This is a full suspension frame, bafang 560 motor with battery combo from Aliexpress (China). I purchased and installed all of the components to make it a functioning e bike. It is awesome in acceleration and speed. I made “a thousand mistakes” in buying and installing these components; learning...
marty: A lesson learned the hard way for all of us, thank you for sharing. Your experience has really hit me hard, for I occasionally venture out onto desolate trails where no one would find me if I crashed and was disabled. After reading your story, those days are now over. I own 3 e-bikes and...
I’ve ordered a full suspension emtb frame with bafang 560 motor and battery, and have the wheels and fork for it. There are several more components necessary to make the bike work, e.g. brake set, derailleur with shifter, stem, handlebars, dropper seat. So there’s lots of work and money ahead...
The Fazua warranty Department at Fazua Headquarters Minneapolis is the only organization in the entire world that has a stock of Fazua 250X batteries. The reason is that Porsche purchased Fazua and invested heavily in high cost E bikes, using Bosch and Trek series motors. There is simply not...
Mine is working O.K., but I’ve been guilty of shifting with pedal pressure on and subsequent hard shifts, so the drive train has taken some hits. I’m trying to learn how to ease off the pedals when I shift to a larger cog.
For me, an e-bike weighing less than 45 lbs is a must. Lifting a 50+ lb bike onto a bike rack is beyond me, ditto in getting the bike into a train such as the Sacramento to Folsom light rail. So I have a Trek e-caliber 9.6 with upgraded carbon wheels, a Sid fork and Sram electronic shifter. I...
I have Trek's e-caliber 9.6 and can ride moderate single track trails. The "green light" boost setting works best for me, with an occasional click up to purple and orange; but I have to be spinning fast for these upper boost settings to kick in. I've "upgraded' the fork to a Rockshox SID select...
I have both, a Specialized Levo Turbo Comp and a Trek Remedy 8. The Trek is for technical trails like The Flume Trail at Lake Tahoe where a 50 lb ebike would be difficult to handle on the narrow trail carved into steep mountains. The Trek also forces me to work harder on long uphills, thereby...
My days of glory have long passed. Neither my heart, lungs or legs can run near the red line as in the days of old. The partial answer is an ebike and my Specialized Levo Turbo Comp is a miracle, allowing me to go up those mountains as I did decades ago. However, my turbo is too heavy and...
The boontrager on my Specialized ebike is long, narrow and hard, made that way so that I can slide off the back and take big hits on the front, and stand up on the pedals and slam the bike sideways. The solution is bike shorts with relatively thick stiff padding around the butt/crotch, and a...
I have just about every theft deterrent for my Specialized Levo Turbo Comp; and have found that carrying all that stuff turns me into an overweight tank, seriously degrading my ability to traverse difficult terrain. So, I'm down to only two lightweight theft deterrents: 1) A 15 mm wrench to...
Walk mode is essential on my Specialized Levo turbo comp. It's a 50 lb bike, and when I come to a drainage ditch that I cannot cross while riding, I must engage walk mode to climb the upgrade.
You tube has several videos of supermen doing amazing things on a mountain bike, most of these riders are "minimalist" in their protective gear, but all seem to wear full face helments. It's just a fact that a "face plant" amoung the tree roots or in a rock garden will do serious damage if your...
My turbo levo is too heavy for me to hoist up and onto the bike rack, (well, I can wrestle it up, but it's a struggle);so I'm having a welding shop construct a hoist bar extending up and over the supports; from that hoist bar I will attack a small block and tackle ropes and pulleys. Looks like I...
I envy riders, such as you, who have the strength and endurance to venture out into the wilderness packing enough stuff to fix most things on the bike, stay overnight if necessary, and still negotiate technical single track. I can't do that, and must go minimumalistic, therefore my off roading...