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  1. mechaniker

    Are mid drives noisier than hub drives with free wheel.

    you cant say this generaly because depend´s in how much money you want spend and wich hubsystem you mean (geared or direct drive) and then it depend on wich controller you want use. Different controller on same motor make different noise. lowest noise is a direct-drive Motor with a Controller...
  2. mechaniker

    Regenerative Braking.

    Hi, regenerativ braking is only possible on direct drive motors, "NRG" is right. regenerativ brake is a soft or a strong brake depend on how much the controller allow. "ecrazyman" controller is adjustable for regen-brake, can setup by software, Bionx is also adjustable. It is a nice feature...
  3. mechaniker

    Are there any good free running motors that support disk brakes?

    Hi caph, the video from "wurly" show´s a Bafang "SWXK" with disk appliance the video from "Kraeuterbutter.at" shows a Bafang SWXB (old modell) with 120mm wide. The today Bafang SWXB is 100mm wide but Kraeutterbutter use the old modell. regards frank
  4. mechaniker

    11000 watts/60 mph bike on ebay

    .......and if more and more people drive illegal bikes, the authorities will/must react on this. And most time they dont react in the way we expect or what is sencefull ;-) At time is not so much rules for e-bike´s and i apreciate this a lot, but if more and more people riding the illegal...
  5. mechaniker

    Who wins in real world use?

    i agree with flecc for 100%, extra-energy is a good start for the first look on e-ike but i would more like hard fact´s and not so much subjective meaning. Also you must notice how extra-energy finance there test´s ;-) Understand right, i like the work of extra-energy but i think it would be...
  6. mechaniker

    NuVinci gear hub

    Hi flecc, sure every little count´s, but i read in a big Mountainbike test, nuvinci against other hub-gears, the testrider havent seen any difference between this two system and the argument of this was that you can relly use the Pedal-ratio what you want and not must decide for a Pedal-ratio...
  7. mechaniker

    Hello from Lurker....and pricing question

    Hi, i will not suggest a company because i´m also a company but i want say something to your sentence "I have NO prejudice about bikes made in China or Timbukto or anywhere else!" We know that because you riding a chinese bike. Dahon is made in China ;-) the Company head is still in...
  8. mechaniker

    Inter-8 Geared Hub,

    i have not tried this combination but i will belief the power of the motor is to high for hub-gears. I read many time about brocken gears on using with motor I suggest the "nuvinci" -hub for this, this is more stabil as a geared hub, also is more effectiv regards frank
  9. mechaniker

    Questions about a Bafang front hub build

    i only sell series 2 ;-) i sell with hall or without hallsensor the swxk depend on what the customer want. But sorry, i only sell to company´s, but at time i think about open my shop also for everyone, maybe ...... regards frank
  10. mechaniker

    Questions about a Bafang front hub build

    Hi, yes, another problem is the other side, if you have a fork with axle grip in the middle, you can´t fix a swxk. You need the grip for the axle on the innerside of the fork. I think the picture make clear what i mean. regards frank
  11. mechaniker

    Questions about a Bafang front hub build

    please check the difference between serie 1 and serie 2 of the Bafang swxk motor´s on serie 2 it is possible to fix diskbrake very easy regards frank
  12. mechaniker

    Electric bicycles in China documentary

    Hi Jerry, china is the country with highest cash in the world! China is able to buy every big western Stockmarket and dont need a credit to doe this, if they would like to buy. But i think they dont buy such weak things The latest cash level in China from last week is more as...
  13. mechaniker

    Wheel build

    hi aseb, yes, the communication with crystalyte-europe is always a bit strange and slowly and the website sometime´s work and the next day is offline, i dont understand this behaviour from a company but they are since some year on the market and untill now i read nothing bad about them. they...
  14. mechaniker

    Budget Electric Bike Project

    On this cable is the normal battery output so you can attach a voltmeter that shows you the actualy volt, but i dont like this kind of batterystatus because it is not relly exactly, it´s more a view into a crystal-ball ;-) A good batterystatus is the cycle-analyst or wattsup or maybe a new...
  15. mechaniker

    Budget Electric Bike Project

    Hi dave, you can connect the way you have written, this is all correct. BTW, to connect the motor, blue and yellow, be carefull when use the throttle, maybe it turns backward. If it turns backward you must change the blue and yellow to the motor. the small red and blue for ingition, when...
  16. mechaniker

    ebay ebike kit good or bad choice

    I do not sell the ezee-kit but i agree in all point, it is a good kit for your money I had some talk to them, i think it was one time the father and onetime the son on different Exhibition´s. I appriciate there claim to make a good product. Ezee is different from many other company´s in...
  17. mechaniker

    Wheel build

    hi aseb, sound is that you want buy a crystalyte-motor? crystalyte is a Chinese company. based in shanghai, and they also have a lot of distributor´s in europe, for example Crystalyte Europe or index so it is not necassary to buy in Amerika and pay the high shipping-fee regards...
  18. mechaniker

    Strange accident with my chain drive e-bike!

    sorry, but what i see it is´nt a cyclone. The picture is not relly clear for to identify the motor but what i see is a "unite" motor, it is a 25Euro e-bike-motor from China, with a freewheel from other company. BTW, why you dont make a bar by yourself? this mounting bar dont look complicated...
  19. mechaniker

    Wheel build

    Hi, you must match around 70GBP for "special"-spokes and wheelbuild + the rim, is it cheaper as the shipping-fee? If the wheelbuild come from a good company in US i would take the complet wheel, but the question is "do it relly comes from US?" or do it actualy come from China because near by...
  20. mechaniker

    Supplier of 8fun bafang bpm hillclimber kit

    You can let run the 24v motor on 48v but you must reduce the Ampere (you must check that the motor never go higher as 600Watt consumption. It give you highspeed support but the torque on low speed go more and more worse. regards frank