My Commander Pro was taken - (story & updates)
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- čas přidán 12. 03. 2024
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Hey guys, just wanted to say I'm not trying to dissuade anyone from riding or enjoying EUCs. I just wanted to share what happened to me.
For those of you who might be asking why I'm still doing deliveries when I said "I quit" in the latest podcast, it's because I was unaware at that time of the "additional pay" these apps give on top of the 18/hr, which makes deliveries still OK pay-wise. Also, if you're curious why I keep doing deliveries in general, last few months I've been working on my portfolio for other things, as I don't plan on doing this forever (not that I'm trying to knock anyone who enjoys this work). I addressed some of these things during this video but decided to cut it out as it was too long.
Anyway, just wanted to share that because I know people are sometimes curious. Hope everyone is well :)
I can feel the frustration. I do like how you trust your instincts. You gotta protect you. Like you said, it could be a blessing in disguise.
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Man, hopefully things get better for you with this terrible situation. Would be nice to see you back on a high power PEV eventually but I’m down to see your bicycle adventures.
hey man, i appreciate that :)
PTSD on the EUC 😔 lol. I can totally understand though. I've got a yeet cable attached to my EUC stand, and it's next to my front door. Videos of when they go though are pretty freaky. I hope the guy that ripped off your CP got a nice surprise later 💥🔥😳 lol
That would be some wild karma wouldn’t it
in a weird twist of fate, i was actually more concerned about the building the person who stole the EUC took it to than I was about getting it back... i suppose you use the yeet cable to keep your wheel stationary? not sure what that is exactly
@ETAonTheEUC It's just a cable wrapped around the front of the stand so I can drag the EUC and stand all together and yeet all of it out the door, if possible lol
There is a rattle can spray product named Corrosion X that I've used on automotive applications but I found it following RC modeling media. It's messy, sort of like spraying on grape jelly, never dries, but it will repel moisture and stay in place if applied lightly enough. I suggest after spraying brush lightly to spread evenly. It will not conduct electricity so just coat everything. Working on the electronics later will be messy but manageable.
this is great advice. thank you :)
Brother GOto SHOP to get it fixed in NYC ... AI Rides is up in the Bronx ...... I love EUC & they are such a cost to perofrmance to time awesomeness--- are way to fun & are RARELY as Dangerous if a competent repair guy & the new Lynx is great n with the additional safety measures if BMS just dies .... Anyway I think they keep getting better but more expensive .. I hope you find whatever makes you happy but if you dont understand how the EUC works let someone who does it for a living fix it. That would've made this probably never happen . Anyway, GOD Bless & I wish you the best working off your debt mate.
There’s one EUC repair shop in that I know of called Ai Rides. It’s in the Bronx, maybe they can can fix his eucs
@@khanrides aye I mentioned that in my comment. Cheers
before all this happened i've worked on all my eucs and was able to fix them so I though i'd give it another try. Yeah, there is a reason why there are "professionals" to take your EUCs to, so I agree with you there. Can't argue with that :)
@@ETAonTheEUC Listen I repair it myself & it just is a headache sometimes ... But I wish you the best in whatever you do choose to do in the future ... Life is full of stress & being 51 yrs old I now realize to enjoy the moment as much as possible B/C before you know it life has passed you by and I realized all I was doing was grinding to look forward to something I never could attain back in my lifestyle so now I realize to enjoy the day & moment much more... I hope you are wiser than me & it seems like you have a good head on your shoulders. Whatever you do in the end Happiness is very important to consider when you do decide on you next move if you dont stay with the bicycle.
GOD BLESS
I get it man. You had a brush with possibilities that could have been bad for others. I respect your choice. Maybe in the future, can come back to EUC, store it in a one of those rent a storage things, and ride it on a non rainy day just for fun, and use the ebike for work?
Good to see you back, so sorry to hear you've had some bad luck on the EUCs. I was always a bit skeptical of EUC safety, it seemed like you were having near constant issues lately. Keep your head up bud! Looking forward to future updates and delivery videos! Thank you for the videos!
thank you :)
Sorry to hear all this Bro. The Commander was stollen for a reason. Too many problems are now someone elses. Keep your head up.
appreciate it :)
Dang Dude, sorry to hear. Reason why I bought the InMotion V12 HS. Just a well rounded wheel, and I'm a Gotway/ Begode guy. But Safety is #1.
Wow man this really makes me appreciate the situation I have going on. Looks like you're doing pretty good on that bike though!
Being good friends with a pro-mechinc is perfect for you, I'm sure. I hate being so dramatic but I got some EUC ptsd lol. Be safe yogi steve
Bro, I am so sorry to hear this happened to you. My heart breaks when i cant ride my euc, either due to damage or malfunctions... the end of an era. i still havent watched through all your older content tho please leave it up on youtube!
thanks. no worries, i'll leave up the content :)
I’ve been living your legacy man. Just started DoorDashing on my EUC like a month ago. Earned $24/hr active time this past weekend. Always get scared leaving my EUC outside of places. Thinking of getting a GPS tracker to put inside and also an AirTag so those who might steal it will think the AirTag is the only form of tracking inside. Also thinking of getting a movement alarm I can set before leaving the EUC. I can’t imagine the pain you are going through brother. Pouring one out for ya
Appreciate it! I have a bike sensor alarm i use on my EUCs in the description portion of the video section if you want to check it out in the links. GL with everything ;)
Love watching your vids man! Never had an euc, however I got myself an e-bike about 2.5 years ago and It made a huge difference for delivering food. Way faster and you are less tired after 12 hours of constant work. The only thing I had to replace was the motor once (~350€) since it already passed around 10K km without any maintenance. Also, had an accident where the battery base just went in smokes, poor contact caused it, made sense since it was during salty winters of Easter Europe. Had the whole battery reassembled for around 90 euros. Ever since, ran great and had no issues except the battery range slowly degrading. I think e-bikes are way better than eucs in terms of cost effectivness. I would advise you to try out the bbshd or bbs02b (I'm using the following) motors on your current bike as well as decent custom made battery by a professional and reputable builder. You could assemble a whole set for around 1000$ which makes way more sense than repairing the euc. Just my 2 cents here, I would love to try euc, but they're just too darn expensive for me atm. Anyways, keep up the good work, man! Looking forward to your vids, much love from Vilnius! ♥️
Thanks I appreciate it! I have nothing against e-bikes as I used to use one for food delivery. My building in NYC doesn't allow e-bikes anymore due to the popularity of city fires, etc. GL with everything!
I work in NYC so it's cool watching your videos because I recognize and know the city well. Honestly I hate wrenching on wheels. Ai Rides or Mono Ridez is where I get my Euc repairs done in New York City. Sam the owner of Ai Rides and Paul the owner of Mono Ridez do Phenomenal repairs on Euc's. I wish you all the best. You make great content. If you decide to start making deliveries on a Euc again. Maybe get the most tried and tested all weather wheel the Nikola.
hey man. yeah, i've watched your videos before :) Up until this point I've worked on all my EUCs and was able to fix them, so I figured I could do the same this time. I always try to fix it myself if I can due to expenses, but i agree with you that if it's out your league as far as repairs you should take it in to an EUC shop. thanks for the references and stay safe :)
Safety and waterproof in motion v13 or 14
inmotion wheel is waterproof, I know that is not your style but since you ride in the rain... all my wheels are inmotion for that reason, had kingsong and even begode.
I don't think I'm going to buy anymore EUCs in the near future. If I gold on to one of them, it's going to never see water again
Man that sucks, but hopefully some people will see your video and take EUC/battery safety more seriously. I know it made me have some second thoughts.
It may have been that I installed the incorrect part, but it was rated same volts, etc. If I had any doubt it was the incorrect part i wouldn't have done it... one of the wires was shorter than the original.. that was the only thing that was off to me
Damn gang its been a minute
Same bro, this week i was about to go to work and i've been taking my Kingsong S22 down the stairs every day, then my trolley handle broke off and finally fell down the stares and it stopped working. So with my cheep self since i was saving up to get the new KS22 pro, looks like ill have to wait again and buy the same KS22 again cuz its only 2 thousand $. i think its a good call for me until i save up some more for other electric vehicles that are worth buying.
i'm not hating on EUCs in general, I just personally lost confidence in them due to my experience. one of my worst fears is having those things fall down an escalator or something when i'm doing deliveries. that would be the worst. hope everything works out for you
Was good bro
was' good
Been there my guy except it was with a Honda ruckus but modified. Hit a metal tile and broke my engine case. Luckily I rebuilt it and got to run because I had experience with motor engines. Was off for 1-2 weeks but decided to take a month off cause it was spring break 😅. But again if you don’t know what you’re doing there’s always CZcams for everything.
very true. youtube is a great tool. wow, fixing engines is beyond my league, for sure. Nice work
Damn bro...sorry to hear. I hope you get past this traumatic experience and get back on the EUC. If you decide not to get back on the EUC, I just want to let you know that I have enjoyed your EUC channel and will continue to watch. I think everybody watching your vids understands the importance of safety first on the job and that you gotta do whats best for your health and well being. With regards to EUC repairs...yeah thats a lot...for the amount of money mentioned you could buy a new EUC (less powerful of course). If I recall correctly on one of your older vids you had mentioned something about the 18-20mph range being more than ample for deliveries. Could you possibly salvage your older EUC's for parts and put those funds towards an Inmotion V10 or Inmotion V8S and break even financially or offset a majority of the cost? Then you could have both options for deliveries...EUC and bike. Have you ever thought about electric scooter for deliveries?
i might be able to fix my KS16X because someone is sending me a control board. of course, I will only try to work on it outdoors now. But honestly, I'm looking for better options because I sincerely feel these things are very dangerous and might be more of a hassle in the long run given my situation. i'm fine with a regular bike for now as I don't plan on doing food delivery forever anyway. thank you for your kind words. I have not been motivated to make videos lately but if I decide to get back to it i won't have an issue coming up with content. take care :)
1:40 asian workers do that a LOT. The asian spot I pickup from does this almsot every time. They'd give me the order, but place it on a counter for me to pick it up when they could had just gave it to me
never seen someone just put it on the floor in front of me besides just handing it to me lol
😮 nooo..
Man, I hate it, for you..maybe circumstances will change and you’ll get another wheel. This story DOES give me pause, as I own 3 e-scooters with a few extra batteries lying around in my apartment. Don’t stop the channel! Bikes are good content, too. Luck, bro
i'm not trying to dissuade anyone from using PEVs. I just wanted to share what happened to me. I'd just say to be cautious when dealing with these big batteries, their storage, and if you have any issues with them do not use them or get them to a professional to diagnose. in other words, everything i didn't do jk lol
Dude my commander pro literally got stolen from my garage just the other night out here in Long beach, CA 🤬
sucks man. my situation was a little different because i kind of relieved given my situation, but your situation must have been hard to swallow. sorry to hear
How did they get into your garage?
Sounds like you got water damage on all these euc...
Get yourself a BBSHD and a 60v Lifepo4 battery, not only you'll be safe, but you'll be able to go and charge faster.
so whats your channel gonna be now? and also so sorry that happened man i know the feeling of that PTSD fear me falling off the bike having a broken elbow it got me thinkin if i should ride an ebike anymore
dang. sorry to hear. i can make this channel about anything really. just depends what i want to do.
@@ETAonTheEUC you can try original bike videos like biking dc does or walking on a bike mode things like that
Sorry that happened to you. That's crazy. Regular bicycle is is good for delivery in NYC now because of the hourly trip time. I think regular bicycles will do good in Manhattan but wont do as good in Queens or especially somewhere hilly like the Bronx. Bad thing about regular bicycle is you going to be tired if you do it full time. Doing like 8 hours a day, day after day, your legs going to be sore. You will get fit but you going to need days off here and there. That's the bad. With a electric or gas motor vehicle you can work 8 to 12 hours a day seven days a week as long as you can mentally handle it.
my experience doing it 3 weeks in a row on a bike is that i don't really get tired...BUT i recently did something to the shifter and i need to fix part of the hub which is making it hard to pedal, making me tired...before that, i didn't have any issues with being tired doing 8+ hours on the bike
@@ETAonTheEUC I'm a bike mechanic I can take a look at your bike and do a tune up at no charge. I'm in NYC PM if interested, you cool I got you.
that'd be awesome if you would I'd drop you a little cash. I'm having a hell of a time tuning these derailleurs LOL
Why don't you get an Inmotion wheel if you ride in rain that often?
i thought about it but at the time of deciding on the commander pro, the v14 was not out and the v13 had too small of a battery and too heavy for my needs, so i went with the CP at the time... the v13 was the closest thing to "waterproof" at the time
ya, i paid 5 brand canadian for my Master and at 20,000 kms ill retire it if it doesnt dump me first. it wouldve cost me 25 cents/km. too much afaic.
ill probably put the batteries in an ebike.
in my garage theres probably 1000 dead or half dead lithium battery cells from my ebikes
PEVs are single use products like plastic straws that you throw away after using them.
I am sorry about what happened to you, I personally get my wheels fix by those that knows
i've been able to fix all my wheel up until this point, so i try to do that first, but you're always wise taking it to a shop that knows what they are doing. stay safe :)
@@ETAonTheEUC you too, we will keep watching don’t change the name of the channel
How many trips must we take to advance our tier because I still am on the same tier
everything you need to know should be shown in each app
@@ETAonTheEUC uber doesn’t include that information
It says on mine. Go to app and click the title under “Earnings” on the side menu. Mine says “ubereats pro”. That’ll tell you your level, etc
@@ETAonTheEUC thats not for uber planner tho lol..
@@dmitrybrooklyn there is no level for uber planner that i'm aware of. The way you get paid more is complicated as it depends on what "pay model" the apps select, the market, how much deliveries you do, etc., which was all set in place by nyc law:
www.nyc.gov/site/dca/workers/workersrights/food-delivery-worker-laws-faqs.page
It's complicated.
A.i rides in the Bronx could have fixed it bro bro smh probably could have been saved lol f it tho it’s gone lol
no wonder they costs so much
Comment below if my 21 speed bike can be converted into a electric bike for my hip surgery recovery 😊😊please help me bounce back from this I have a socket rench for the pedal assist 😊
i'm sure they can somehow. someone more experienced/knowledgeable should comment. GL :)
I'm guessing that's why I always see this dude on FB marketplace selling wheels back to back getting use out of them before things go wrong then buy the next best wheel. RIGHT?? i thought about it dont think many people hold on to them for miles and miles unless they are very electrically informed.
A lot of people just keep buying new wheels and selling their older wheels to trade up and keep their EUCs at a certain number. I think there are many people who have had their EUCs for a long time
Jesus took that from u 😂😂😂 he said "put all ur worries into me"
jesus works in mysterious ways i guess LOL
@@ETAonTheEUC facts lol
Sounds like you may have miswired your charging socket that you installed. Could have just blown the inline fuse and sounded like it was a battery cell also produced a nasty smell doesn't mean it's the battery.
These eucs really don't have a lot of parts to them. Anyone that decides to ride should really learn about them. When you break it all down it's only a handful of parts that are serviceable. Once you understand the electrical and the mechanical land you can understand these closed systems front to back and back to front quite simply. It's all a matter of learning about it step by step all the way through.
Maybe. I personally think I had the wrong charging board as I remember the cord/plug was shorter than the original with I think an extra wire (3 wires instead of 2 on one plug). When I plugged my batteries into it that probably why it happened. No one to blame but myself. All I know is I'm pretty sure it was related to the battery for the reasons I mentioned and also I remember feeling the side and it was hot/warm where it blew
That sucks. Maybe sell up and get a V14
Yeah. Why didn't he get an Inmotion wheel if he ride in rain 🌧️ that much.
i wanted the v14 at one point, but i already had 3 working delivery EUCs and getting the v14 would be overkill. I'm kind of done with EUCs though. I sincerely feel they are a little too dangerous and expensive at this point in my life, not that I'm trying to discourage anyone from enjoying them :)
So, the fun wore out for you. It sounds like you have no interest in riding again. I guess it's not a hobby anymore when you rely on it to make a living.
the fun didn't really end. i was on my mten4 the other day because I had to go somewhere local and i was fixing my bike. i enjoyed riding it but i am still apprehensive of them now