the garage

kind of a frankenstein project, building [air quotes] an e-bmx. way out of my element with wiring, also not a bike guy, but it’s been really [frustrating] fun. cross your fingers

bumping this as a motivator. i took a break from this project [the whole reason i started /thegarage] about 2 months ago. it was [was...] fully operational, and fast as fuck lol, too much torque actually that it was crazy dangerous to ride

as a know nothing, i'll figure it out as i go type [with zero experience with wiring/motors] i bought a 2000w 60v motor. i'd later find out that no bike this size [or nearly any ebike] needs to be that powerful. 

i went 60v so i could run it off of dewalt flexvolt batteries in a super easy to swap out sort of set up. which is really nice actually, but i never made it to building a mounting system. so for the few times i did ride it, i carried the battery and controller in my backpack. sketchy? probably

I decided it was dumb af to ride because there was really no throttle ramp - zero. so i bought a bunch of aftermarket components to control throttle in-out: new computer, cycle analyst, throttle etc. only to fry the controller trying to re-wire it.

time to pick it back up

Duude nice. Excited to see where this goes. I’ve thought about this for a while, not sure why it doesn’t exist but e-bmx sounds like a blast