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The eBike thread
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You bought the battery and the motor at the same time from the same shop? If so, they should have copped on they were a mismatch
John Hutton wrote: »I'd say you did, the 36v was the amount the battery was charged, when at 100 it will read 54.something.
Nah. If the battery were a 48V nominal battery (13S), then a reading of 36V would mean just 2.7V per battery. Which means they are beyond dead and can go straight into the recycle bin. He bought a 36V battery alright.0 -
You bought the battery and the motor at the same time from the same shop? If so, they should have copped on they were a mismatch
Nah. If the battery were a 48V nominal battery (13S), then a reading of 36V would mean just 2.7V per battery. Which means they are beyond dead and can go straight into the recycle bin. He bought a 36V battery alright.
I bought both off PSW power a few days apart, I've sent an e-mail to them
so I'll see how I get on.0 -
Hopefully they'll help you out, out of courtesy. I found them good to deal with. When I pointed out to them that something on their website wasn't clear and was open to mis-interpretation, they promptly changed their website and used my suggested replacement text verbatim
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Not sure what your question is. The higher the capacity, the longer your range (and presumably the more expensive the battery)
Fat bike sold, and also the 29er hardtail that I had hoped to convert to mid drive, but had a fancy pressfit BB, so I abandoned that plan. Finally have a bit of space in my shed. Will probably play with the massive adult 1000W 48V scooter next. See how it behaves when on 59V batteries
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Bought a Fiido D2S on Amazon last week.
Arrived on Monday and have been out and about on it a good few times now and have to say I'm pretty impressed with it. Three 'pedal assist' settings. With gentle pedalling the 1st setting is around 10Kmph, 2nd setting 15Kmph or so and the 3rd around 20Kmph. There's a twist throttle on it also and using that alone maxes out at 22Kmph with no pedalling, and maybe 27-28Kmph with pedalling.
Only has 16" wheels but great fun to use overall. Not something for long range use, more made for scooting around town and the like, Folds up and so could be brought on public transport. Although I'd recommend getting one of the Halford's bags for fold-up cycles if thinking of getting one and doing that too often as it's not the most compact in that regard.
Rangewise I did 50Km on one charge and that was mostly using pedal assist setting 2. Just using throttle and you'd maybe get 20km on a full charge.
It's a 6-Speed but you can get the bike without gears (the D2 model, the S is in D2S is for 'shifting') but I wouldn't recommend it as should your battery run out, and it will, you'll surely need them given the bike's weight (19Kg). Also has Disc brakes front and back and the saddle is just about right for this kind of bike.
Surprised I'm the first on Boards to have one as I've seen quite a few about and they've been pretty popular in Europe for quite some time. Lots of reviews on YouTube. Have heard mixed reports on long term battery use though (it's a 36v, 7.8Ah) and so be interested to hear from others who maybe have had experience with one for a bit of time and if they've had any of the recharge issues reported.
Here's the review which made me want to get one:
Note: the D2 model had key start, a phone holder and phone charging - the D2S has none of these.
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copeyhagen wrote: »my 5 year c2work is up and could do with a pedal assist ebike now... broken back ,arms and leg will do that to ya, lol.
can i buy a bike over the 1k mark using the bike2work scheme and just pay the difference? has anyone ever done that before?
Yep, you can do that. Maximum tax relief is capped at the €1,000 base though.copeyhagen wrote: »Unkel, what kinda price did it cost you for pack and motor to do the fat bike?
It really is as (in)expensive as you want it to be. I recently bought a conversion kit which set me back about €130 including delivery. Add €90 worth of batteries and a few connectors and a charger and any old bike you have lying around and you have an electric bike with a pretty easy DIY project
I also have a nearly new (1 year old) folding electric mountain bike coming up for sale soon too, once I get the brand new batteries for it which are on their way to me. This will be cheap, around the EUR450 mark for the complete bike with battery and charger, all-in
In the middle you can do a mid drive conversion from about EUR500 + bike + battery and at the high end you can also buy a dedicated electric mountain bike and easily spend EUR6k-10k on a good one 0 -
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The following bike just sold on Ebay and this line from the description made me laugh
"There's no gears on the bike as it's way to fast to pedal, I only pedal from standing start for 3 turns then I fake pedal to make it look like I'm riding a push bike, The bike can be used without electric but it's like trying to ride a mountain bike with a very fat passenger on the back .."
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