About This Site
This new site has two primary purposes. First, it’s an exercise designed to help others develop their own WordPress websites. And second, it’s to communicate to aspiring DIY e-bike builders my best practices and resources that can help them successfully build an e-bike without spending a fortune.
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Doylestown, PAContact
ratelectricbike@gmail.com- Lectric XP4 750 got me thinkin’
- Frankie Reborn
- Legal or not?
- This Makes NO Sense!
- A Perfect Gentleman’s E-Bike!
- A Perfect Lady’s E-Bike!
- Single-speed for Red Rocket
- Velotric Fold 1 – small but mighty
- Fatty III is ready for electrification, finally!
- Calculate time to charge
- Tools for the ebike builder/assembler
- A word about Torque – ’cause it’s important!
- A bike rack to consider for your Velotric Fold 1
- Aventon Ramblas knocks it out of the park!
- An almost perfect step-thru e-bike
- There’s a NEW E-Bike Shop in Town
- Why did I buy a Himiway Cruiser?
- E-Bike Presentations
- A Quest to find a perfect 4″ Street Tire
- Where to get your Aventon E-Bike Serviced?
- TAP versus TOD, should you care?
- An E-Bike for My Wife
- Fatty III-ish – Northrock XC00 Unboxing
- The E-Bike Rack I DID Buy!
- Slides for ‘Biking Trails in Bucks, Montgomery Counties & Surrounding Areas’ – CLR Spring 2023
- Fatty II
- Build #2 Gets a New Frame
- Build #1 Gets a New Motor
- The E-Bike Rack I Would Buy!
- Local Support for Your E-Bike?
- Build #4 – A ‘Fat Tire’ E-bike
- E-Bike Battery Tech – What’s Next?
- E-Bike Tech – Introducing Skarper
- Electrify my trike!
- My job is done here!
- Some display and battery advice
- I’m done with front derailleurs
- Give Me A Brake
- Wheels, Tires, and Tubes, Oh My
- Securing Your E-Bike
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TAP versus TOD, should you care?
Perhaps you have had an opportunity to read my previous post entitled “An EBike for My Wife” where I talk about her new Aventon Pace 500.3 Step-Through Ebike. Prior to taking this bike out for a test ride this morning, … Continue reading
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An E-Bike for My Wife
As you may know, I really like building e-bikes. Well, when faced with the prospect of creating an e-bike for my wife, I took the easy way out. I purchased a factory-built e-bike. More specifically, an Aventon Pace 500.3 Step-Through … Continue reading
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Fatty III-ish – Northrock XC00 Unboxing
This is an ‘-ish only because this XC00 is not yet ready to be electrified. It’ll stay a plain old fat-tire bicycle for a while, and what a great bike it is. I bought this bike a while back, while … Continue reading
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The E-Bike Rack I DID Buy!
Not long ago, I wrote a post entitled ‘The E-Bike Rack I Would Buy!‘. That rack was the Hollywood Racks Destination E Bike Rack for 2 e-bikes. It’s a great rack with a loading ramp and everything. Even the weight … Continue reading
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Slides for ‘Biking Trails in Bucks, Montgomery Counties & Surrounding Areas’ – CLR Spring 2023
This is a 3-session seminar being offered by the Center for Learning in Retirement at Delaware Valley University during the Spring 2023 semester. Slides in .PDF format will be provided below prior to each session. Slides for session 1 of … Continue reading
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Fatty II
Oh, how I miss my Northrock XC00 e-bike conversion! A friend asked if I would sell my Build #4 fat-tire e-bike (aka Fatty I) to him, so I did. Then I waited for Costco to put the XC00 on sale … Continue reading
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Build #2 Gets a New Frame
I just can’t leave well enough alone! My $80 Trek frame has been fine, so why upgrade? Well, here’s the thing; I have been wanting to build a ‘full-suspension’ e-bike ever since Matt Robertson built his full-suspension e-bike. It’s just … Continue reading
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Build #1 Gets a New Motor
Those that follow my DIY e-bike shenanigans wouldn’t be surprised when I decide one day to replace a perfectly good motor with another, half the original motors power rating. Why, you might ask, would I do such a thing? Good … Continue reading
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The E-Bike Rack I Would Buy!
A while back I wrote about various bicycle and e-bike car racks. Since then, I have made up my mind and if I were to buy an e-bike rack today, this is the one I would buy: Hollywood Racks Destination … Continue reading
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Local Support for Your E-Bike?
If you built your own e-bike, you’ll probably be fine getting support from most local bike shops for everything EXCEPT the battery, controller and motor. You’ll be on your own for those things, which is probably OK since you can … Continue reading
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