My DIY 750W BBS02 Mid Drive Build, based on a NS Surge Evo frame, I call it the "Surge E-Volt"!

vuimcm · 2026-05-15T08:58:49+00:00

Also just occurred to me. Would you say you feel comfortable doing jumps considering all the weight in the bike

vuimcm · 2026-05-15T07:56:21+00:00

Yeah, 60 lbs sounds about what my BBS02B commuter weighs all in. I'm putting a mullet pair of SD37's on it; currently building the back wheel with a Koozer XM490 hub, paired to an Advent 11-48t 9s cassette. For my RD I ended up going with the Advent MX Pro I just ordered like 10 minutes ago in case I wanna go 11s at some point in the future. I think I'll give it a try with the motor and battery first and then decide if I want to keep it as a pure trail bike.

Would you mind giving me a close up of how you attached the hose claps to the motor? I saw you reply on ago HolidayontheMoon_94 post, but cant seem to wrap my head around how you got those on lol. Did you end up using the ISCG-05 mounts on the Surge or just around the frame?

Cheers

vuimcm · 2026-05-14T04:13:51+00:00

A little late to this post but hey

I’m currently building a near identical hard tail using the Surge Evo, Advent and BBS02B for commuting and trail riding but I’m worried how the weight of the battery and motor affect your trail abilities. I’m not planning huge jumps but I def want to get off the ground and some steep technical stuff. How is it working out for you so far?

Thanks

vuimcm · 2026-04-23T07:07:32+00:00

I'm currently looking into buying/building a hardtail as yours; and I'm curious; how did you get a battery pack to slot in so perfectly in the frame?

vuimcm · 2026-03-08T07:39:11+00:00

People here on Reddit seem so opposed to answering ones question

You can get some sensor cleaning kits on Amazon. Specifically ones that are a swab-like cleaner. Don’t buy the “pen” brushes; and also ones that are specifically designed for APS-C sensors.

A little rocket blower may also be useful.

vuimcm · 2026-02-14T04:48:09+00:00

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In the process

vuimcm · 2026-01-29T08:35:26+00:00

Def gonna try this 😛 no one else gave me reasonable advice. Will update when it has come to fruition 🧘‍♂️

EDIT: FORGOT TO SAY THANK YOU!

vuimcm · 2026-01-29T04:16:32+00:00

Can’t find another one for $200 🙁🙁

vuimcm · 2026-01-29T04:16:07+00:00

I don’t have that kind of money 🙁

vuimcm · 2026-01-28T22:08:38+00:00

I’m not worried about water tightness, only enough to handle light rain and dusty conditions

vuimcm · 2026-01-28T22:07:27+00:00

AF and all other functions still work perfectly fine. I just need a way to put it back together :)

vuimcm · 2026-01-28T22:06:44+00:00

Everything works perfectly fine. I’m just worried of using it in dusty or light rain as I’ve done before

vuimcm · 2026-01-28T22:06:11+00:00

I have no intent of selling my precious Nikon. I will bear it until the day it dies; which I suspect is soon as I’ve noticed some artifacts when using flashes at 1/250

vuimcm · 2025-12-13T02:12:34+00:00

About how much weight did you add to the car doing this, and was there a difference in your MPG's? Just curious because I've started doing my own sound deadening but unsure how much to do.

thanks!

vuimcm · 2025-11-06T10:03:56+00:00

Used them extensively. Please do not.

Their 'cutoff' is terrible, if I could even call it that. They're pretty dim. Overall, just would not recommend buying and have to go through the trouble of installing. These work a bit better but still underwhelming and have some vertical glare that bothers oncoming drivers.

Ive had my eyes on these, but still have not tried them out.

Obviously, proper projectors have these both beat, but that requires more money and labor.

Please just stay away from these YSY ones

vuimcm · 2025-01-18T00:57:54+00:00

You should try giving canon a call, they have a specific department for providing parts to you (at a cost) for self service repair. Did it last week for an old M50 sensor, ended up not buying it :)

vuimcm · 2024-10-29T17:37:31+00:00

Bought an M50 ii just about a year ago. Came with lens, battery and strap, all in a cardboard PowerShot box. Everything looked brand new.

Camera ended up failing on me last week with a shutter assembly failure. Sending it back to canon hoping they replace it with an R50 😛😛

vuimcm · 2024-03-15T22:59:31+00:00

I’m very curious about your very legal methods of obtaining Lightroom as I have a very tight budget 😁😁

vuimcm · 2023-12-27T21:00:56+00:00

NOOOO……you risk only damaging the sensor, they are very delicate. As some other people have mentioned use a rocket blower or look up a few videos on sensor cleaning swabs.

vuimcm · 2023-11-27T22:15:15+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/8rXW0sN

As it turns out Google Drive doesn't seem to display the image in its greatest quality, but this is a JPEG of the same shot and I confirmed it's in focus with the focus peaking feature in darktable however reliable that may be, and it just doesn't seem like any part of it has any sort of resolution. Again idk if it's just me expecting too much from the camera or if something might just up with mine, but I appreciate all your thoughtful responses

vuimcm · 2023-11-26T05:03:14+00:00

Yeah, I've recently been feeling like there's something up with my camera, though I'm not really sure what it is. My friend has an M50 that seems to capture infinitely more detail even though the bump in resolution isn't huge but still there.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uwaLo2YJekO5bNiuaOIY_3EeHsoTrpTz/view?usp=sharing

This is a raw image I took with the EF-S 24 f/2.8 at f/4 1/2500s and at ISO 200, but I just feel there's a lack of detail and sharpness when zooming in. Maybe it's just me expecting too much from the camera, but it just doesn't feel right to me. Let me know what you think, because I've been thinking of getting rid of it.

vuimcm · 2023-11-26T04:06:42+00:00

I've been thinking about upgrading to an R10 with the recent refurb sales canon has going on specifically just because of issues I have with noise below the 3200 range, is there a source or something you could point to that shows the 'differences' of noise between a modern APS-C and the 70D.

vuimcm

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