes at 4 in the afternoon after being up for 36 hours" My Jetson story.

    I heard these snippets, they resonate. Alas, good luck, enjoy!
  10. orcasprout

    Need suggestions

    I love this! I like the black frame/sled skis. I'd not want to run it on a mower deck, I appreciate the call-to-attention about complexity. Its easy to get too far over one's skis! Ha ha! How about 2 rear Grin wheelbarrow motors (with an axle I'd say), 4 scooter tires (in short-neck head...
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    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    This keeps me up at night. I'm in a location that in a lot of ways is the "middle". Lots of people here (>800,000) but built around the automobile. Quaint downtowns with lots of varying and interwoven density/infrastructure. I live on a very busy two lane east-west arterial. There is almost...
  12. orcasprout

    Biggest Problems With DIY e-Anything

    I wonder what "closing the circuit" means for kj34nck5 As a new-ish ebike repair and build guy I see the trees/forest but find the "woods" starts the moment I think I know what I'm doing. I'm super glad to be learning and overcoming. It's a lot of work and requires a bit of, hard-to-muster...
  13. orcasprout

    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    Hi leffex, I'm goin' into winter mode here. Bookkeeping, marketing, inventory, insurance shopping (again), and building. I have a Sur-ron upgrade for a 19 year old kid who spent $2500 on 72V 52Ah battery and ASI BAC4000 (360Amps!). He was doing the conversion with his dad and they got gunshy...
  14. orcasprout

    How to connect to any battery teminals if you don't have the specific connector? Universal Battery Connnection Solution

    I feel like I'm missing something, but as a (very new and humble) eBike shop owner, I think I'd create the patch cable with Andersons. Carry the 30, 45, 50, 75 Amp connectors and crimp the power leads. Use the rubber boots and maybe shrink wrap them. Basically create the dongle on the spot...
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    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    Thank you Utah, I COMPLETELY understand and share your skepticism but I've got no choice but to run this to ground. I'd never forgive myself if I didn't try. I'm always looking for the pivot and value proposition. In my business networking circles I was recently proved wrong about another...
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    I tweaked a mobility scooter

    The "Grin" (pun intended Justin) on your face is priceless! You look like you are feeling 14 again eh? Great job, put that thing in your local Halloween parade! Who says the shriners get all the fun?
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    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    I'm following Amberwolf's new 3D printing life. I'm sure he'll get me obsessed about something that will be useful. Thank you for the encouragement.
  18. orcasprout

    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    Thanks for asking, i come up for air every once in a while and it's a lot to process all at once. Purchaser, mechanic, electrician, salesman, marketing and graphic/web design, efficient transit policy dreamer, etc. Got my good friend who went to Elmira, NY and purchased his dream, a workman...
  19. orcasprout

    Storing a battery outside in winter - what kind of insulation?

    Hello Maximilian, This is a pertinent thread, thanks for starting it. I'm a small eBike repair business working outta my garage. I NEED to address my battery situation pronto. I've got lots of customers batteries coming through. I've considered installing a regular metal shed on the side of my...
  20. orcasprout

    disassembling half-twist throttle

    How does the signal get to the controller with cable-operation. Would you post a link please and thank you. GREAT learning for me, thank you!
  21. orcasprout

    disassembling half-twist throttle

    I made myself little "spudgers" out of a vanilla bottle. The plastic was thick and wedges in over those edges.
  22. orcasprout

    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    No, I'm fine. As stated before the house is paid off and the wife is gracious enough to support my food habit. I do all the cooking, shopping, home repair, lawn mowing, laundry, and such so I'm not a total leach. ha ha I can easily tap into some savings and go larger if I want. The problem is I...
  23. orcasprout

    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    To the best of my knowledge, I'm the only guy IN THE REGION that works on eBikes. I enjoy the work and the learning process. This feels like the right way to go (please tell me otherwise). I'm hoping that this business, properly marketed and administered, will provide me with an income AND an...
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    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    I'm getting better at this. Thank you. I am now starting to add 25% to my top price estimate. I understand I need to be firm but it's hard when the poor guys come around. They are desperate. Are you making sales of 2k/week or 2k/day? Either would be amazing for me.
  25. orcasprout

    My new eBike shop: Structuring, building, and pricing. Reflections and criticisms please.

    Another great question! This answer is a CAN OF WORMS! Personal injury lawyers and medical insurers. The moment I touch someone's eBike/scooter I assume liability for the battery, motor, and frame. Despite a small font disclaimer, and no matter what happens after, the personal injury lawyer...
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