Busted Bike Free Stuff

Sometimes we get a brand new returned bike that's in such bad shape from shipping damage it's going into the dumpster. Unless I want the takeoff parts. 

This is as close as I could find to the free bike I got. Mine must of been last years model.

I got a new 29er at work a few weeks ago with a busted frame and forks from shipping damage. Best I can tell, the donor bike goes from between $600 to $1000. Not a bad score! I took all the parts off, and they are pretty good quality components.

 Upgraded frame combo I'm looking at.

 Now I'm looking at the Bikes Direct (Think Motobecan/ looks like a KHS) unbranded frames with Rock Shock forks to upgrade the damaged Suntour forks and SDX frame. The Rock Shock forks are a big improvement over the Suntour! What I'm finding is going for around $350 for the frame with shocks.

The components were free, so what I pay for the frame & fork will make a nice bike. I'll either buy another BBSO2 for it, or swap my HD to it, or use my 2Kw or 3Kw Cyclone motors on it. Should be a blast!

So basically, it will be a $1000 MTB for $350 bucks plus the cost of the battery and motor. That's what I call a nice score!

Motobecane Mountain Bike 29 Plus X5

Yeah, sometimes decisions are hard to make, then other times they are so easy. This is one of the easy times! 

I was looking at Plus bikes this afternoon when I came across the Motobecane 29Plus X5. 

 Business is starting to pick up at the bike shop, so I hope that in the next couple months I'll have one of these arriving at my door!  Shortly after that, it will get a 2000W Cyclone motor! 

This bike comes with Aluminum frame, Hydraulic brakes, and 3x29" Plus bike sized tires, and 4" tires can be fitted.

The bike also comes in regular Orange and purple. I'm thinking I'll get the burnt Orange middle photo.

A 2Kw or 3Kw Cyclone motor on this bike will be a blast to ride! 35 to 40mph with the Plus sized tires will be smooth and easy. Not to mention the additional safety that 35-40mph provides in traffic! You're much less likely to get rear ended at those speeds, and the Hydraulic disk brakes have plenty of stopping power for when some idiots pulls out in front of you without looking. Add a three way switch for three levels of speed, then you can ride it on the beach bike path without getting harassed for speeding every time you pas a cop, or haul ass whenever conditions permit.

I started putting a 2000W cyclone motor on a Firmstrong 7 speed Bruiser beach cruiser, and a 3000W Cyclone motor on a 7 speed Sixthreezero In The Barrel beach cruiser, but I'm thinking that those two motors would be better off on a bike with the Plus sized tires for extra shock absorption at higher speeds. The beach cruiser balloon tires have a lot more shock absorption than a 700C, but the ride does get a bit bumpy on some of the roads around here at BBSO2 and BBSHD speeds even with the balloon tires.


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BBSHD Mounted In Frame On In The Barrel Beach Cruiser

I finally mounted the BBSHD inside the frame on one of the Sixthreezero In The Barrel 3 speed stretched frame beach cruiser bikes. 

What motor? I hear that a lot. The chain guard does a pretty good job of hiding the motor from the drive side.

The drive side of the motor is hidden pretty good by the chain guard. I thought about leaving the guard off on this one, but it's nice to have not just for aesthetics on a beach cruiser, but to actually keep your leg out of the chain & sprocket! 

With your feet on the pedals or on the ground while stopped at a light, the motor is almost invisible while in this location.

This is the same 3 speed 630 ITB I had set up with a Bafang BBSO2 motor. When I first put the BBSHD on the bike, I just set it up under the front down tube the same way I had the BBSO2 motor. This worked, but I didn't like the lack of ground clearance it provided. This is much better! No more picking up the bikes rear end to clear curbs. 

 The same bike with the BBSO2 motor installed under the front down tube.

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I should probably keep this to myself, but the only way these motors will fit inside the frame, is with an eccentric BB adapter. They ain't cheap, but Luna Cycle has them for $40. The only complaint I have about them is that they are a $15 part. I'll try to get some equipment to make my own eventually to use on my bikes. In the mean time, I'll keep buying the Luna adapter because they are much cheaper than the other eccentric adapters with fancy features you don't need for this application. I get the same part with the hole centered instead of offset for $15 and they are the same quality part. Everybody should be happy that Eric is making these adapters, because the guy or two that made them not long ago have gone out of business, or just never had them in stock. 

 You can see the adapter with everything installed in this photo. I was surprised that it allowed enough room for me to use the chain guard front mount. 

 BBS-HD 750W stamp mark with serial numbers right up front & center!

I wasn't sure I liked the stamp mark so readily visible at first. Then I thought about it, and figured that it would be easier to deal with police if you were ever stopped. "Hey, it's legal, see right there 750W!" This would be a bit of a PITA if you picked up your motor from any other place. Only Luna gets these BBSHD motors imported with the 750W stamp. Everybody else has 1000W stamped in this spot. 

 I'm digging the Lekkie chain rings for these motors! 

When I started working on this bike yesterday, all I wanted to do was change a flat tire, and change the 42T Lekkie to 46T Leekie chain ring. Then I figured that since I had everything 1/2 apart anyway, I may as well change BB adapters and move the motor up inside the frame while I'm at it. I'm glad I did!  

 A shot from the non drive side.

I still haven't made a custom wire harness for this bike. I have everything I need to get her done, but I was feeling under the weather this past month or so. I hope to get to it by next weekend with some photo's to show the process.

In addition to the above, I also changed out the pedals to a nice MTB set of this slim profile 3 bearing in black. These should help keep me from scraping the ground as I power threw the corners at full speed throttle down!

I also changed the Rev-O-Shifter (HATED IT) to a slim profile 3 speed SA thumb shifter. This is a BIG improvement over the revOshifter, and it gives me enough room to run full sized grips on both sides. I hate a full size grip on the left, and a half pint grip on the right! The new shifter is no bigger than a small bike bell, and much smaller than most bike bells!

I meant to take some close ups of the new pedals and the SA shifter but forgot. You can sort of make them out in the first second and last photos. Not the big old fat Mosso pedals in all the photo's in between. If you click on the photos, you can get a larger version that's easier to make out details with.