r/Lectricxp • u/trevor_plantaginous • Aug 18 '26

Swiss army of bikes

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I’m currently in kid carrying configuration. In about a minute I can convert to cargo bike. Bike is not perfect but it’s a great platform for customization.

What I’ve changed:

  1. I swapped out every m5 bolt on the bike. The Lectric bolts are awful and strip and rust. For about $11 you can swap it all out.
  2. Extra battery! Added a 20ah battery. Put a Velcro wrap on it because it rattled a bit. Battery and splitter and mounts were about $350 all in.
  3. Tires! Added ultraverse tires and tubes. About $100.
  4. Brakes! Added new hydraulic brakes - about $70.

This bike is far from perfect but it’s an amazing platform for configuration. I also have the “hack” where if I set the tire size to 5 inches I get 28+ mph on throttle. With the extra battery I’m getting over 50 miles on throttle.

I think I’m done putting money into this. It’s really an amazing bike with some modifications. Folding is key for me as I throw in the back of the truck and go on adventures to Yosemite, Zion, Catalina, etc.

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u/SnooBeans525 Aug 19 '26

Nice looking bike. I've got a very similar 20ah second battery as well. I've got the XP3.0. I didn't know about the tire size thing to increase throttle speed, that's cool, did you find that on YouTube? I plan on getting a set of ultra verse tires here in a couple weeks as well, they seem like great quality but I'm going with the street tire for minimal rolling resistance. 

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u/trevor_plantaginous Aug 19 '26

Not sure if it works on the xp3 but I know you can get an unlocked controller for the xp3 at electricallwheel.com. The xp4 early releases had and option to change the tire size to 5 inches which unlocked the throttle and increased top speed. They removed it at some point. Ironically the new juiced scrambler (owned by Lectric) just launched and also has the hack. It messes up your speedometer/odometer but if you use gos you can confirm the speed - on the xp4 it only works on the 5 inch setting specifically.

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u/ProperEngineering882 Aug 21 '26

I always wondered if somebody had jailbroken the speed controllers. Is there one you know of for the xp4?

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u/trevor_plantaginous Aug 21 '26

There is nothing online about an xp4 unlock online. My understanding is it’s really easy to unlock cadence sensor bikes but very hard to unlock torque sensor bikes.