So far so good. I’m using them sensored. They’re fairly cheap too for 6374.
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Using my handy dandy telemetry tool, I can easily see the results of my last ride. Range seems to be about 14 miles and top speed is around 30. 27 Wh/Mile on mixed terrain is pretty good. Insignificant regenerated 5Wh because I rarely brake with this, mostly the chains slow me right down so I just used friction to brake mostly.
Here’s the view I get. Good indoors and at night and in shade but can barely read it in direct sunlight. Getting an angled riser to fix that.
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Nice, can’t wait to set mine (I’m finishing the enclosure)!
I made a 5° riser, I will have to test if it could be set in the other direction (I made mine for flat deck).
I could try to make it 10°/15° or even more if needed for MTB.
Also, about direct sunlight 
I was thinking the same thing, is this could help you ?
(Its just a raw proto.)
Enjoy & good ride 
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I’m painting my foot hooks. As a finish would clear coat or spar urethane offer better protection against wear from shoes?
this is seriously cool, i think im gonna do a build like this next
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Some pictures from a week or two ago.
Also should have my bottom mount battery soon… Was supposed to be here yesterday but either the vendor or usps fucked up the label.
EDIT: and this
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Woah that looks awesome!
Chain drives sounds hardcore on loose dirt.
I’m considering chain drive for a MBS board conversion. Need some cheap knobby tires with sprockets.
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Paint and urethane seems to be holding up ok. Probably should do a couple more coats of each where my shoes wear in.
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Ah nah, nobody will see it on this place anyway. If it wears out it will do also with more layers of paint, just a bit later.
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Have to take this baby halfway apart tomorrow to ship to SoCal. Gonna be a sad week of no emtb.
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You could spend a straight week trying to ride it all the way there instead. Two birds one leg. Sorry if this is not ok joke.
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Board has been put back together (after Dave helped me solder some shit, turns out flux is good) and been on a nice little ride on the beach. And I fell off the front into some sand…
New batteries rock. More range more fun.
I know it looks like a bomb but it’s not
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More fun is always good 
Are you planning to make an enclosure?
no
10 chars
JK one day
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Tell me you have some strong velcro keeping those batteries in place. If you’re using only tape and with it hanging over the edge like that, this is a punctured cell fire waiting to happen.
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Just tape. Had the 12s4p taped for over 500 miles and no issues but yes could be safer. Maybe gonna get some straps today for a better mounting mechanism.
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Follow up on @malJohann
Have you ever thought about what can happen if the board falls over and slides on the batteries?
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Yep. Happened once but the pack I had was low profile enough not to scrape. Different story now with the lipos. Will figure something out.
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