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My Photon Gen 2 Commuter
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My Photon Gen 2 Commuter

Here's my stealthy commuter CYC Photon Gen 2 build. Weight is 39lbs. Battery is the 50amp minimax from electrify bike, bag is a BV from amazon. The stock 160mm rotors on the Chisel were weak to the point of being scary, so I added 203mm rotors which made a huge difference, especially coming down San Francisco hills at speed. The Schwalbe G-One Speed Pro tires are a game changer - fast rolling, quiet, and super comfortable on pavement. The balloon tires kind of act as suspension, so I'm planning to swap the boat anchor fork to a carbon rigid one, which should bring the weight down to about ~35lbs.

The only ebike experience I had before this was riding 80 lb, 250w Lyft citibikes, so this thing feels like a rocket to me. Very happy with the build - just need to clean up some wires and figure out what that mystery clicking sound is!

u/dms105 — 16 hours ago