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…
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…
In so many ways Bafang’s BBS02 750W drive unit is a dream come true. Almost anyone with very little technical know how can order a drive kit and 48v-52v battery pack and have it installed and running on almost any bike with 2-3 hours of work. Any other mid-drive ebike kit is going to take a…
I’ve looked at a whole lot of fatbikes for sale in the US and one thing I’ve never seen is a Bluto equipped single speed fatbike. Many newer fatbikes are shipping with a bluto ready tapered headtube which seems to be the emerging standard for fatbike frames. For older frames you might be able to…
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…
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…
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