Two BBSHDs are on their way to my house in the NY boonies from China by airmail. I’m left to ponder how much awesome it’s going to be to be the first person in the US with a production (not prototype) BBSHD mounted on a fat bike. I also know how much their 558g 46T…
The last 2 mornings I’ve gotten up extra early to ride my Sun Kiss build in an inch of powder before the sun came up and melted the snow. Being in the woods in the early morning light has been nothing short of magical and has restoked my personal passion for fatbiking in the snow. I…
This article discusses 3 different aspects of ethics in the ebike business. The ethics involved in crowdfunding ebikes The differences between the different ebike vendor and pricing models How to attempt to run an ethical ebike blog or review site Over the last year I have watched most of the ebike crowd funding campaigns very…
The state of ebike legality in the United States for a very long time has been ‘whatever you can get away with’. The laws vary from state to state and many states have no laws whatsoever governing ebike usage. NYC has banned them, but with limited and inconsistent enforcement. In many other places like Moab they…
This year has been the year of the BBS02 750W. The end of 2015 is proving to be a very exciting time with Bafang introducing the BBSHD and many of the more powerful 18650 batteries we have been promised this year are finally trickling out into the market. Builders are beginning to realize that with…
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about possible improvements to the BBS02 & BBSHD mid drive units from Bafang and decided to organize all my ideas here. The improvements are listed below with a rating between 1 and 10 with 1 being things we can live without and 10 being improvements that they should…
Rumors have persisted for more than a year now that Bafang was working on a BBS02 that would be shipped from the factory with support for a 100mm+ fat-bike bottom brackets. I haven’t covered this at all out of respect for the three companies that have spent a lot of time and effort making their own…
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