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…
Fallbrook Tech just released the N380 (press release here) which claims to have more range than the old N360 as well as being able to support a whopping 350W of power (or only 250W if you’re using a cargo bike). The new Continuously Variable transmission is supposed to be the same cost as the N360…
Most reputable sellers of any ebike kits will offer you several options when it comes to a throttle. The 6 most common are: Right Thumb Left Thumb Right Half Twist Left Half Twist Right Full Twist Left Full Twist For the uninitiated ebike builder this can be an intimidating choice. I’ve tried all of them and I’ll…
It took several years for BMC to realize that Nylon planetary gears in their larger geared hubs like the Mac motors could not take the kind of loads that people were dumping into them. Eventually they learned their lesson and switched to using composite gears, but with the BBS02 Bafang still haven’t wised up and made the primary reduction…
The Sondors Ebike. Here we go. I rode the Sondors Ebike with the throttle pegged down and my first reaction was “Wow! This bike doesn’t totally suck”. The logos and the styling make it look like the latest incarnation of the Batmobile, and it rides like a tank over most everything in its path. Tooling around everyone…
Your BBS02 will give you years of service and love if it is treated properly. The BBS02 loves to eat Watts, but not too many and not too fast. The Pedal Assist system even at its highest setting will only put out around 750 Watts which the BBS02 can eat all day long without overheating…
I’ve been a fan of the Canadian company Biktrix since they completed their first kickstarter for the Juggernaut BBS02 powered 750W fatbike in November of 2014. While several other ebike crowd-funding campaigns have made gross exaggerations about the capabilities of their bikes, the Biktrix crew seemed knowledgeable and honest from the start. Their interest in the…
Bafang has finally decided that their P75NF75 mosfets on the 750 Watt BBS02 are grossly inadequate for the 1200 Watts that they allow to flow through the controller when it is cranked on. It sounds like they are now using the IRFB3077 mosfets which should run much cooler and be able to handle more amps for longer without…
I have been procrastinating for months about buying a Bluto Front suspension fatbike to convert. When I finally broke down and did this build the results were astounding. The biggest problem I have found with the Bluto fork (review here) is how hard it is to go back to all my other rigid framed bikes…
I follow the ebike world pretty closely so when the Luna Cycles started pre-selling the BBS02 for $499 + $20 US shipping I took notice. From reputable Chinese vendors you won’t find a cheaper price shipped. The question then becomes why would you want to deal with having to buy stuff from China if you didn’t…
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