Charging Your Ebike batteries with a Variable Voltage Power Supply
Here is an article that you will absolutely never see on any other normal ebike blog site. For the last year or so I have experimented extensively with charging ebike batteries with an inexpensive...
View ArticleMy absolute nightmare buying a Lithium Battery direct from China
I thought I would save a few dollars on getting a 5kWh LifePo4 battery for my wife’s off grid home. Little did I know that this decision would cost me over a hundred hours of my time and take almost a...
View ArticleReplacing the rear hub and swapping the 12 speed drivetrain for a 10 speed on...
For the last 3 years I have really enjoyed riding my Ludicrous enabled Luna X-1 Full suspension ebike. After much use and abuse the rear freehub finally blew out. This is a common problem on higher...
View ArticleGoing Green and Saving Green: How E-Bikes Can Benefit the Postal Service
Today we’re talking about something near and dear to our hearts: saving cold hard cash. Specifically, how the US Postal Service can save a ton of money by switching from 40 year old Grumman LLV death...
View ArticleTwo Builds using a 3SHUL VESC Controller
One of the most often asked questions about any electric conversion is “what controller should I use?”. Controllers are the last remaining voodoo in electric systems, and they are not easy to...
View ArticleVotol controllers for hot rod builds
I have to confess that I am no expert when it comes to controllers, and when I find someone who has a lot of experience and is honest about the benefits and drawbacks of any given model of controller,...
View ArticleThe Sun Pony is a Tri-motor Tandem Tricycle designed for Epic Long Distance...
My good friend Laurence Clarkberg is the one who destroyed my life about a decade ago by selling me my first ebike. He decided to build an ebike that could take him and his wife Judy across the country...
View Article2000km on the Luna X-1 singletrack only, was it worth it?
Looking down at the odometer on my Luna X-1 I realized that I had just turned over 2000km on the clock. For normal ebikes 2000km is not much of a milestone, but considering how I only ride my X-1 on...
View ArticleSidecar from Mod-Bikes
As soon as I saw this, I knew it would be cool to post it. I don’t know if this sidecar can easily attach to any other available ebike frame, but it exists right now, and it can be found at the website...
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