Everyone has been asking me “Karl, where have you been, we miss you”. My wife and I have untaken some huge projects which has involved moving massive amounts of dirt, woodchips, and seaweed on a nearly daily basis to fertilize our 500 fruit trees. We are also building a 700 sq foot greenhouse that will…
Over the past couple of months I’ve gotten my hands on the 3000W Astro 3210 based Tangent Ascent as well as the 6000W Astro 3220 version. These mid drive units are built using a cycloidal gear with massive 40:1 or 20:1 reductions. I can say in no uncertain terms that the Tangent Ascent is completely…
Ever since I got my first BBS02 2 years ago I pretty much gave up on pedal assist for anything except riding on the road. The stock programming on the BBS02 from the factory is absolute crap and it takes a lot of pedal movement to get the PAS system to activate and then after…
This article goes over some of the highlights of what happened in 2015 and what we can look forward to in 2016 with Electric Fatbikes. Bafang’s BBSHD 1000W middrive kit was released for 68-120mm bottom bracket bikes For the last 2 years the only way to get a BBS02 on most fat bikes (other than ones…
There has been a near-mutiny of BBS02 owners (rioting in the streets) who have been disgruntled that their BBS02 units have shipped either without any grease in the secondary reduction gears or with the ill-suited white lithium grease in the secondary reduction gears. Both setups are not appropriate and will cause premature secondary pinion destruction and…
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