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thanks Gwhy. Perhaps I'll look a little more closely at the lipos. Here's another quick question for you all. I just noticed that the oset bike I got used does not have a potentiometer in it. I'm assuming then that it's running at at full speed and power. The potentiometer is listed in the manual as a 22 Kohm. I'm not sure I'm going to replace it, but if ai did, any reason to think I'd need to go higher (or lower) with a 6s lipo configuation

Great source of information here. Thanks to everyone that has posted. I've just bought my son his first Oset and I'm excited to convert it to a LiPo or LiFePo4 battery . Has anyone looked into this option? Assuming it would fit in a Oset 16 24V it seems like a pretty easy turnkey solution for a lighter battery and better range. Having read the entirety of this thread (several times) I'm not sure I want to venture into LiPo simply because I'd rather not have to fuss with battery charging and storage etc. I'm not too worried about LiPo safety on the bike, but the charging regimin for LiPo seems laborious.