# It's Electric! A thread for e-bike things. **URL:** \ **Category:** Bikes\ **Created:** [April 30, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808 "2020-04-30T20:41:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 59
**Author:** ![jame5on](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/jame5on/32/81952_2.png) [@jame5on](https://tarck.cc/u/jame5on)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1163 "2026-03-03T17:18:57Z")
my headlight turns off randomly and I have to cycle the system to turn it back on. ---
**Author:** ![Smitty2k1](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/smitty2k1/32/113893_2.png) [@Smitty2k1](https://tarck.cc/u/Smitty2k1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1164 "2026-03-05T15:17:29Z")
I just bought the Grin ebike headlight because my B&M ebike headlight was having this same issue. Went to mount it and I can’t mount it upside down sad trombone. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Jart\_Attack\_PhD](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/dr_jart_attack_phd/32/16324_2.png) [@Dr\_Jart\_Attack\_PhD](https://tarck.cc/u/Dr_Jart_Attack_PhD)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1165 "2026-03-05T15:22:25Z")
And y’all laughed at me for leaving the dynamo lights on my e-bike conversion… ---
**Author:** ![jame5on](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/jame5on/32/81952_2.png) [@jame5on](https://tarck.cc/u/jame5on)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1166 "2026-03-05T15:32:31Z")
it is the grin light going to put the old harness back on it and see if it does the same thing. if it doesn’t I can prob get them to warranty it. ---
**Author:** ![yonderboy](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/yonderboy/32/159376_2.png) [@yonderboy](https://tarck.cc/u/yonderboy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1167 "2026-03-05T17:28:37Z")
I’m just running a Detour and a blinky. ---
**Author:** ![Smitty2k1](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/smitty2k1/32/113893_2.png) [@Smitty2k1](https://tarck.cc/u/Smitty2k1)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1168 "2026-03-17T16:34:16Z")
I paid something like $400 to ship my grin hub wheel back to grin to be torn apart to have the main cable replaced. Required they rebuild the wheel too. Now it creaks every time I use the regen braking hard and then accelerate hard after. I suspect the spokes are not tight enough or evenly tensioned. Never did that in the two years I had it before. It’s also developed a very annoying clicking sound. Do spokes ever click? It doesn’t seem to be related to pedalling, freewheeling, location of chain or RD/gear position. Nothing I see contacting a moving part near the rear wheel. Arrrrrgggg ---
**Author:** ![Dickason\_Daniel](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/dickason_daniel/32/13099_2.png) [@Dickason\_Daniel](https://tarck.cc/u/Dickason_Daniel)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1169 "2026-03-17T20:21:50Z")
Spokes click on black spokes where they rub though the black coating and get little indents. ---
**Author:** ![motorbacon](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@motorbacon](https://tarck.cc/u/motorbacon)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1170 "2026-03-22T06:13:34Z")
> [@BicyclePears](#): > > p sure that was and i regret not buying one when it had the steep tarck discount. That me. I was with Blaupunkt. I have one in CA that needs to exit my parents garage with immediacy 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![cousinmosquito](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/cousinmosquito/32/105410_2.png) [@cousinmosquito](https://tarck.cc/u/cousinmosquito)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1171 "2026-04-06T03:59:49Z")
My brother inlaw told me he did this thing, years ago, and I didnt really believe him. I noticed it when checking out his younger bros KLR and Husky 701. He welded the front of one ebike onto the back of another…. Its still going strong. ![20260405_084328](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/3/e/3e581ae5eb90c8e0cc52dc5a6b74b32c831f1c98.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jame5on](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/jame5on/32/81952_2.png) [@jame5on](https://tarck.cc/u/jame5on)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1172 "2026-04-24T18:03:55Z")
grinners, I think I am going to try to get some end caps turned to use solid axles. anyone interested If I end up figuring it out? ---
**Author:** ![Smitty2k1](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/smitty2k1/32/113893_2.png) [@Smitty2k1](https://tarck.cc/u/Smitty2k1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1173 "2026-04-26T12:51:33Z")
What’s the reasoning? Does that get away from using a torque arm? I’ve been having issues with my All axle even with my 4th new super harness and coming back from service at grin for more than $400 with shipping. They thought it was the knicked power cable but I’m pretty convinced it’s a bearing or something. ---
**Author:** ![jame5on](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/jame5on/32/81952_2.png) [@jame5on](https://tarck.cc/u/jame5on)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1174 "2026-04-26T12:54:57Z")
More solid connection in slotted frame. It gets loose on me under hard braking. I just want the whole thing more solid ---
**Author:** ![VT\_regularbike](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/vt_regularbike/32/153_2.png) [@VT\_regularbike](https://tarck.cc/u/VT_regularbike)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1175 "2026-04-26T13:31:33Z")
If you’re not in a rush hit me up in like August/September when shit slows down at the shop. We’re crazy busy right now though. ---
**Author:** ![cousinmosquito](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/cousinmosquito/32/105410_2.png) [@cousinmosquito](https://tarck.cc/u/cousinmosquito)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1176 "2026-04-28T09:58:08Z")
Jinkies… > **[Avinox and the Stuctural Reshaping of the eMTB Category](https://velomedia.io/avinox-and-the-stuctural-reshaping-of-the-emtb-category)** > > DJI's Avinox drive system just reshaped the eBike market overnight. A business-first look at what 60 brand commitments in 48 hours actually signals for cycling. ---
**Author:** ![jame5on](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/jame5on/32/81952_2.png) [@jame5on](https://tarck.cc/u/jame5on)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1177 "2026-04-28T11:35:06Z")
I think he understates Bosch’s larger position. Bike stuff is a rounding error for them ---
**Author:** ![Crustradamus](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/crustradamus/32/7841_2.png) [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1178 "2026-04-28T13:05:52Z")
“The bike industry made a major strategic mistake during covid. Now, 60 companies have made the same decision within 48 hours!” 🤡 ---
**Author:** ![stumphumper](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/stumphumper/32/160851_2.png) [@stumphumper](https://tarck.cc/u/stumphumper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1179 "2026-04-28T14:13:01Z")
AI slop writing style is tiring The linked substack is more informative though! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Jart\_Attack\_PhD](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/dr_jart_attack_phd/32/16324_2.png) [@Dr\_Jart\_Attack\_PhD](https://tarck.cc/u/Dr_Jart_Attack_PhD)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1180 "2026-04-28T14:29:16Z")
I know the answer already but I guess I’ll ask: what is the point of all this power on “bicycles”? Is 1500W really meant for people to use on trails intended for bicycles? DJI coming and “reshaping” the industry looks more like it’s abandoning the more sensible power outputs that Bosch and Shimano arrived at by working with actual bike companies. I guess a Surron is 8000W so there’s still a bit of a gap with the e-moto/e-moped crowd but what does 1500W look like on trails that were built with the idea that you’d use gravity or human power to get around? ---
**Author:** ![jame5on](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/jame5on/32/81952_2.png) [@jame5on](https://tarck.cc/u/jame5on)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1181 "2026-04-28T15:07:53Z")
The reason I’m a 52 year old mtber isn’t because I can still peddle up a hill. Lots of roadies can do that better than me. The reason is cause when I run into a tree at 20mph, I dust myself off and keep riding. There are a limited number of jackasses who will want to ride these where I want to ride. ---
**Author:** ![Crustradamus](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/crustradamus/32/7841_2.png) [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808/1182 "2026-04-28T15:11:19Z")
> [@jame5on](#): > > I think he understates Bosch’s larger position. Bike stuff is a rounding error for them oh ya I looked up Bosch annual revenue. 91 billion euro in 2025. Shrug emtb are dumb. I saw a guy going up the access rd here on an e moto the other day and started thinking about what the difference is. I’m still going to get a lightweight emtb if my purchasing power and a good deal coincide 🙂 [Previous page](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808.md?page=58) [Next page](https://tarck.cc/t/its-electric-a-thread-for-e-bike-things/23808.md?page=60)