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    Sondors Fat for Winter

    After 20,000+ miles of ebike use in the last 6+ years I'm selling out and getting a pre-built ebike. After ordering in late September my bike arrived the day before Thanksgiving. It was about $800 delivered to my door. It will be used as winter bike in Minnesota so it should maximum abuse...
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    Solar and trolling motor for sailboat

    Build tread for a solar powered Trolling motor to move a 22' sailboat. I just need to get out of a marina. So total run time is about 20min of use. I get out about once a week. Build - 40lb trolling motor 20amphr deep cycle battery 50 Watt solar panel ... Sounds like the MotorGuide...
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    Cost of Batteries Not Dropping

    I know I'm probably just being impatient - but has anyone else noticed that the cost of batteries in the last 2-3 years has stopped dropping? I've only been looking at a narrow range of battery chemistry - Lifepo4, but is doesn't seem like there new chemistry that meets the specs of LiFepo4...
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    DD hub for snowboard winch?

    Has anyone tried using a DD hub as a snowboard winch? I'm thinking a guy could flip a standard ebike over then mount the handle bars to the ground. Then swap out the rear wheel with a DD hub wrapped with a tow line.
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    MN Transportation Legislation

    Here is the text of a recent bill that has passed both the Minnesota state house and senate it is expected to be signed by the Governor. It directly gives ebikes all the rights that a bike has in Minnesota. This bill also specifically states that bikes (which includes ebikes) can use studded...
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    Ebike love from the snob

    Bike snob gives a little ebike love or at least ebike hate: http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2012/03/cyclists-eternal-victims-perpetual.html His link to Streets Blog hands out some real ebike love. The commenters are overwhelmingly in support of ebikes...
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    Ebikes and bike shops during the winter

    For those of you in NA... If you want to cozy up to your LBS, go there now (in the winter). I stopped by yesterday my LBS and the mechanic was drinking a beer and looking depressed. I have never seen anyone in the bike industry so excited to see a ebike. He was really happy to have something...
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    slow the acceleration of infineon controller

    If there are stages of being into ebikes - I"m in the build-a-bike-for-wife/gf stage. A local bike shop has the kona africa bike for $400 and I have a 26inch front DD motor with an infineon controller and I'm wondering if there is a way to slow the acceleration of the controller. Since the...
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    US Tax Credit for +2.4 kWhr Ebikes?

    I coudn't find this anywhere else on the forum, but it looks like if you load up your ebike with +2.4 kWhrs of batteries you could qualify for a 10% tax credit. The way I read it, it expires at the end of this year (2011). Scroll down to the bottom of page 2, the section "Qualified Electric...
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    Pugsley RC motor on Front Fork

    Do you guys if anyone has tried to put a RC motor on a Pugsley to drive the front wheel? The Pugsley fork has 135mm spacing so you can put a rear wheel on the fork. These rear wheels have casette that could be driven by RC motor mounted on a front rack. I believe fork tube size fits into a...
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    Infineon and regen

    So I opened up the controller I got from ebike.ca and soldered the BK pad to gnd. I assumed this would enable regen braking. I put the controller back together. Basically the bike wouldn't move. Then I opened up the controller de-soldered the BK pad from gnd - and the bike operated normally...
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    Surly Pugsley

    Is this one of you guys? "electric Pugsley with belt drive (I think) and an internal rear hub" Pretty sweet setup for winter - all it is missing is some fenders from http://mplsbikelove.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1671&start=1665
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