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    Luna Black Box: anyone tried it yet?

    https://lunacycle.com/luna-black-box-bbshd-bbs02-programmer/ Has anyone tried this? I live in a Mac home and haven't ever bothered to mess with programming my BBSHDs in PC emulator mode. It sounds like this could be very useful for those in this situation or for those without a desktop/laptop...
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    48v trolling motor with 52v Shark pack?

    Does anyone know of a 48v trolling motor that will accept input power of 58v? I have a couple of healthy 52v Sharks from my ebikes and a CLC Whitehall boat that I would like to combine with a trolling motor. They aren't cheap and I would hate to burn one up experimenting if it was already known...
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    Replacing OEM Bosch or Shimano with Bafang Ultra?

    Is anyone familiar enough with the OEM Bosch and Shimano motor mounts to know if they could be modified to accept a Bafang Ultra? Or are all three so uniquely proprietary that it would require a complete replacement of the mount? It would be part of the American tradition to replace a small...
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    Bikes Direct enters the eMTB market

    http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/motobecane/full-suspension-mountain-bikes/ebikes-hal-eboost-electric-mountain-bikes.htm It looks like the ebike business is big enough for one of the major discounters to step in. A quick scan of the specs shows a 500wh battery of undetermined voltage and...
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    Any recumbent riders here know how to contact bentrideronlin

    I am at my wits end trying to register at the bentrideronline forum. Does anyone here have an account there that works and might be willing to use it to help me contact the forum management? I have tried sending emails via the contact us page for months with no response. I have created several...
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    My current ebike instrument "panel"

    I think I have finally settled on a display system that works well for me and my needs. I am using the same basic setup on my recumbent as well as on my two eMTBs. I am using the Bafang 961 display on both eMTBs since it has the three button remote that I like so much, the recumbent has a...
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    Single day distance record for ebike w/o pedaling

    The recent post asking about the single day ebike record got me to thinking: always dangerous! Given how much a fit rider can alter the range of an ebike, how about removing his/her input from the equation? What is the range record for an ebike without any pedaling at all? How far on just the...
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    Best controller for 72v Magic Pie 5

    My Magic Pie recumbent tops out at 31 mph, just as advertised, but I'm feeling the need for speed. Will a MP 5 handle 72v and if it will, what's a good way to go about it. The bike has a lot of room to mount components as you can see from its present configuration: There is room under the seat...
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    Oops! I did it again.......

    I built another ebike, this time a Magic Pie 5 for the street. I converted an old recumbent I bought years ago and I am using my trusty 20.5af PF triangle pack. I fabbed a battery mount from some alloy angle I had leftover from another project and used bungees to hold it in place. Only a couple...
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    BBSxx tachometer?

    I have read a lot about the need to keep a BBSxx from spinning too slowly causing overheating and I have even seen recommended RPM ranges, but I've never seen anything about installing a % rpm gauge or even an actual tach onto the crankshaft. If the BBSHD can sense overspeed during PAS and pull...
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    Sram ebike drivetrain

    Well, look at this : https://dirtmountainbike.com/news/sram-launches-worlds-first-emtb-specific-drivetrain-updated-guide-brakes.html
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    Dual Shark suspension Fatbike now with dual sharks.....

    Since I can't ride for a while due to a broken collarbone I have been doing a bit of one handed building and finally got the second LunaCycle Shark battery pack partially installed. It's got two of its four threaded inserts in place to show the final position of the battery.
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    New ebike sub-forum at MTBR.com

    For those who like to poke the bear there is now an ebike forum over at MTBR.com and as one would imagine there are some hysterical reactions. Introducing them to state of the art ebiking should keep things over there at a rolling boil for a few months at least and there might even be an...
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    Bafang gear sensor

    I recently received a spare BBSHD controller and it came with a plug for the Gear Sensor System (GSS) and a remote sensor visually similar to a universal cable brake cutout sensor. I assume the shift cable passes through the housing and cable movement interrupts the motor. However, I recall...
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    Who else wants a Mighty-Midi chainwheel for the BBSHD

    Just like Goldilocks, I find the 30t LunaCycle Mighty-Mini to be a bit too small and the 42t Mighty-Maxi's from Luna and Lekkie to be a bit too big. A 36t Mighty-Midi would be just right for my bikes! Over at the new Luna Cycles Forum (you should check it out!), Eric posted recently that he was...
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    Strava anyone?

    Does anyone else use Strava to track runs, rides or walks? I have been trying it for a week and I have to say that it is a useful tool. It seems to be as accurate as GPS in recording distance and elevation and is organized in a more useable format than my Garmin. I am using the free version and...
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    Rode hard and put away wet

    It finally rained again here after a long dry spell and we got some puddles! This El Niño year has been a bust if you live south of Santa Barbara...... This is after 16.4 mi according to Strava and is the farthest I have gone on 11.5a so far.
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    Another brake cutout switch installation thread

    I shamelessly stole an idea by another ESer for using rare earth magnets to activate the Bafang style sensors. Just like they did, I hot glued tiny magnets to the brake lever, in this case to the knob that adjusts the position of the lever. I had trouble finding rare earth magnets in local...
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    Full suspension fatbike w/BBSHD & two Luna Shark packs

    My first two Bikes Direct fatbikes, built to Karl @ electric bike-blog's recipe, went so well that I decided to try to build one all by myself! So I ordered up a Gravity Sniper from bikeisland.com, Bikes Direct's scratch and dent store and went to work swapping the BBSHD and Shark pack over from...
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    48/52v air pump?

    So I am venturing deep enough into the backcountry to have to worry about repairing flats. I mostly run tubeless, but I plan on carrying a spare tube in case of a failure of the tubeless system. My next concern is inflating the damn thing! A 4.7" Lou or Bud will need a lot of air volume even at...
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    Sturmey-Archer 5-speed hub, it's real!

    I just received the new SA heavy-duty 5-speed hub in the mail. It is the functional equivalent of my current Shimano Nexus 3 with a 1st and 5th gear added on at the same 25% spacing. Both the SA and the Shimano have a direct drive middle gear: 3rd for the SA and 2nd for the Nexus so I plan on...
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    Battery pack voltage question

    I have a 52v 20ah battery pack and a few weeks age I found out it was indicating 57.4v at the power plug and 58.9 at the charge plug when fully charged. I have left it on charge to balance charge, but the Satiator and Lunacharger just shut off at full charge even when left overnight. I have no...
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    Sturmey-Archer 5-speed disc hub- a unicorn?

    Has anyone ever seen one of these or a found a place to buy one? SA identifies it as RX-RK5 on their site, but I have not been able to find anyone who sells it. Can anyone help? I tried all my usual suspects with no luck..... :? A 5-speed IGH with a DD 3rd gear would be just the thing for a...
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    Bike ergonomics-different for ebikes?

    I am trying to get my wife comfortable on her ebike and so far, her biggest complaint is that the seat is too tall. I have been setting it so that she will not quite be able to fully straighten her leg when seated and at the bottom of the pedal stroke. Since a push bike is set up to maximize the...
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    Lekkie Bling Ring HD

    A few weeks ago, shortly after the imbroglio over my complaints/review of the Luna Eclipse chainwheel, I received a PM from EM3EV. Out of a spirit of friendly competition :wink: , he suggested that he send me a Lekkie BBSHD chainwheel to try out. The understanding was that I would try it out...
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