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Just curious, what are you using for a charger and batteries? Can your batteries take a higher power charger/would it have benefitted you to have a higher power charger on this trip? I don't know if there was ever a time where stopping somewhere in the middle of the day you might have had access to an outlet and 30 minutes of 1C or even 0.5C charging would have given you some piece of mind in terms of keeping your batteries charged in case you ended up in a situation like the night you camped off the side of the closed road. Off the shelf chargers are normally STUPID expensive but I've found several Aliexpress options based off of server power supplies/telecom rectifiers that should be absolute tanks considering their original design was for some pretty hard work. The best one I"ve come across so far is the ZXD2400 V4.3 with the most recent display option. You can probably get the more rudimentary style display options for a bit cheaper but I think at $180 shipped this is a much better deal than dealing with the not so intuitive seven segment display of the older versions www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806584929820.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.21.6442c722c722M4&algo_pvid=8164df24-d874-4ab7-bdbc-00122593eeb2&algo_exp_id=8164df24-d874-4ab7-bdbc-00122593eeb2-10&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21USD%21140.27%21138.87%21%21%211012.08%211001.96%21%402101ec1a17168494855381855ee0f8%2112000038244016147%21sea%21US%213589144974%21&curPageLogUid=zkJqkDXeMzOq&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A This is the best price I've found so far I think....Wouldn't pay more than $200 shipped for this style..for the older style display I'd pay MAYBE $160 shipped. With 220V-240V AC Input you can get 0-60V 0-50A (I don't think you'd need the 0-120V 0-25A version since it sounds like your batteries are 12S or 13S I'm guessing...so the 0-60V works for up to 14S....I guess if you have a 16S or 20S then you're forced to get the 0-120V model) With 120V AC input you can get 0-60V 0-25A but of course its recommended to never run these rectifiers at 100%...always derate to ~80%....so 18A or 20A should be plenty for you. If you need the full power of 220-240V most people will use an oven outlet in their home or something similar. For E-Bike batteries I would guess that 120V AC input is enough to max out the charging rate of your batteries but I could see if you were charging some bigger LiFePO4 batteries at home it would be nice to have the full 40A+ (derating it 80%...you can use the full 50A so long as you're not above 50V...I'm still a little unclear about the power...I think its a 3000W peak rectifier for short periods of time but its continuous rating is 2400W?)

Narly looking trail, Narly looking Bike. 🦘🏆👍 ☮️

try these tires on your bike - best roll and grip and comfort of any tire I ever used Tioga City Slickers 195 x26 - they make thinner tire but this size works best

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Super impressive range but I wanted more videos so I was hoping you were going to take two days. Thanks for the videos I do love watching them.

So many interesting details. Most of my family ended up in Phoenix so I spend a lot of time visiting there. The highway portions of your ride look absolutely dreadful. It's hard to imagine how anybody would want to do that. It would be interesting to know how much the solar actually helps - compared to plugging into a "non-networked wall outlet" like you did at McDonalds. I wonder if people ever give you grief for plugging in like that. What do you figure, maybe you pulled 45 cents worth of electricity? And the A-frame over the tent site. What's with that? Is that a common thing in the desert?

I’m a longtime truck driver 30+ years and 3,000,000 miles under my belt and I also do cycle touring when I take time off. I have an electric bike and I’ve been trying to figure out how I can keep it charged up with two 100 W panels and a unit from Jackery

Amazing , Thanks for taking us along with you.

Did you plug your bike in, when you stopped for that pizza? Any ways, you've got a pretty cool outfit going. I also ride an Ebike. But mine is a two wheeled recumbent, with a front hub motor. It sure makes things easier. Take care, stay safe, and it was good riding with you :) P.S. you need one of those neck towel things, that you keep wet. They really work. I've used one a few times where I live. Now I have to find where I put it last fall :)

I really like solo Onward and Fourth. Plus it was kinda weird hearing/seeing someone in the background trying to make a video while you were trying to make a video with them in the video. Seeing people make videos in the wild is just plain odd.

Nice job on the ride. Im a Nomadic van dweller/touring cyclist. As i get older and the hills steeper and longer. Im looking at buying an electric bike this summer. The range on them has been my biggest hold up. But you just proved my worries pointless. Thanks for a great video.

I've been a bicycle commuter my whole life, and I lived in phoenix for 5 years, it was the only time I hated commuting. I didn't have a good bike back then though. But the heat is so oppressive, and the concert melts rubber. I rode 12k miles on a normal bike in a year in North Carolina and that hear almost never bothered me. That desert heat is like cycling in an air fryer. Its brutal. I wish I could get a solar set up llike yours that didn't take up so much space. I like to carry a lot of gear on my tours! I lived in Peoria for a bit, mostly in Deer Valley. Worked at the waffle house up there by the highway!

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Normally when i see some one at a gas powered bike, I think they're a tweaker, and as a bike mechanic I cringe abit when one comes in. but your friend is helping me get over the sterotype! Still not a fan of gas but its cool to see someone touring on one! When I rode the trans am in 2012 I rode 122 miles the first day, fully loaded on a trek 520! 150 miles is a great range! Gotta test it in the mountains with a lot of climbing.

PS you blew my top kilometres in a day PB by 63kms, KUDOS mate 🎉🏆

I too enjoy your videos. I have a Riese-Muller Supercharger touring bike and you encourage me to continue to tour on it. I like being on the road for days because of the sights and sounds. I live in SW Texas, so some of our towns are more than 60 miles apart. I look forward to your next adventure. I have become a member today and have ordered something from your list.

Nice job 👍 great watch mate 🦘🏆☮️

So, my 60 volt e-bike and its battery got stolen a couple weeks back, and the other day the police returned it and the battery. Now, rather than charging up to a maximum of 70.3 volts, the BMS is saying that the battery is only a 48 volt battery. Did the thieves give the police the wrong battery, or is the BMS acting up? Not only did the battery come back out of its wrapper, but when I completely unwrapped the battery I noticed that four cells were removed from one end of it. The thieves may have removed the four missing cells, or the battery may have simply came that way from the factory. Not sure

Could a mat not be used in a diffuser with a candle below ? Why would I need a thermacell

Wonderful journey, Eric. Solar optimizer is really fun!

Funny you should mention, I came across one of these the other day in Northern California while riding my dirt bike. It was so windy it didn't even occur to me that Cal Fire would be doing a prescribed burn. Apparently the experts that are in charge of putting forest fires out don't realize how dangerous that is.

i think you need even lover gearing, and you can make casual climb easy.

Thanks for sharing Eric your right 3or4 spokes and there usually gone

Love that area. That road you were on before the China dam turnoff runs you down to the backside of the lake. Some great campsites. Just found you tonight. Great content, thanks.

wow, very cool!

wow, amazing he made as far as he Did, thanks Eric!

Wow crazy!

I just got done doing a bike tour from toledo ohio to nyc, on a $400 e bike, and had no major issues, no crashes.

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That large trail you rode in Tucson is known as the Chuck Huckleberry Loop(50+ mile loop around the city), that is a trail on my bucket list)

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In California, we do nothing, and then when it burns we blame climate change.

The perfect getaway lol. Great video eric thanks for taking us along

does the panel make the trailer handle weird? I know the coho doesn't like being loaded higher then the rails.

Have to get out their an life better than sitting like like a tree I heart that brother

I should be able on my GAS bike 😂😂 I've already put over 3,000 miles on it with ease

Your a legend Brother Great Video

You should have brought some marshmallows and hotdogs you'd be set lol

No, it's not crazy at all. When done during the proper conditions there is very little chance of the fire getting out of control. It adds nutriments to the soil and removes material which will fuel an out of control brush or Forrest fire.

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Nice. You're really out at the mountains 👍

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Hmmm Dinner 🐍👍

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