Bafang M325 - non-persistent settings?

BM90

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Hi All,

New member here, looking for some experience/help with this new M325 (500w) kit I fitted to my HP Velotechnik Scorpion 20".

So, I fitted it all and all is well, but on the shakedown run yesterday, I needed to set the wheel diameter and/or Circumference.
Standard settings are 28" and 2230mm. I have 20x1.50 wheels and that equates to 20" / 1450mm (approx).
When in the User Interface, I did this setting and exited. There was no error or warning that I could see, so I assumed all was ok.

When riding though, I looked at the speedo on the display and saw an indicated 20mph, whereafter the assistance dropped off. This is as expected.
However, in reality, I was going a lot slower, and Strava concurred with this.

So, I stopped again and went into the UI and looked at the settings, and they were back at 28"/2230 !
I set them to what I wanted once again and rode off. Still the same slow speed, so I stopped and sure enough, they were back to standard!

What am I doing wrong here? (apart from maybe buying the wrong kit...) Is there some way to make my changes persistent?
Has anyone experienced the same thing? I am taking this up with the supplier, but Bafang's support seems poor.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
 

matthewslack

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I'm heading for a similar issue fitting a Shimano e5000 that is configured for 700c.

I plan something along these lines:


Plus a cycle computer next to the Shimano display to demonstrate legality to any curious questioners.
 

BM90

Just Joined
May 9, 2023
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I'm heading for a similar issue fitting a Shimano e5000 that is configured for 700c.

I plan something along these lines:


Plus a cycle computer next to the Shimano display to demonstrate legality to any curious questioners.
Seems odd that Bafang provides a mechanism to change the programmed diameter of the wheel, but it can't actually be done!, thanks for the info, I'll look into something like that.
 

matthewslack

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Nov 26, 2021
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Maybe someone knows the answer for the Bafang, I'm not wanting to pay a Shimano dealer!