my headlight turns off randomly and I have to cycle the system to turn it back on.
I just bought the Grin ebike headlight because my B&M ebike headlight was having this same issue.
Went to mount it and I canāt mount it upside down sad trombone.
And yāall laughed at me for leaving the dynamo lights on my e-bike conversionā¦
it is the grin light
going to put the old harness back on it and see if it does the same thing. if it doesnāt I can prob get them to warranty it.
Iām just running a Detour and a blinky.
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.
Itās also developed a very annoying clicking sound. Do spokes ever click? It doesnāt 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
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Spokes click on black spokes where they rub though the black coating and get little indents.
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That me. I was with Blaupunkt. I have one in CA that needs to exit my parents garage with immediacy 
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 anotherā¦. Its still going strong.
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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?
Whatās the reasoning? Does that get away from using a torque arm?
Iāve 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 Iām pretty convinced itās a bearing or something.
More solid connection in slotted frame. It gets loose on me under hard braking. I just want the whole thing more solid
If youāre not in a rush hit me up in like August/September when shit slows down at the shop. Weāre crazy busy right now though.
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Jinkiesā¦
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I think he understates Boschās larger position. Bike stuff is a rounding error for them
āThe bike industry made a major strategic mistake during covid. Now, 60 companies have made the same decision within 48 hours!ā
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AI slop writing style is tiring
The linked substack is more informative though!
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I know the answer already but I guess Iāll ask: what is the point of all this power on ābicyclesā? Is 1500W really meant for people to use on trails intended for bicycles? DJI coming and āreshapingā the industry looks more like itās 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 thereās 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 youād use gravity or human power to get around?
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The reason Iām a 52 year old mtber isnāt 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.
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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.
Iām still going to get a lightweight emtb if my purchasing power and a good deal coincide 