Philaphlous
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- Mar 28, 2017
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Pretty much as the title says...
I think I may just need to accept the fact that a bike is a bike and it'll always have some disadvantage... Right now I'm loving my computer except for 2 things. 1) I wish I had more umph... My controller is shunted for around 29amps which gets me about 1500w to the wheel...im wishing for 2k+ because most of my commute is constant stop and go via stop signs and traffic lights...I'd like to accelerate faster than cars...
2) I wish I had a full suspension bike. Don't get me wrong I switched to a cheapo zoom suspension fork in the front and I'm loving it! It seems to be getting softer as I continue to ride so that's great!!! But man...some bumps are just too much for the hardtail and I've got a crap suspension seatpost that doesn't so much...
As I've been commuting for the past month to and from work now Ive realized how freaking awesome it is having an ebike. In Washington DC there's tons of bikers...having the ability to zoom around is amazing and stick with cars is great! I did have my first experience where I basically had to do a stoppie because the person in front of me turned into the bike lane to park...I bangged on her trunk and she was pissed. I let her know I was there and she was like...I didn't see you...yup. Just letting you know! It's not about me because I saw it coming, its about the next biker she cuts off that doesn't see it... This is basically teaching me to ride with traffic and not in bike lanes. That rear corner is too easy for people to not check...
So I'm at a cross road. Limited on funds..as we all are, I'd love to find some cheap Craigslist full suspension bike and convert it to an ebike but I also don't want an aluminum one where I'll end up on some video reel on YouTube of forks or bike breaking in half... Man Walmart has some cheap full suspension bikes but I'm sure the frame won't be up to the task of 2-3k watts... Maybe I just need to fess up to the fact that a full suspension bike won't really be worth it unless I spend $1k+ and I should just dump all my money into this trek 800 hardtail? I'd imagine a chrome-molly frame will last quite some time and it just may end up being my best bet for a good commuter...
For the controller, I've enabled regen and it's a generic 12fet controller. It's tiny and doesn't get very warm on my commute at all. I've added thermal paste and pads to the fets and so I think it's dumping the heat very well from the fets. Should I just go ahead and shunt mod it and call it a day? Ramp it up to say 35a? Even at 40A I'd only be pulling around 5a with my 13s8p battery...
Just a few Thoughts today. I need new vbrake pads already. I just burnt through these cheap ones I had on hand... Any tips on a hard compound vbrake or are the black generic ones the best?
I think I may just need to accept the fact that a bike is a bike and it'll always have some disadvantage... Right now I'm loving my computer except for 2 things. 1) I wish I had more umph... My controller is shunted for around 29amps which gets me about 1500w to the wheel...im wishing for 2k+ because most of my commute is constant stop and go via stop signs and traffic lights...I'd like to accelerate faster than cars...
2) I wish I had a full suspension bike. Don't get me wrong I switched to a cheapo zoom suspension fork in the front and I'm loving it! It seems to be getting softer as I continue to ride so that's great!!! But man...some bumps are just too much for the hardtail and I've got a crap suspension seatpost that doesn't so much...
As I've been commuting for the past month to and from work now Ive realized how freaking awesome it is having an ebike. In Washington DC there's tons of bikers...having the ability to zoom around is amazing and stick with cars is great! I did have my first experience where I basically had to do a stoppie because the person in front of me turned into the bike lane to park...I bangged on her trunk and she was pissed. I let her know I was there and she was like...I didn't see you...yup. Just letting you know! It's not about me because I saw it coming, its about the next biker she cuts off that doesn't see it... This is basically teaching me to ride with traffic and not in bike lanes. That rear corner is too easy for people to not check...
So I'm at a cross road. Limited on funds..as we all are, I'd love to find some cheap Craigslist full suspension bike and convert it to an ebike but I also don't want an aluminum one where I'll end up on some video reel on YouTube of forks or bike breaking in half... Man Walmart has some cheap full suspension bikes but I'm sure the frame won't be up to the task of 2-3k watts... Maybe I just need to fess up to the fact that a full suspension bike won't really be worth it unless I spend $1k+ and I should just dump all my money into this trek 800 hardtail? I'd imagine a chrome-molly frame will last quite some time and it just may end up being my best bet for a good commuter...
For the controller, I've enabled regen and it's a generic 12fet controller. It's tiny and doesn't get very warm on my commute at all. I've added thermal paste and pads to the fets and so I think it's dumping the heat very well from the fets. Should I just go ahead and shunt mod it and call it a day? Ramp it up to say 35a? Even at 40A I'd only be pulling around 5a with my 13s8p battery...
Just a few Thoughts today. I need new vbrake pads already. I just burnt through these cheap ones I had on hand... Any tips on a hard compound vbrake or are the black generic ones the best?