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Hey Sepp, Yes, I've been using Shapeways for many years they are great (even put a few items up for sale many years ago). I think this may be the best way to go since the Nylon material has a much higher glass transition temp (i.e, resistance to softening at higher temps) vs. PLA from a...

Hi @eabmex, this thread might interest you: I created a purely mechanical Turbo Levo speed limit increase - EMTB Forums Happy riding :D

No patent, I literally just made it over the past 2-3 weeks. I'm not even sure if it is patent-able? I mean planetary gears have been around for 100s of years, can someone find a new use for them and patent that use? I hope not, but that would seriously suck if Specialized or some other bike...

Part IV I switched my brake rotor bolts to Titanium as the magnet was being attracted to the steel bolts and causing some noise. Throughout the design process I had noise issues where you could hear the gears making faint sounds. Finally I realized I could print the planetary gear in a soft...

Yes, my current design requires you to be running the stock brake rotor. Do people switch these out often? Can you explain your idea for a clamp mount in more detail? What would it clamp onto, the rotor? If it's the rotor I'm not sure how you'd create a clamp that works for all types of rotors...

Hi TPP, yes it's definitely possible to do it that way, but I'm weak in electronics so I would have a hard time designing it. Another challenge would be making it compact enough. I'm sure something like an Arduino could be coded to do what you want, but it's a bit large and then you have to...

Part III I realized I needed to go to a 10mm magnet (same diameter as the stock one) but this meant the entire gearset needed to be larger. The problem is there is so little clearance between the disc rotor and frame. You have about 7 mm of clearance in the inner area but once you move the...

Part II Wow, I'm amazed at all the feedback already. I wanted to first address some of the questions raised so far: What is the principle of it ? To make the sensor magnet go around slower ? Yes, the idea is the slow the rotation of the magnet relative to the wheel rotation. See below where I...

Thanks! This was actually one of the most difficult things I've designed/created, even harder than a full ebike conversion I designed/built last year on my hard tail. I think I put 50 hours into it so far, which is a bit nutty for a few small gears :) I'll do another post tomorrow with more details.

------------------------------------ EDIT 2/21/2019 - Hey it's me JD from the future (2 months after this first post). I wanted to add a little info here on how you can obtain your own set of gears that is 3d printed by Shapeways so I created a quick Wordpress site with some info: Guide to the...

Anyone have any updates on this? I think it was supposed to be released before the end of the year?

Thanks. Hoping to buy it local in case of warranty issues, etc. The Bay area is quite a drive from here.

Thanks for the info. I'm probably looking to get a large size of the base carbon build. I was thinking about doing a 1 day rental at Velopro to make sure it's what I'm looking for and that the size is right. At these high prices I want to make sure it's worth it. I'm pretty new to SB (lived in...

Hi Nick, Small world, I live in Santa Barbara too! I've been thinking about getting a turbo levo, can I ask which shop did you buy it from and would you recommend the shop? Is there a wait or do they have them in stock?

I would love to see Santa Cruz introduce a Fazua powered ebike. Seems like a good way to introduce an ebike with it being much closer to a regular bike considering all the ebike hate here in California. Other brands I thought about are Ellsworth, Orbea, Kona, Intense, or maybe even Scott. I...

I'm really excited about the lower weight full suspension Fazua based bikes (like the eZesty), but being in the USA means it could be a very long wait. I was able to chat with someone at Fazua and learned a few things: 1) I confirmed the max assist speed will be increased to 20mph for the US...

Fingers crossed that certification comes quick! Not too interested in the Jam2 since it uses the Shimano E8000. I'm hoping for a FS under 18kg.

Does anyone know if there is a method to derestrict Fazua drive bikes such as the Focus Raven2? I live in the USA, but really like the lightweight Fazua based bikes. However, in the US there is a 20mph assist limit so I'd like to be able to adjust that if I were to import a bike. Thanks!

+1 on the Fazua motor. Specifically if they will introduce a full-suspension EMTB w/ the Fazua. I'd really like to see more lightweight FS EMTB options here in the USA w/ 20MPH max assist speed.