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notjulianjaynes on Feb 23, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: I Designed and Built an eBike

Can you post a better picture of how the brackets attach to the downtube? Did you drill into the frame?

gkasev on Feb 23, 2022 [–]

It’s just a zip tie. It only needs to support part of the weight, the moment from the kit is reacted by the frame itself, e.g. the motor pushes the kit against the frame, when it drives the chain.

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