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    Bosch PowerMore Can Length?

    I am willing to buy a new shock Fox Float X for my eBike, but as in the future I may buy Bosch PowerMore, first I want to check that both will fit in my bike, because Float X has a piggyback reservoir that my current Rock Shox does not have. So I got the Float X dimensions from a Fox...
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    Dual Battery in Bosch Smartsystem 2023

    I thought that it was not possible to connect a DUAL Battery in Smartsystem, but according shop ebike24 Q&A, it is possible. Has anybody tried it? Question to EBIKE24: I have a 2023 ebike with a Bosch Smartsystem 2023 system, Bosch BDU3740 motor and I would like to know if it is possible to...
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    Bosch Power More 250W

    I just bough my Cannondale with Bosch 4Gen Smart System, according Serial Number label, it was manufactured on May 22th 2023, so I was checking if the new Power More Extender is compatible with it, and it isn't. I'd say Bosch is shooting himself in the foot, there is a huge market of older...
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    Bosch 4 Gen: How to know if ligths are ENABLED in SW

    I just bought a Cannondale Neo3 with 2023 Bosch Performace CX Smart System, the bike is sold with "Lights preinstall", with means that in the charger box there are a couple cables that connect to the motor and should be routed routed to the front and rear lights.But I do not know if the lights...
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    Shimano E8000 (and EP8) re-greasing and Range improvement

    It has been said that re-greasing the motor improves the range, so I am going to explain my findings. In my case, I opened the E8000 motor with 7500Km (I have another motor with 7500Km), I checked that no water had ever entered, the bearings are fine and without rust and they spin smoothly, so...
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    Garmin Explore Battery change: Looking for info

    I own a Garmin Edge Explore (just Exolore, there is no other number suffix), which is 3 years en 4 months old and the battery is not lasting as long as before. I tried the Power Saving function, but it has a bug that makes the GPS freeze and Garmin support answer is that they do not know how to...
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    Re-Build ande Re-Cell of Shimano Batteries

    There is very interesting information regarding batteries in the thread for E8000 Motor Repair: https://www.emtbforums.com/threads/steps-e8000-motor-service.16542/post-444917 and forum member @fuikatasio has suggested not to mix topics and to open a new thread related only to batteries. I...
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    Shimano 2nd Generation Batteries

    Recently Shimano has announced new 2nd Generation batteries for their EP801 motor, and it was raised the question whether they are compatible with older E8000 motor. So I searched the Shimano documents and these are my findings: This is the summary of the current line of batteries, including...
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    Magura MT7 leaking in Master Cylinder

    I have the Magura MT7 and 400Km ago I bled the rear brake, but yesterday the lever was soft and close to the handlebar again. Checking the lever I saw that it was stained with a thin layer of brake oil. On the side of the lever there is a small hole that if an internal joint breaks, the liquid...
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    Polini Motor: Mechanical design and Reliability

    There is a new ebike motor Polini E-P3+MX, which is manufactured in Italy and has good characteristics, and what is best, this motor has preventive maintenance and is repairable: Polini E-P3+ Motor Regarding the specifications, it offers high power and torque and also large batteries...
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    Shimano EP801 is coming

    Rossignol eBike specs shows new motors EP600 and EP801. Will it be repairable by the user and Shimano will sell internal parts spares? I guess not...
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    Shimano 630W Battery Life Poll

    There are my threads about the issue that recent versions of Shimano 504W batteries show a fast degradation that follows the same pattern in many cases: 90% Degradation at 10 cycles 88% Degradation at 20 cycles 85% Degradation at 30 cycles 82% Degradation at 40 cycles ... Older batteries from...
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    Fix for Shimano Error Code E020: Battery contacts

    During a long ride and after switching from my first battery (External BT-E8010) which was at 10% to my second battery which was at 100%, this second battery throw an E020 error, which means: E020: A communication error between the battery and drive unit was detected. Power assistance is not...
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    Shimano 625W Battery BT-E8016 Issue

    Another joke from Shimano: https://www.shimano-steps.com/e-bikes/europe/en/news/important-notice-for-e-bike-battery-bt-E8016-users It says that: "It has been confirmed that there are cases where the bicycle cannot be started after the BT-E8016 battery has been fully charged. If this occurs...
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    How to change Motor angle in ETube for Windows?

    I have the box SM-PCE02 and I installed Etube for Windows V4.0.3, I did not install V5.0.1 because looks like Shimano removed the battery health diagnostic in this version. But I can not find the setting to change the motor angle, I mean, if I buy a spare motor, how do I set the motor angle in...
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    Shrinking list of Shimano powered ebikes?

    First I have to say that I have been a loyal Shimano customer since I started ebiking, 25 years ago. I mainly used XT components in my analog bikes and I liked the design, durability, robustness, aesthetics, price-quality ratio. Three years ago, when I decided to buy an ebike I made a...
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    Shimano Battery warranty at 80% degradation

    I am starting this thread with the purpose to talk about the Shimano warranty for batteries and share the experiences to get our battery warrantied before it arrives to the 60% degradation. Some bike suppliers like E-Thirteen, Spesh and others, when they see in this forum a customer with a...
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    Shimano E8000: Possible Solution for Error E10

    There is a Facebook group where members are spending time trying to find solutions for some of the Shimano error codes, and looks like they have found a fix for the infamous E10 Error, and it is so simple: " A member may have just found the answer we have been looking for. He changed his...
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    Connecting Garmin Edge Explore to Shimano Steps using DI2 emulation

    Can someone explain to me how to configure GPS Garmin Edge Explore to connect to the Shimano Steps E8000 so that the battery percentage is shown in the GPS, using the DI2 emulation, this is supposed to be work without additional hardware. I am trying, but without success: I turn on the GPS...
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    Shimano Battery construction and issues

    I have started this thread to post experiences with the Shimano battery, mainly fixes, reverse engineering, issues.. This first post deserves some electrical explanations to help understand the battery behavior to non EE. The following are just my deductions, I have not confirmed them by...
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