Recent content by g-man

I assumed you were talking about Chinese sourcing. As for the US distributor, I've already tracked down and talked to two people who have taken delivery. They're both quite happy, though one complained because he didn't realize version he ordered had the LED only controller. If you look more...

Good info, thx. It's always a bit of a crapshoot, but I'd have to say I have a number of experiences that conflict with the "prices too good to be true" viewpoint. I have ordered quite a few items direct from Chinese factories and found them to be the exact same items sold here manufactured in...

Definitely can't bring the bike inside once I get downtown. Angle grinders aside, I regularly see bikes with missing seats, front wheels, etc. Might look into gps chipping it. I started out thinking I'd likely frankenbike it, but I'm just loving this one design more and more as I look at it...

Will read up on Mac. How involved is it to switch wattage? A few button presses? Does the controller you mentioned make this easier?

I'm assuming mag can't be fixed. More like hoping they don't need to be vs typical bike rims which certainly will. Most of the bikes I'm looking at have 12g in back for the motor, and 14g or so up front. What about the ones I linked to? They seem to have overall setup I like, plus internal...

Good input, thx. There are a lot of unofficial sandy trails around here. Not looking to pilot a tugboat, so I can skip the 5"ers (which probably still don't quite do it on loose packed beach), but I do at least want to be able to hit those trails. I'm leaning toward a compromise like maybe...

Yeah, I know. I've bought a few things on there. Looking only at vendors that allow sample purchases (1 item). Always the chance that literally every name brand component is fake, but I've also found that some of them (for other purchases) are the same exact factories producing the same exact...

Hello, all. Completely new topic for me, but I've watched every YouTube review of every ebike I could find, a dozen or so build videos, checked every listing for amazon, ebay, alibaba, etc. Trying to decide between a few options direct from Chinese manufacturers and doing a homebrew. Just...