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Thanks all for the great advice. I'll look into the Halls!

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Thanks for all the advice, everyone! Very helpful!! :bigthumb:

This made me smile. I hear you: the ebike isn't worth anything. But I enjoy playing around with tech and learning. This offers lots of opportunity for next to free. This ebike may never be usable again - but I'm having fun with it. I've got a cheapy controller ordered and looking forward to...

The wheel turns freely in both directions - no clicking or resistance (as long as I don't short the phase wires together). Do you think I can avoid messing with the Halls if I use a BLDC universal controller? A youtube video I watched implied I could get away without using the Halls if I used a...

(the hub is silent for all the following tests): All three phase wires together, the wheel will barely turn (there's lots of magnetic resistance). When (any) 2 wires together, I can turn the wheel, but it seems to move with brief magnetic pulses resisting movement. When no wires are touching...

I'd really like to make this bike operational again. It's in pretty rough shape though. The speed controller and battery are missing, and the wire that goes into the rear hub motor was cut. There's no markings on the bike indicating brand or model number. I was hoping to test the motor to...