James_Biker
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I posted an introduction but specifically this is my bike.
I have a KHS Zaca I planned on making into an eBike last year about May, it's a 29er but when I saw a used, ridden only once 2020 Giant Talon 3 for $500, I bought it. I think new it would have been only about $50 or $75 more but it was only two years old and collecting dust, so I bought it. Oh it's a 27.5. Has hydraulic brakes. The Zaca has mechanical brakes. Also the battery wouldn't fit in the frame, although I thought it would because the frame looks bigger than it is. The battery fits in the Talon.
I bought a Bafang BBS02. I did a lot of research and went with Bafang. I knew I wanted a middrive and Bafang seems to be the gold standard. My neighbor is a very talented bike mechanic, not by vocation or trade but he is an avid road bike rider and is talented at bike mechanics. He knew nothing of eBikes but I did my research and with his help we built the bike. With all my research I didn't research enough about cadence vs torque sensing. After having it a year, well, less than a year I decided I wanted a torque sensing motor so I went with Tongsheng and swapped it out. My neighbor once again was kind enough to help me with it.
I can say I love the torque sensor feel better than cadence. My goal is exercise and you may say then why an ebike? Just because I have the option of using it at a low PAS and going farther than with no motor. With the cadence I was still losing weight, it helped despite the motor doing most the work and I bet with the torque I will lose more weight. It should be helpful and fun. When people say torque makes you feel like you got bionic legs they were not kidding.
I can't go to the gym and do stairstepper, elyptical, or treadmill. It's just boring, but biking is fun and will get me to do my exercising and burning of calories.
Here is a photo of it when it was a Bafang eBike. I will write more about specifics but I am at work now and have to do an abdomen x-ray.
I have a KHS Zaca I planned on making into an eBike last year about May, it's a 29er but when I saw a used, ridden only once 2020 Giant Talon 3 for $500, I bought it. I think new it would have been only about $50 or $75 more but it was only two years old and collecting dust, so I bought it. Oh it's a 27.5. Has hydraulic brakes. The Zaca has mechanical brakes. Also the battery wouldn't fit in the frame, although I thought it would because the frame looks bigger than it is. The battery fits in the Talon.
I bought a Bafang BBS02. I did a lot of research and went with Bafang. I knew I wanted a middrive and Bafang seems to be the gold standard. My neighbor is a very talented bike mechanic, not by vocation or trade but he is an avid road bike rider and is talented at bike mechanics. He knew nothing of eBikes but I did my research and with his help we built the bike. With all my research I didn't research enough about cadence vs torque sensing. After having it a year, well, less than a year I decided I wanted a torque sensing motor so I went with Tongsheng and swapped it out. My neighbor once again was kind enough to help me with it.
I can say I love the torque sensor feel better than cadence. My goal is exercise and you may say then why an ebike? Just because I have the option of using it at a low PAS and going farther than with no motor. With the cadence I was still losing weight, it helped despite the motor doing most the work and I bet with the torque I will lose more weight. It should be helpful and fun. When people say torque makes you feel like you got bionic legs they were not kidding.
I can't go to the gym and do stairstepper, elyptical, or treadmill. It's just boring, but biking is fun and will get me to do my exercising and burning of calories.
Here is a photo of it when it was a Bafang eBike. I will write more about specifics but I am at work now and have to do an abdomen x-ray.