A little over a year ago I sent my first email to Eric of Lunacycle.com right after he first started his ebike ebusiness. 2 months ago I packed up the minivan and headed out on a 6000-mile journey to meet him and see the whole Lunacycle operation. The idea was that I would actually work…
You have no idea how hard it has been to be quiet about secretly testing the 50 Amp custom controller for the BBSHD for the last 6 months. Every single person that has test driven my ebike has two questions. How much and where can I get one? Well after 6 months I finally have…
For a long time I’ve wanted to build the ultimate snow machine. This fat bike would have an insanely powerful motor and no suspension components whatsoever. I wanted the power to be harnessed with a Nexus 3 speed IGH which would allow it to plow though a foot of heavy snow or go 40+ mph…
It’s not winter yet, but as summer comes to a close and I start thinking about wintertime coming there is something that you hardcore winter riders may want to do. I’ve ridden electric fat bikes in the snow for several years now and because of all the problems I’ve had with frozen derailleurs, brakes and…
With the introduction of the BBSHD, I had expected that the BBS02 had reached the end of its product lifecycle and would be quietly retired away. To my surprise, Bafang did a complete redesign of the BBS02 without telling any of its US based dealers what they were doing and released it without any fanfare. The…
When the Panasonic GA cells came out I got really excited, so excited in fact that I purchased 100 of them to build into a 7P14S pack in my spare time. Months went by and the batteries just stared at me from under the desk wishing that I would put them to good use. I…
The other day I got an email the other day from my good friend Larry at Boxy Bikes who sprung for one of the new 72v 11.6ah PF packs from Lunacycle available for $599 with a charger here. Eric’s 72v battery is pretty amazing. When I took off with it the first time I actually felt a…
Whether you’re in the market for an 18650 ebike battery pack or you’re thinking to build one from scratch one of the big decisions you’re going to have to make is whether you’re going to go for a pack that is glued together or one that uses plastic stencils to keep the batteries together. There…
With modern 18650 cells almost without fail, every problem with your battery which is NOT caused by improper mounting and physical damage to the battery is going to be the BMS. The BMS handles the charging and discharging of your pack making sure that there are no problems with any of the cell groupings. When a…
I had been itching to do a full suspension electric fat bike back when I first started this blog several years ago. The bike I had my sights set on was the $1500 Bikes Direct Quigley which promised a full suspension frame, X9 derailer, X7 everything else and a Bluto front fork. I knew there was no…
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