Help! Apollo phaze

[TimH]

I'm finding the tiny hub motor doesn't really do much going uphill are there any upgrades I.e bigger motor and battery available

 

[Nealh]

Hub motors for hill climbing /inclines are much dependent on the motor winding /rpm of the hub. A faster wound hub is not as efficient as a slowe rwound hub.

To be able to comment on your hub one woul dneed to know the rpm winding and the current /voltage used.

 

[matthewslack]

Looking at the specification, it is a bottom end bike with tiny battery only 6 speed and rim brakes. It likely has a fairly low current controller, and that is the limit on power, so uphill performance will be poor. You can help it up by changing down to the lowest gear.

Trouble with this bike is if you upgrade to a higher current controller, you will then notice a reduction in range which may become insufficient because of the rather small battery, so then you need a bigger battery, and then you will have spent half the original price of the bike on upgrades.

I'd be tempted to treat it as a lesson learned, sell it and buy something more suitable, or for better value for money, convert a bike yourself. That is no harder than the changes you might need to make to get the Apollo doing what you want.

 

[saneagle]

I'm finding the tiny hub motor doesn't really do much going uphill are there any upgrades I.e bigger motor and battery available

It has a lightweight low capacity battery with integrated controller, so you're pretty well stuck. You'd have to buy a new battery, controller and LCD, which are going to cost about the same as a whole 48v bike that you can buy from Amazon. Then you have a front motor, which is OK for low power, but when you increase the power to it, you can get problems with traction. Also, your rim brakes will struggle to deal with the higher average speed from more power.

Personally, I think you'd be better off buying one of those cheap Ebay/Amazon bikes and sell yours as it is. Search for 48v 250w ebike, then check the details to see that any listings are actually 48v and 250w.