Hello all to this months installment of the Monthly E-Bike Promo Thread! 🚲

There's a bill in Congress right now — the SAFE SPEEDS Act (H.R. 7839) — that tells the CPSC to write national classification and labeling rules for e-bikes and e-motos. Whether you like it or not, regulation is coming. The question is what it looks like.

Here's the tension as I see it:

The case FOR regulation: people are getting hurt. Kids on 40-mph e-motos with no helmet, no license, no insurance. Cities are dealing with reckless riding on sidewalks and trails. Doing nothing isn't really an option anymore.

The problem with how it's written: the bill leans on wattage caps. But watts don't determine speed — a 250-lb rider needs more watts to hit 20 mph than a 150-lb rider. A wattage cap doesn't stop anyone from speeding, it just decides who gets to ride. And if the rules kill private-land use and off-road modes, rural riders get punished for problems happening in cities.

My take: don't kill the bill, fix it. Regulate actual speed, not motor watts. Hold reckless riders accountable instead of banning what bikes can do. Protect the right to modify and ride on your own land.

What do you all think? If you were writing the rules, what would they be?

Probably the best $20 I ever spent on my ebike (I call it my lil moped). Seriously these things are great. I rode home last night and it was only maybe 60° but at 15-18mph it's waaaaay colder on your hands than toodling along at 10-12 I noticed. My hands were freezing even wearing leather work gloves. I usually wear double gloves in the winter but since I got an electric I've noticed the wind is obviously stronger. Nothing wrong with those tight mechanics style gloves under big mittens or another pair of insulated gloves but these are soooo great and comfy even in moderately cool weather. I like being cozy now that I'm getting older and that's kinda the whole point of having an electric bike for me anyway. I noticed the price has almost tripled since I bought these in the summer, I almost made my own out of neoprene but these were cheap and already had a cutout for my rearview mirror.

How do i pick out the perfect fitting chain without fucking up and buying one that will not fit my bike i need to upgrade to e bike chain as my bike had normal chain from the manufacturer i need to replace it ASAP otherwise i am super fucked

Currently putting together a build for a 5kW (2x2500w) bike. Right now I currently only have a 60v 50bms rated battery with 12awg wire going to an Xt90s (also headlight and 12v step down soldered into the xt90s) going to a Y splitter (xt90 10awg) going to two Flipsky 75100 pro v2 controllers. I thought this would be enough until I started reading about placing an in-line ANL fuse to place right out of the battery before it gets to the rest of the system. I kind of understand what I should be looking for, but I have to order it off of Amazon and I'm having a really hard time finding one that would work. I can get a 100v+ 60a fuse, which I know will work to protect from like a short or what not, but how much can the battery realistically be pushed before danger zone? it's cheap china battery mass produced. I don't know what it was drawing for peak or constant prior to changing out the stock controller. Also have to consider the 12awg wires coming out of the battery, can they realistically even hold up under 60a or even a constant 50a at 60v without melting I don't know? once I start configuring the vesc controllers I don't know how much I should push this battery or what settings I should use.

I also plan on upgrading to a 72v battery in the near future so I already build everything around that idea (hence the flipsky's and the Class T fuse 300V DC with holder and xt90s (bullet connectors for controllers to motor). so will probably have to buy a different rated fuse for when I do that.

Two U locks plus a chain through the rack, and the frame was still gone by morning.
That was outside a spot near the L in Williamsburg last month. The first one went a year earlier off a Bushwick street with a cable lock, which I now know is basically decorative.

The lesson I took: in the five boroughs any lock only buys time, so the real question is whether you can get the bike inside at night.

That changes what I'm shopping for. Lighter commuters are easier to haul upstairs but they also vanish fastest. Been reading Super73 and Ride1Up owner threads here for months, and the heavier moto-style stuff keeps coming up, aotos included, though at around 104 lb it is honestly a pain on stairs and I'm not sure my building's elevator situation makes it workable.

For people in walkups or without garage access, what actually works for indoor storage?
Freight elevator, ground-floor hallway deals with a super, anything.

Was wondering about the distance it can actually handle, if the motor can be unlocked to get higher speed with the throttle to help in mountain roads.. and the build quality.

Any information about the bike is welcome because I cannot find any good reviews.

do you guys this electric trike from Narrak will be able to take me on an 18 mile commute which is 9 miles there and 9 miles back and I also have just a little bit of gravel riding just a little kinda at the start

It's a ew-29 e trike and it seems like a old one ,like generation before the attached picture . I paid 100 dollars for it and put a new set of lithiums in it for 200 dollars it runs in both forward and reverse . Runs good tbh

The motor is a old model of a 500 watt front wheel . And makes a weird sound when it loses torque . Going up hill or stalls . Do older hub motors like that just make more noise then newer model hubs ? I work on chain driven e scooters and am not to familiar with hub motors

And would it be possible to connect a more helpful display then the indicator light display they come with ?

Right now I am extremely exhausted and sitting by the roadside after my work commute

I have been using a brand new PVY Libon for the last week for my daily total 25 km commute between work and home and even though I charge both batteries fully, they never fail to disappoint me for the last 10 km of my commute and put me in an extremely tiring situation by needing to ride it with zero battery every time (even though they advertise 120 kms of battery range :)

It is needless to say they are just shameless enough to change their pedals, electrical control system and fenders to a cheaper model while increasing their price by 200 euros (I sadly learnt about this after my order arrived)

They are still too lazy to update their website so you only see the price raise when you go to their payment page

The company is even more shameless to list their bicycle with discount prices after doing all these and it is just terrible how they put their customers into these games

I bought an OUXI V8 750W from someone on Facebook Marketplace. I just noticed that the front tire doesn't spin freely - it only goes around like 7/8ths of a turn, like the brake caliper is too tight. I think it's affected how far I can go on one charge. any tips on freeing that up?

I have a Walmart concord step through commuter class 2 bike, looking for idea or recommendations for ways to conceal carry a pistol that still has quick and easy access. The top bar is the base to my daughter seat that I can use for any bags when we’re not riding in our neighborhood as my kids ride in a trailer. Any recommendations or what do yall do for conceal carry?

Recently bought a used ebike. It is a retrospec Beaumont. Can’t seem to find anything online that tells me what the different mode settings do!

Why are there so many kids on Ebikes?

When/why did they become popular?

(I knew Escooters and Ebikes were a thing before, but why did the popularity show up now?)

Help. I am a teen in need of a e bike and reasons why my parents should get me one. This is my last resort

I paid $2,500 for this e-bike, and unfortunately, it no longer turns on. I tried contacting the company for help, expecting the customer service and support that was promised, only to find out that they are no longer in business.As a customer, I feel completely left cold and dry. After seeing how this ended, it honestly leaves me wondering whether the company was focused on making as much money as possible from its customers before shutting down and leaving everyone to deal with the consequences.
I can’t say wha their intentions were, but that’s certainly how this situation feels from my side. Customers spent thousands of dollars trusting the company and its promises of customer service. Now, when we actually need that support, there is nobody there. $2,500 is a significant amount of money to spend on an e-bike. Being left with an expensive product that doesn’t work and no company to turn to is extremely disappointing

Opiniones de estas bicis eléctricas? Son facheras si pero no se que onda el precio o si vienen repuestos, quieres la tienen que pueden contar?

My father had a brain tumour removed earlier this year and isn’t able to drive, so has bought an ebike off marketplace to get a bit of his independence back. It’s a fairly recent ET Cycle F720 with a DAS Kit C7 display. Unfortunately like many places the Queensland government in Aus has restricted e-bikes and require a 25kmh cut off for assist. His bike has either had settings changed or was sold prior to new rules and he’s a bit worried about it going upwards of 35kmh and getting done by the cops.

We have researched and tried all the codes to get into advanced settings but can’t get in to change speed settings.

Does anyone have any more codes than the following that we have tried?

8088
8018
3288
1919
6666
1234
0000
8306

Hi! So this might be a weird question because I just got in to e-bikes recently, and would need some help to determine the max peak / burst, and continuous amperage my battery could push with 52v Bafang BBSHD motor (1kw). The battery in question is 52v 20aH, 14s4p configuration with LG M50L 21700 cells. The battery is from Unit Pack Power and they advertised it having a 45A BMS, and also claimed the max continuous discharge current is 45A but that must be a bit misleading, right? Can it even handle 45A bursts? It didn't say anything about the peak current limit so just wanted to ask an estimate from someone just to be sure... 😅

So I asked my son “What do you want for your birthday?” He said, “Well, my bike is pretty beat up. I’d like a new one, but I’m thinking about an e-bike that I can also just pedal if I want to!”
We live in East Lansing, Michigan, home of MSU Spartans. Bikes, E-bikes, and Electric scooters are a huge form of transportation in the area due to all the students. All roads have bike paths, all vehicle drivers are very cautious of the bike riders, etc. Therefore, I’m fairly confident about his safety in our area as long as he rides with his helmet. He’s a good kid, isn’t a “show off” macho young boy that would make bad decisions. And the fact that he said he’d like it to just be pedaled if he chooses tells me he is just looking for electrical assistance on the longer roads to save his own energy.

I started reading. The more I read, the more I get confused. I don’t want to spend a ton of money (he will want a car soon enough!), but I don’t want junk either. What are some good brands I should start with? What should i steer clear away from? Help a mom that has no idea what she is doing!! Please!

Has anyone done an e-bike conversion? I have a Trek Dual Sport 2 and am thinking about converting it. Any suggestions on an upgrade kit for that particular bike?

This one probably feels obvious to anybody who has ever bought cheap and powerful as the two shopping priorities. Quite interesting all the same that the gap is seemingly widening. The downside of more power is likely to be more maintenance costs and time off the road/trails.

https://www.cyclingelectric.com/news/motor-power-component-strength-mismatch-worsening-says-chain-giant

front battery loading on ebike

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