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I use a bell, and an Air Zound Air Horn. Uses air pressurized in a plastic bottle…is loudest bike horn you will ever hear. Use your floor pump to fill it with air. I have used it for 20 years on my Lightning F40, fully faired recumbent, the fastest bike in the US, made in CA. I use the bell...

They also made a two speed internally shifted, by pedalling backward to shift to the opposite gear. It was called a kickback shifter, and it had a coaster brake. I used to have a few of them. There were 3 versions, based on the color of stripes around the hub. Red, yellow, or blue.

I accidentally left my charger on overnight, and this morning I have 42 volts instead of 41.8 v that I had from the prior charge!

Is that a good price? I paid about $600, for the 36 volt 10Ah battery in my kit, when I priced out the components for my whole kit from them about3 years ago.

My new voltmeter doesn’t even measure the tenths…which I can’t find since moving. So I am using an older voltmeter, which happens to measure tenths, otherwise I would not have even seen the .2v difference, as the new voltmeter rounded up to 42 volts. I am going to assume the battery is just...

How do I do a balance charge?

Having had 2 heart attacks while bike riding, I have throttle in case I have another heart attack. I ride a short wheelbase recumbent, with a kit I put on it. I use the cadence sensor most of the time, but use the throttle to get started, and when I get on a rough trail with sand or rocks so I...

The battery was stored in my living room at room temperature over the winter. Was at 60%- 80% charge for about 4 months. This the second winter it was stored this way. thx.

Hi, I have a 36 volt battery that I have used for two years, from ebikekit.com . About 50 discharge cycles from 100% down to 50% or 60% typically. Today I topped off the battery, but this time it seemed it was taking longer than usual, and the charger was warm to the touch, so I checked the...

Eyecatching view of the Merrimack River harbor, taken from bridge. If you look hard you can see a land mass on the horizon, it is Plum Island. Coastal area north of Boston.

Hi, I have a 36 volt battery that I have used for two years, from ebikekit.com . About 50 discharge cycles from 100% down to 50% or 60% typically. Today I topped off the battery, but this time it seemed it was taking longer than usual, and the charger was warm to the touch, so I checked the...

I think the front wheel motor will be my choice. Replacing the fork with a disc compatible one and adding a disc brake should be easier than coming up with an adapter for the rear Wheel. Thanks for both your help. Ken

I wondered if doing the front wheel would be easier. Who sells a 12” hub motor?

Oh, that is neat with the solid axle, so one motor would power both wheels.

Here is a better pic of the rear axle and wheel setup. And it is a 3 speed transmission, with some sort of sliding mechanism to change the gear selection, hence the 3 small chains on the drive system.