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PEEJAY said:
I agree with every thing your saying. Lots of people go a thousand miles with nothing done to the bbshd itself. I went with that motor because of the track record. im sure people wreck their cassettes and derailers especially on bikes that come with cheaper drivetrain components. it has a lot of torque and chain alignment is pretty important to avoid damaging things. Theres other options i could have picked but i will wait and see how they do after 5 or 6 yrs on the market. lots of replacement parts for the bbshd if anything goes wrong. I programmed mine when i built it so its not jerking on my deraileur or cassette if i go straight into throttle and i have a cut off switch (horn) i wired to my display that will temporarily shut off power for shifting until i release the button. The gear shift sensors they sell dont have a long enough cut off for this IMO . I have a decent cassette on the back (but will probably switch to a box drivetrain shortly for the same reasons your talking about), a beefier kmc e chain and a 30T chainring on the front so its not working the motor as hard as the 46T. If im in a granny gear and i know its going to put a lot of torque on my rear cogs i am not usually going to be on 5 power. I definitely ride more in the style of 1 and 2 power only so it works for me. Ive definitely played around with it to see what its capable of but im not riding it wide open throttle from dead stop all the time. Even if i go from dead stop using throttle its easy enough to program so it doesnt just rip into full power and break something.
I dont care about speed too much. it goes plenty fast offroad for me about 18mph or so in 5th gear on full power and the biggest thing i wanted was something quiet. I have no idea what the XD motor sounds like (not a lot of reviews on it and its hard to get a feel for noise on go pro cams) but i know CYC were a little too loud for what i wanted my bike to do. You literally cant hear it over the tires. The new CYC Photon is apparently pretty quiet too but i have no idea how dependable theyre going to be.

I think Biktrix has a good thing going. If i had the money maybe i would have gone that route. I had to keep my build around 2k so its what worked for me. One thing i would add on that XD bike would be a suntour suspension seatpost. Its been my favorite add on so far for the money spent. I think i bought mine off their website on sale for about $80 shipped.
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From a few vids I watched, it seems a bit louder than the Bafang. All my hunting spots are quite a bit away from where'd I park so it isn't a big deal.
I currently have the Coast dropper/suspension seat post on my pedal bike and it's a must have. You can adjust the air pressure for how much suspension you want. It really takes the sting out of those harder impacts.
This dude on utube must be the only guy who bought an XD. In this you see the speed, noise of the motor.
 
PEEJAY said:
I agree with every thing your saying. Lots of people go a thousand miles with nothing done to the bbshd itself. I went with that motor because of the track record. im sure people wreck their cassettes and derailers especially on bikes that come with cheaper drivetrain components. it has a lot of torque and chain alignment is pretty important to avoid damaging things. Theres other options i could have picked but i will wait and see how they do after 5 or 6 yrs on the market. lots of replacement parts for the bbshd if anything goes wrong. I programmed mine when i built it so its not jerking on my deraileur or cassette if i go straight into throttle and i have a cut off switch (horn) i wired to my display that will temporarily shut off power for shifting until i release the button. The gear shift sensors they sell dont have a long enough cut off for this IMO . I have a decent cassette on the back (but will probably switch to a box drivetrain shortly for the same reasons your talking about), a beefier kmc e chain and a 30T chainring on the front so its not working the motor as hard as the 46T. If im in a granny gear and i know its going to put a lot of torque on my rear cogs i am not usually going to be on 5 power. I definitely ride more in the style of 1 and 2 power only so it works for me. Ive definitely played around with it to see what its capable of but im not riding it wide open throttle from dead stop all the time. Even if i go from dead stop using throttle its easy enough to program so it doesnt just rip into full power and break something.
I dont care about speed too much. it goes plenty fast offroad for me about 18mph or so in 5th gear on full power and the biggest thing i wanted was something quiet. I have no idea what the XD motor sounds like (not a lot of reviews on it and its hard to get a feel for noise on go pro cams) but i know CYC were a little too loud for what i wanted my bike to do. You literally cant hear it over the tires. The new CYC Photon is apparently pretty quiet too but i have no idea how dependable theyre going to be.

I think Biktrix has a good thing going. If i had the money maybe i would have gone that route. I had to keep my build around 2k so its what worked for me. One thing i would add on that XD bike would be a suntour suspension seatpost. Its been my favorite add on so far for the money spent. I think i bought mine off their website on sale for about $80 shipped.
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Great input here. I would like to program mine but dont have a pc only a mack and also lack the real will to learn the whole process. My gearshift sensor works pretty flawlessly usually, but if I do hear that the chain hasn't fully fallen into the next gear for some reason I just squeeze the brake a bit and the motor stays cut off. Only had to do that on a couple of occasions at very low speed. Mine has the 32T sprocket on the front and still will zip pretty good on the road when I'm not in the woods
 
bigmike23 said:
From a few vids I watched, it seems a bit louder than the Bafang. All my hunting spots are quite a bit away from where'd I park so it isn't a big deal.
I currently have the Coast dropper/suspension seat post on my pedal bike and it's a must have. You can adjust the air pressure for how much suspension you want. It really takes the sting out of those harder impacts.
This dude on utube must be the only guy who bought an XD. In this you see the speed, noise of the motor.
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33 mph uphill no pedalling. Wow!! That thing has some zip
 
Rutman said:
I think what jacks the cassettes up on these high torque bikes is finding in the wrong gear all the time., I used to ride my Bakcou in 5th gear 24/7 and in 100 Mike’s of doing so, it wore the cassette out in the spot.


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e bikes go thru chains. 75-100 miles I throw a new chain on. every 4th chain a new cassette. chain stretch will ruin cassette, and chains are easier to replace than cassettes. I know it's bad when high gears start skipping
 
gcr0003 said:
I thought I heard ole dude say 48mph on the flat. That sounds like a good way to die on a bike.
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If he said that I don't think that's accurate. From what I gathered, it hits about 38ish mph on flat between motor power and you pedaling like a madman. Which is still crazy fast.
 
BTaylor said:
Didnt see the price on the link? I'm curious what a decent deal on one is. I havent seen one yet that I thought was a decent deal lol.
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I know that’s right…. I think it was $3400. They’re 5200 on the Rambo site.


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Here’s mine… cheap Schwinn Mesa rigged up with everything I need. I also have a cart that will pull behind it to haul out meat or my gear if need be.

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crucible7 said:
Here’s mine… cheap Schwinn Mesa rigged up with everything I need. I also have a cart that will pull behind it to haul out meat or my gear if need be.

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Have you ridden it yet? I had to move my milk crate way further back for clearance for my rump lol
 
bigmike23 said:
Have you ridden it yet? I had to move my milk crate way further back for clearance for my rump lol
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Yes several times… I had the same issue although I don’t have much of a rump lol… I actually took the top crate off and moved the bottom one back as far as I could. I don’t have a pic of it though. I still touch it some but it’s not bad


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I am curious I hunt public in Arkansas and for an ebike to be legal it has to be a class 1. Which is to say it is pedal assist only and the motor kicks out when going over 20 mph. Since I have the bbso2 it was easy to remove the throttle and set the "speed limit" Do they make a bike that fits these specs?
 
And there she is. Unfortunately can't take it to the woods yet. The front rotor came completely bent. The shipping box was in great shape but everything got packaged horribly. There was almost no padding in the box with a ton of space for everything to flop around. Whoever packaged it needs to find a new job. 20230818_113316_compress79.jpg
 
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