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Oh my.

We got us another tough guy.

LOL

I've watched a few of those videos on how to convert a bike, there are 3 variations of chain drive and direct drive setups. If you want a relatively short range and a chain drive rig where you lose half your gears on a mountain bike you can get by with a few hundred dollars.

The direct drive setups can get up to around $900 or so for a high quality kit with good batteries.

I toyed with the idea but I'd be more interested in the build than the actual use.

They only thing that is not as up to par as I would like is the brakes, between my 300 # and the bike at 100 # those brakes were never made to stop 400 pounds going 40 - 50 mph. I will have to see what is available to upgrade them.

Dean

ebikes are for out of shape old guys. Figured you would have one.

Giant makes the best cheap one. Used to be called Dirt E, not sure what it's called now.

Mine cost me $2500 although I had to assemble it it took me 4 hrs

Dean

Has BHA banned deer hunting in Montana and Colorado yet cal dumb?

High end mountain bikes are using hydraulic 4 piston calipers. TRP is a good brand along with Shimano and SRAM. A set designed for downhill bikes might work well for that setup.

They are already ordered,
The brakes that were on there were the ones that came with the Mongoose Dolomite.

Dean

Which brakes did you end up with?

XTECH
Catazer MTB HB 100

Here we go the new brakes cut the distance in half. the crank gear is now a 60 tooth it came with a 30

I bought one for Laurie for our anniversary a year and a half ago. I have piddled around on it. It's great. I had never ridden one. I giggled my ass off when I first rode it. You can set it anywhere from zero assist all the way up to about 400% assist, so you can get as much exercise as you want. It allows her and I to ride together. Without her electric assist, I wouldn't get any exercise when we ride. With it, she can hang with me and get a workout too. She smokes me in the mountains. I paid $1800 for this one. It's a Civia with a Bosch motor. Civia has since gone out of business.

I know a guy that bought one of these for shed hunting. He raves about it.

https://arielrider.com/products/grizzly

I’ve thought of buying two for the kids. Then I can have the Ruckus to myself.

We also have these they are fold away ones, both fit in the back of an SUV they are light compact and do 25 mph and 25 miles range

They make those sound really good. Could you get a solar battery charger for them that would work while you're out hunting away from the bike all day?

Yeah....an "Ultra Man" keyboard commando.

I couldn’t say. He lives in Vermont so only had short outings for experience.

Think four hours or so.

There are two types, pedal assist and what boils down to an electric motorcycle. There are sheetliads of out in So CA. I don’t have one, I. just see them all over, they/e motorcycles usually don’t follow traffic rules and are obnoxious as hell.