I don’t think powering lights from the Vescs 5V is good advice.
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Spintend ubox does 12v I believe
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Ive used a 12v step up before for fans, idk if if this frowned upon
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How many amps can be safely gotten from the 5v. How much power and light can be gotten
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What kinda speeds can you get out of that? Is it comfortable?
Itll do 20mph, it’s a hardtail so there’s no supsension. I wanted it as low as possible, it’s fun as shit to ride.
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Would hardly call this a mini bike but i started on one. I wanted shifting because as others have mentioned fixed gear mini bikes cant go to fast.
I pull 70 amps motor current on a stormcore and have a triple reduction. If i can get the shifting working we should 20-45mph range. Im worried the motors are too small but i have a 1:24 reduction with room to go up or down.
Is a 800$ bafang motor worth it? Curious if anyone has done the dual motor mini bike thing.
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You can get way cheaper bafang motors than that imo. They are worth it.
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I have to do research ig. The esk8 motors are dirt cheap by comparison. How much weaker is a dual 6374 than a bafang motor with no reduction?
Do you mean the hub or mid drive? The mid drive is in a gearbox
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I mean the mid drive motor without the gearbox vs 2 6374s
Currently using the stock Kelly controller.
Most people are upgrading to a FarDriver controller which I’d never heard of before.
No one is using vesc or mentions it 
72V battery and a single hub motor in the rear, I don’t see why not aside from the turn signal, horn, display, and other accessories that vescs don’t often control.
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This is the biggest barrier to me using VESC for a bike or scooters
I was surprised to see you can tune the Kelly controllers some. I thought they would be locked out.
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