Recent content by rdhfreethought

Thanks T3sla. Battery box will be a carbon/kevlar/hex core sandwich. It's really the best material possible. Strongest, lightest, fireproof and chemical proof. Easy, if messy, to manufacture. Location to be determined, based on the size of the controller. But, almost definitely somewhere on the...

Regarding the thru axle. Aye, I am aware of that. Which is why I chose the DUC32. It is NOT and thru axle, and uses 24mm, instead of 9mm, 15mm, or even 20mm diameter axle. Therefore torque is less of an issue. And that is what titanium, Kevlar and carbon fiber are for (i.e. breaking through...

Thanks for the recommendation. They make a standard front hub version as well... Regarding your points: According to this thread, if you shave the side knobs you get little, if any rubbing: http://forums.mtbr.com/fat-bikes/duc32-my-pugs-good-bad-news-756114.html Several forks are available...

Thanks for the reply! Not impressed with ampedbikes. $1021USD for a 350W kit with what appears to be poor quality. (sketchy brakes and cheesy waterbottle battery) ebikekit has a much better website. Not much real data, and huge markups @1300USD I am thinking grabbing a Bafang from BMSbattery...

Long time lurker here. I have 2-3 projects on the mind and am a novice on ebike side of things (I race XC/Enduro/DH on my HPV bikes). The first project will be a 2WD FS Fat bike that can be used in the snow. There are only a few Fat bike FS forks on the market and only one will work with a...

Since you called me out, I figure I should respond. However, I have no desire to get into a flame war. In my post, I tried to articulate why I thought it was a bad idea to move forward in a way that I see a lot of armchair pilots (aka engineers first and without any real experience with racing...

This is exactly why the experts of this forum have as little to contribute as the 'noob, I wanna go 50 mph' folks. The only people that should consider making an ebike that goes 50mph, are those that have already ridden a pedal bike that goes 50 mph. A road bike, even a good one, is a terrible...