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    We Don't Need No Stinking Paypal !

    For those of you who hate Paypal (as I do), Hightekbikes offers several alternatives for payment. All of them are better than Paypal. Standard Credit Card Processing through http://www.authorize.net Wepay http://www.wepay.com Set up exactly like paypal. Stripe http://www.stripe.com Another...
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    Testing and Replacing Hall Sensors in a MAC Motor

    Testing and Replacing Hall Sensors in a MAC Motor When your motor runs rough, quits running or makes noise and runs hot, the first thing you should check is the hall sensors. It is 90% of all motor problems. Although you can test sensors with a voltmeter, Hightekbikes sells a handy tester for...
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    Testing prototype: 30% grade on 575 watts !

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    Hightekbikes 10H Direct Drive Motor Kit

    First, it's Mea Culpa time. Regarding my previous negative post regarding the 9C, after receiving more feedback and having second thoughts, I admit that was a bad idea posting that. I think when you screw up. the best thing you can do is man up and admit it, apologize, and learn from your...
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    Geared or Direct Drive, Which one for you?

    There are two basic types of hub motors in wide use today for electric bikes, direct drive and geared. The direct drive has no internal gears or other moving parts except the actual case which rotates around the axle on sealed bearings. The coils are wound around an assembly that is fastened...
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    Nine Continents 9C verses Hightekbikes 10H

    The Nine Continents Story. The 9C motor was a good design for it's time, being released about two years ago. It was designed in the USA and despite some problems, performed quite well. The original retailer, who happened to be the designer, put a nice kit together and was quite successful with...
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    Cold Weather and Battery Capacity

    Now that we are in the winter season, we can expect the capacity of our battery packs to decrease. Most people would expect SLAs to be affected, but lithium packs also will have less capacity. The capacity is inversely related to temp. At freezing temps, I would estimate that SLA packs will...
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    ebike demo

    Hightekbikes will be demonstrating their ebikes in San Francisco this Friday March 30, 2007 afternoon 4-6PM (critical mass rally) and saturday from noon to 2PM. The location is the foot of Market street near the embarcadero and Justin Hermin Plaza. Come by, bring your bike, and take a test...
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