I think you and I would be fast friends in real life. Thanks for being you man and inspiring us all

You're like a brother from another mother. So much of your story resonates, including getting into researching e-bikes in 2015. I bypassed hubs and went right for a BBSHD on my old Cannondale in 2016. Did one more build for myself since. A BBS02 for a street legal "class 1" e-bike for city transportation. My friends think I'm nuts that I'd rather ride than drive for local stuff...not understanding that it takes me less time to travel, no time looking for parking, I'm not drinking dinosaur juice and I feel better from flowing endorphins than from driving in NYC traffic;) Love your channel, enthusiasm and willingness to teach what you've learned.

I'm glad to have caught your channel through your video about what ebike manufacturers don't want you to know. I can't resist watching any of your videos since. Also, the first one I caught, helps me understand why you weren't comfortable working for manufacturers. You took a little leap of faith and succeeded. Congratulations and thanks for the content you produce.

Thank you JohnnyNerdOut! This is my favourite channel for positivity during these troubling times. Everyone I share your videos with seems to like them. All the best... Brad (Alberta, Canada)

Dude, I live down here in St. George and now you've got me thinking to start building e-bikes like you! Probably won't happen, but kudos to you for following your dreams. I moved to Ivins just to mountain bike! Just rented/rode an ebike for the first time a week ago, had such a good time I bought a BBS02 from Amazon, watched a ton of videos about them....and of course came across a bunch of your videos/builds/tutorials. Thanks! Congratulations on everything. I'm subscribing.

Johnny Nerdout…. I’d love your vids buddy… thanks

I love the honesty you put into making this video and I watched your video on E-bike manufacturers and believe me I don't buy nothing from china unless I find out if a local shop can repair it first because I bought an E-scooter a couple of years ago from voromotors and had to figure out how to fix it myself using their videos here on youtube, since there was nobody willing to touch it since it wasn't a gas scooter.

Johnny you rock! After watching a bunch of your videos and doing a ton of research I went for it and made the purchase. I submitted my order on a Sunday afternoon, by Wednesday at 4 I had all the parts. Your shipping is awesome. I am part way through the build and should be riding by tomorrow! Can't thank you enough!

I built my own ebike because of your awesome videos! I freaken love my bike. My boyfriend and I are currently in the process of building one for him. I'm from Californian btw! Thanks for the inspiration!

That was great, thanks for your background story, my best to you from Interior Alaska.

so was thinking about it, than decided to do it after watching your vids, put a defang hd on an old dimond back, aluminum, disk brake, I live around champoeg park, (you might know where that is) turned on fargo road that had just been repaved, put the pedal assist to 9 (changed from five settings) hit the throttle.......32 miles per hour later!!! Yeah its life changing for a 72 year old guy. live around the park use to ride a recumbent, quit because of my age but back in the saddle again, well the recumbent had a seat but why quibble.

PASSION! Full Stop

Johnny, you're the best. Thanks for sharing your story. Loved it!👍🚴‍♂️🚴🚴‍♂️🚴❤❤

You rock Johnny!! Peace Love Harmony from Australia 🦘

Love this! Proud of you for believing in yourself! Go Johnny nerd out!

Great story. Go Johnny go!

2wheels passion, I love your enthusiasm

RESPECT ✊ you can do it 👏👏❗️❗️♥️🙏

Dude. Love the story and really wish you all the best as you fly forward. I work in one of the top e bike companies in Ireland. I do mobile mechanic services on my off days. Love your gig bud. All the best

Yeah Brad!

Good luck in all of your future endeavors. God bless you, dude 🤙🙏

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Really inspiring and interesting story. Thank you Johnny.

Very nice. I'm really appreciating what you do. thanks :)

Good story. Echoes of myself in there. Awesome to see you do well. The world needs more Johnny Nerdouts. Hope to share a beer with you one day. Cheers

Amazing brother

Thanks Johnny, for sharing your story. Inspiring that you believed in yourself at critical moments, and found a great path. I believe in the way you plan to nerd out as sacrificial lamb of our electric future. I am gonna follow your evolving story. Hang on to that good woman you found, and keep up the good work… and keep improving both the content and the film quality. I look forward to an even better story as the years go by…from a fellow nerd…Dan

Excelente !! fantástico ! Enhorabuena y muchas cracias !!

Go Johnny Go!

Thanks for sharing your back story. You've been a big help to me as a newbie ebiker. (I've only been at it for about a month now, but I think I've been bit by the bug!) Keep up the awesome work.

I remember back in 2013 to about 2018, bicycle shops in San Francisco would refuse me service for my IZIP Currie Express, even to change a tire. Pissed me off and I have been doing my own repairs and upgrades ever since. Thanks for this background story vid. Cheers.

So glad I ran into you. You have great enthusiasm and great knowledge. Keep building and teaching.

Love your style! Can't wait to see how far you go in the upcoming years!.

Awesome video, even more awesome story. So many examples of important life lessons here, even though that wasn't the point. Thanks for sharing. Love the content. Love the bikes. Love learning about this stuff. Keep it coming.

Thanks and you're welcome JNO! (I watched to the end with no regrets!)

Good Stuff Johnny. Well put. win win!!

Congrats, great story. From Australia.

Truly an inspiration to do my own conversion. Look forward to your videos. Like that it is content before production and not too long. Fan from St John's Newfoundland.

Great, a story similar to mine & many others, thanks for sharing & more inportantly hopefully inspiring a new generation- which is what it's all about

Just great what you’re doing, looking forward to all that is coming. I would love to do a type 3 VW wagon as one of these was my first car and it was great except for the oil leaks! For now I’m just enjoying my present ride.

Super honest video, I love it 😀

You have me 100% convinced that a mid-drive motor is the only way to go. Great to see your hard work become success! Definitely gonna dip my toe into converting my Specialized CrossTrail.

salute.

Great video and great stori man. I was the same as kid...all my toys was disassembled to see how it work 😃😃 now I drive my DIY ebiike and DIY escooter 😃😃 hope your dreams come true my fingers are crossed for your plans

Press on ! Wish you well. I Enjoy your videos.

E conversions of all the things should be so much bigger now.

This is awesome man!

Inspiration

A friend and I where some of the first to convert bikes to e-bikes here in Norway. Many called it cheating. The rules here in Europe are stupid, but we did not care. Sadly, my friend passed away this week. I feel that we started something new, when everybody want to try our strange new bikes.People in Norway have often money to buy expensive ready made. But the movement are going forward: Problems now are shipping and hard to find parts and tools.

Johnny hello from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 Wooooo! I love what you do man. I watch all your videos and love them all. I just wish you were here to build me a bike. By the way, your wife has a heart of gold for being so supportive. Well done so far Buddy. Keep on going👍🏻.

You're an awesome guy!!! I've been catching up and watching all your videos. I've learned a ton from you. I'm not sure what direction I want to go yet. Either upright bike or trike. Keep on nerding out💪. Thank you for all you do.

Awesome story! Awesome video! Just awesome, what can I say?

Thanks Johnny for sharing your E-Bike experience through your videos, and especially for introducing me to Brad @ Nomad Cycles. I am currently on his waiting list to have my Specialized Rock Hopper converted.

Congratulations Johnny, good point-Follow your dreams. Thanks for Ebike hardware.. Ted.... denver

Great videos you have! Your passion/enthusiasm is the best! Your conversion idea is really good, but I can't wait to see your design ideas for a full eBike!

Will be in touch for a mid drive soon as my Lectric takes a Dump

Congrats Johnny! I think you have done a kick-ass job and so much more to come! My personal opinion is far as e-bikes custom builds and mid-drive motors, I would like to see more choices. We have the BBSHD, CYC Motor, Cyclone and Hot Rods motors brands so far. It would be nice to see another American manufacturer offer a low-cost high performance mid-drive that's readily available and fairly easy to install. Perhaps using brushless motor technology to minimize weight and maximize efficiency. That's me nerding out on motors for a while! Haha

you da man , i wanna do what you do

I love your videos. The e bike world needs someone to develop a kit that allows people to convert a tadpole trike to a belt drive (that is also foldable) using an internal rear hub ( Rohloff or Shimano or N380). Best of luck to you!

Great story, glad you shared. I always told my kids, don't do a job that someone says you can make good money at. Do what you enjoy a job that makes you happy, you'll do a better job and make good money. Go with your heart you nerd. Best wishes to your future.

Good to hear your story! Yeah I agree, Electric is the way to go, and battery technology is finally getting better!

Hello Johnny I'm new in this ebike users and I investigate a lot before I get a bafang bbshd2 middrive motor,I am using it for 3 months and never been able to use the full 11 speed of my gear bike,cause when I'm in the high speed the motor star to make noises like if is jumping the tooth gear and does not run well I have to get to lower speed,I like ur channel and I hope you can help me to solve my problem,and now a lot of people is switching to ebikes,I wish u the best for u and your channel bro!

Love the story and the videos! Just finished my first mid drive conversion. I'm hooked! Thanks!

Awesome! It’s so good to hear people’s story and how they are chasing their dream. Keep it up! Question: I’m on your list to be notified about stock on e-motors. Any idea on timeline for more stock?

HA! I'm building my first ebike and just bought my first ever decent bike ( I'm 72 ) and I picked up a Gravity for $200!!!!! I'm about to order a BBSHD kit, just waiting on an email answer to a question. But how cool is that, his first build was on a Gravity!

YT is a great way to get free advertising, gain customers and grow your business. The only out-of-pocket is making time to create the videos. I have 2 vintage Ezips that I"m having lots of fun riding and doing cheap upgrades. Now I'm looking for a good candidate for fat bike conversion to mid-drive.

hey Johnny, check out a British TV show called Vintage Voltage if you wanna get into Cars too. It came out about 2 years ago, new season should be comin round soon too. P.s. fired up my bike for the first time today, gonna be frickin boss

Thank you Youce been a huge inspiration to me, I’ve been electrician for over 15 years and do health issues I haven’t been able to return to work and tjault of doing conversions but wasn’t sure how to go about it so went to building battery’s etc so I know I have all the skills to trouble shoot and fix what ever needed but just trying to learn more about bikes that’s the area I don’t feel concreat on that area but any way I know if I wait till all the lights turn green I’ll be way to late to the party anyway if have any words or tips of courage meant is much appreciate any who super happy for you and congrats on wife and just everything I’m very happy for you and if you made it through all my horrible spelling and grammar lol I think you for your time and patients

I like your down to earth attitude. You are just a real guy with a love to share. You are not a bike snob but you have passion. keep up the good work. You inspire me. Thank you.

Dam Johnny you surprise me every time with your honesty...you made me a little 😢 with your back story but then you snapped me out of it when you found your sole mate😍.I wish I could invest in your future because you are something “Else”.

Great video bother! I wish I would have found you before I bought my sondors rockstar. I do love the bike but I think I could have gotten a better overall bike with you.

What's a good cassette recommendation? Mine is slipping bad. I shredded the 3 rear smaller gears. Along with a derailleur adjustment I want a better cassette. I purchased a 52v 6ah saddle battery from you as a back up battery to my main luna 13.5 ah pack on my build and really enjoying it.

Hi Johnny! I like your Tee shirt, I got one just like it :)

I dig your vids bro, you kind of remind me a lot of Jeremy Lefebvre of financial education here on KZfaq for some reason. Good luck with your channel and career.

Great story, I was wondering do you do general maintenance, upgrade parts, etc.? I have just gotten back into riding and picked up myself a fairly nice E-Bike. I also live here in Utah, Eagle Mountain. I'm looking for good shop for whenever I need work done. After watching this I'm also thinking about converting my regular bike into an E-Bike. The bike I bought is Class 1 hardtail Mountain Bike (cross country), but wouldn't mind having class 2/3 for running errands, commuting to store, etc.

Stop inspiring me, Nerd Man! I've got over 500 18650's down in the garage and I'm not even sure what all I'm doing with them even! Stocked up for winter though... Great Story, Bro thanks for everything you do.

Great video. Keep it up. Any updates on the status of receiving parts/kits etc? It seems there are issues everywhere due to COVID.

Cool story I do have a conversion project that I’m pla. I g to do myself as my own custom ebike. It the blue seeker low rider trike that I will be rebuilding and converting to mid drive ebike. I was going to go hub but you said mid drive is better. What’s your thoughts on that.

do you have any advice for getting into ebike repair? like do ebike shops usually hire apprentices that dont know a lot? or should i just start trying to fix some on the side until i know more?

How much can I over volt the cyc x1 pro gen 2

I'm building my first e-bike and every time I talk to a local bike place about converting ebikes they always say they don't want to get sued if someone wrecks and hurts themselves. Curious your thoughts and how do you avoid this from happening?

Hello Johnny. Planning on buying two Ebikes for my wife and myself done a lot of research and your right they are all built by the same Chinese company. So what do I buy. Want fat tire for the flexibility. Please advise. Steve

Michael nailed it with “like a brother from another mother”. You are so personable! I have really enjoyed you helping me get my ebike conversion on the road. My 76 year old legs are loving the cranking. Your build has been the best! I have been working on the patent drawings for the folding and telescoping “Road Abode” caravan camper. Soon a Provisional Patent Application will get me a patent pending status while I peruse the market seeking to license my asset. Just not sure if it should be bike trailer manufacturers or producers of adventure type ebikes looking to expand their accessory products. The 180W Solar Panel option will be a big draw for being off grid while touring the backcountry. What do you think dear “brother”? Camo painting is taking time, but soon I’ll bring it by for your inspection and testing. Great video today. So glad you have been so willing to share yourself with us avid fans.

Johnny, I hope you develop an ebike specific frame that we can mount a Bafang Ultra motor to. Love the BBSHD but believe the Ultra mounting scheme is next level. When you develop it...a suggestion would be NO integrated battery so we can run different size batteries. Something like Andy Kirby sells out of the UK...but a bit more room in the frame for different battery sizes. Good luck! P.S. I am hoping for more ebike specific frames in the future that don't take a proprietary battery. I believe the market is there for performance ebike hobbists who don't want a store bought low power ebike with integrated battery aka money grab for low performance riders who don't know any better. I know you understand. A Bafang Ultra motor can be seriously hotrodded with big battery and high power controller and coupled with the right frame would make a heck of an ebike...next level over converted BBSHD regular bikes.

It's like a Build a Bear shop only you bring in the bike and get it stuffed with lots of power

Hey !!!! Ok I’m gona convert my bike and you have given me some questions I have a Cannondale Jekyll that I’ve had since I was skinny and energetic I want to convert it to an Ebike I will take it on some trails and use it for buzzing around town I have a super sweep motorcycle so I’m not looking for something like Looking for help choosing the rite drive for it Was gona totally go with a hub drive til I saw your videos Please let’s talk and figure out what will work for this bike Thanks in advance

Nice! good luck with everything, Wish i was closer! i live in Japan now and most electric bikes are super expensive and low power, i might end up with a fatbike from costco and a nice bafang mid drive, coz winter snow a lot here, please make close ups to your bike builds, thank you for the great videos!!

Hey man, I’m looking at trying to convert my girlfriends bike to an ebike. I’m pretty mechanically inclined but bikes are totally new to me. Is it something the average joe can do? It’s a good bike, a giant with disk brakes and such. I realize it’s a broad question without a lot of detail but what do you think?

How do I get in touch with you. I am looking on your website for the best option for my build and could use some advice. Thanks

hey my Nerd. So i took my first spin on my build yesterday and tbh i didn't wanna sleep last night after. There is a problem though, it's waaaaay too aggressive. Is there a way i can dial it down on the Display for now or will i need to plug it into my Laptop? Thanks Dude, John

Do you need an investor? Hit me up, I’m a believer. I want to be your very first franchisee as well. This feels like the ground floor of a big thing to me. I’m thinking about bringing this to Florida to the place of 130k old rich people where I think the market could explode. Plus, it’s green, so, awesome!

What is the best conversion kit and battery for about 1000

I would buy a super sweet durable hunting ebike from u man. U should make one that blows the quiet Kats away and undersell the hell outta them.

Johnny Turdout

Johnny great video I am happy you seem to have found your place. I too have decided MidDrive is the way to go. I have a Himiway All Terrain that I can't say enough good about. But, I am actually considering re-lacing the rear wheel eliminating the hub motor and converting the bike to a Mid Drive. I know that may sound crazy but I really like the design and build quality of the Himiway overall and it has a great battery 48v 17.5Ah Samsung 35E cells. At this point I am considering only the Bafang 1000w motor kit as I believe it represents the best value and has tons of aftermarket support. I figure I can sell the Himiway motor, controller and display to re-coop part of the expense of doing the conversion.

So now, I assume your NEW wife is the one with the Benno. But also gotta go with Crackpot on the moped thing. It may be a fast electric bike but to me, NOT a Moped. Mopeds have pedals yes,but they also have suspension ,stronger brakes & wheels like mini motorcycles. I’m 65 so I have had my share of all U discussed . I wish U LUCK and great success but check out Moped Army or vintage mopeds for more real comparisons.😃🤙🏼

Man I can build an e-bike in my sleep and and totally the biggest nerd I know, but the problem is I know a bunch of lame people ..and no one in my area has any money. I'd love to build e-bikes all day but just don't know how to get the clientele

* * * * * I'm In * * * * *

Bravo !!! its been a long journey ! Best wishes i need a help /advice on ebike get me your email please

The problem with converting automobiles is that it promotes the one person, one ton transportation problem bankrupting our country (did you know that no state even covers theorbadmknistrative costs with all thier taxes, lisc.'s and fees?... forget about infrastructure). Love how people cruise along, by thrmselves, on socialized streets, complaining about socialism, busses and trains that are half empty. Let me know if you want any info in bike fit, geometry or materials.