Electric Bike Conversion Kit

Karl Gesslein / February 11, 2015 So you plunked down your cash for a chance to get your hands on the Storm Electric Fatbike from the Indiegogo campaign. I would start budgeting you money for upgrades now, because I can guarantee you will want to upgrade this bike in pretty short order. The bike is pretty heavy and the motor and battery are pretty small. Storm Ebike – A dirt cheap platform ripe for upgrades UpdateL Lunacycle.com has created a huge area on their website for tons of upgrades for the Sondor’s ebike that are all way cheaper than you’re going to find anywhere...

Karl Gesslein / November 20, 2015 I have spent a lot of time researching IGH on the Internet to try to figure out which one can take the most abuse. Time and again the hub that people mentioned as the toughest was the Nexus 3. There are people who claim to have run several thousand watts through these hubs for sustained periods without any real problems or failures. The most critical thing that I found is to make sure you’re not running too much power and load on them at the same time as you are shifting. This IGH was very light and...

Karl Gesslein / February 21, 2015 Several months ago I started looking seriously at creating ‘the ultimate fatbike’. I knew it had to be 2 Wheel Drive and I knew it had to be full suspension, but I had no idea where to start. Once I saw the Quigley Full suspension fatbike from Bikes Direct I fell in love. With a high-end component level the Quigly looks perfect for electricfication Before Doug’s 100mm axle conversion for the BBS02 had even come out, I was planning on mounting a BBS02 on this bike even if I had to grind down the BB and space out the chain-wheel...

Karl Gesslein / September 9, 2015 When planning and designing an ebike build one of the first questions that a builder needs to ask themselves is how much power do they really need?  A perfect build would have enough power to get up the biggest hill in your commute at the speed you want to go uphill at and would also have the top speed that you want to ride at available when you want it on the flats. Building a bike with more power than you need means you have to spend more and carry around has extra weight. Building an...

One of the hardest questions most builders have to ask themselves is which direction should their builds go in. Fat bikes are particularly difficult as a 26″ rim with a 4″ fat tire ends up being a larger Diameter than a 29er tire. This larger diameter means higher top speeds and lower torque no matter what motor/gearing combo you use. The problem with fat bikes is that they are a terrible design for high speeds. Running low pressure tires and tubes creates a lot of friction at high speeds that can greatly shorten your tube’s life. Larger wheels = less...