With fat bikes it really is all about the tires. Great tires make a fatbike so much fun to ride, while a mediocre tire will constantly erode any good time you are trying to have. The Mission 4 tire comes in a 72tpi (<$50 street price shipped) and a folding bead 120tpi version (although I can’t…
I have hundreds of hours trailriding on the BBS02, here is the BBS02 motor problems I have had so far One bent axle Two broken plastic gear covers One blown controller Two bent chainring adapters One motor has an awfully squeaky clutch Three broken speedos and one lost magnet Two stripped out Bafang crankarms One stripped out…
This post is designed to help people navigate the world of cheap Chinese ebike products without ending up getting ripped off and saving the most money they possibly can. Where to buy from The three big options for chinese goods are Ebay, Alibaba\Aliexpress and direct from a Chinese vendor’s website. Each of these options have…
A couple of weeks ago I pretended that I was someone who actually had any money and sent inquiries to a bunch of vendors on Alibaba for bulk purchases of ebike quotes. Of about a dozen vendors, the one I liked the best was this front suspension fatbike with a BBS01 750W drive unit and…
For most people using the PAS system on the BBS02 they have had to get used to just barely pulling in the front brake (enough for the motor to disengage) in order to up shift without putting serious strain on their chain and risking breakage. Paul from em3ev is now selling a Giant Green Button™…
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There were three very interesting things that came out of the interviews with Storm/Ivars at the Demo Days Event last Sunday 1) He has said that he might have one container of 300 bikes shipped to Southern California for people to pick up their ebikes. This video at 22:57. 2) He said the Sondors electric bike would…
Click on this link and jump to 13:00 to see when Storm/Ivars Sondors arrives. I’ll be doing an article on the Demo Day tomorrow, but my take on it is that people really liked the bike and Storm Sondors is not an ebike geek. That being said he seems like an intense guy who is excited about creating…
This post is directed to people who are planning to attend the Sondors Ebike Demo Days event this Sunday Feb 15th located here. So you want to buy a Sondors Electric Fatbike, but you’re not sure if it might be right for you. Once you click on the purchase button with Indiegogo you’re committed. Welcome…
The Storm Electric Fatbike on Indiegogo has changed their entire website to the Sondors electric fatbike. This was a direct result of Prodeco’s Cease and Desist letter send as soon as the campaign went viral. This article on Yahoo is what started the whole “This campaign is a scam” hysteria that has been sweeping the internet.
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