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My limited experience is with a rear hub motor, hub motors just work. Mid drive motors require you to use the bikes gears. (which you should be doing anyway..) Due to driving the bike via the gears a mid drive can climb steeper hills, and theoretically reach faster speeds dictated by the gears...

If concerned a motor rated at 250w wont be powerful enough? Ive not weighed myself recently so could be anywhere between 13-15st, possibly more? My cycle isnt particularly light weight compared to most either. A hill i would walk up or if i did cycle it, I would be in the lowest gear standing...

Hello and welcome from the east end of town, gotta say at least the cowley rd is flat these days.. New to ebikes myself just having recently added a rear wheel kit to my sit up n beg cycle.. If you want to see a basic kit build and issues ive had (minor), and perhaps test ride it( leave me...

Thanks for putting it so kindly, Probably best if i stick to professionally built for purpose batteries for now perhaps..

Thanks all, Im not making any plans as yet beyond giving it a good clean and dowsing all the rusty nuts n bolts with penetrating oil and letting that get to work for a while.. Then give it a 'service' check brakes gears ... and address known probs like the broken spokes My only real concern...

Google is great ;) looks like a 6a balanced charger can be found at a reasonable price, amazon link So i have reviews to scan and sub par clones to weed out

SO? 'typing aloud' If I know my max travel time is 10 minutes and i assume 500w constant draw during a journey, So my controller is delivering close to if not its max current @ 15a? requiering 15ah to run for 60 mins and 6/15 = 0.4 ah to run for 10 minutes So 400mah batteries are required...

This morning i owned 1 ebike a kit conversion, its great but has some shortcomings since my donor/base cycle is rigid without any suspension and is fitted only with V brakes. Last night i was browsing ebay and spotted an auction with 20 minutes left. For an early? model Whoosh Santana I...

Think i want to read up on lipos more now,, as i think its not the mah printed on the label thats important but the mah available between 4.2v and 3.2v charge states of the battery. but with the less dense packs cost is more attractive and a smart charger will always be useful.

Ive had less exposure to lipo options than ebikes ;) i was surprised to find 10s even existed as glances in that direction in the past had revealed chargers with the capacity to handle upto 7s packs. so i looked up 10s chargers and fell over backwards.. currently i use a handful of 1s packs...

Ahh I was wondering where the obvious cross over between the RC bods and the ebike bods would be my money was on esc s ;) Yikes 10s charges are not cheap!! theres the catch eh..

@StuartsProjects Cheers, thats a shame.. hope your man feels better soon.. Im currently reading through your build thread, great stuff thats quite a bike, I was ignorant of anything Brompton until when working a laboring job early 80's another lad onsite was a huge fanboy and filled us in on...

@AGS Thanks, I was wondering if the mysterious eco feature the headset displays might mean less power and thought if i could validate a lower than 10a draw.... At least i know enough to stop think and ask eh? While i do contribute uphill, - not a lot atm as im just thrilled to roll up the...

Most of my regular ridding is short distances mostly downhill on the way out and uphill on the way home, so I dont need any ebike power until i return for the majority of my ridding. but when i do need it i expect im drawing the most current as its uphill Looking for the smallest battery...

Most odd and must be very frustrating, everything has been replaced! Having looked at a replacement controller myself i have done a little browsing up and watching of utubes on the subject nothing saved so i cant give a link but google is great once you get past the ads. the common start of...

Yikes consider me told.. No excuse at all.. Ive even googled tYres a few times the last few weeks, 'gulp'..

Cheers Chris, The came with bike tires are as you suggest a lil thin walled, so for the new motor wheel I splurged on a shwarbe? us brand, Road Guard tire at about 2x the cost of a cheapie black option, even paid the diddy premium for a cream coloured one too ;) its even got a reflective strip...

- I missed that scrub what i said above,

not a very well informed guess but if you have a new controller its possibly not set up for your motor but the stock motor supplied usually? Since your motor came from ebay its possibly not exactly the same as what its replacing. assuming you got the controller from the bike supplier? If i...

@Bikes4two It takes more than a single double take to spot that motor.. especially if your whooshing by. mine? significantly less stealthy.. but still looks cheaper than yours ;)