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    Bafang conversion kit : Recovery from over-speed is slow

    Thank you. This sounds like I'd have to pull a pin or two from the motor's connector, if you mean I should disconnect the motor's speed sensor. This may have a useful side-effect: drive will be immediate whenever correctly-phased pulses are seen by the controller from the cadence sensor, and so...
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    Bafang conversion kit : Recovery from over-speed is slow

    Thank you. I tried this this morning, and it worked as described: no pedaling until the speed drops below the limit. The drive recovery was soft, as one would expect when the bicycle is close to the limit. This was the one combination I hadn't tried. The hill in question is a railway bridge...
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    Bafang conversion kit : Recovery from over-speed is slow

    Heyo, I have a 250 W Dillenger front hub kit on a 10-y-old hybrid commuter which has transformed my commute, but: When I sail down a hill which puts the road speed over the limit of 15.5 mph, the motor freewheels (great), but when I start up the next hill the controller waits until the road...
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    Heyo from the south coast

    Good afternoon, all. I bought a Dillenger 250W kit (Bafang front hub) a few days ago, and I'm enjoying the way my ruined knees can now cycle the ten miles to work and the ten back again in spite of the often cruel sou'westerlies in the late afternoon. Being able to cycle again was the main...