Cargo Bike Kit Recommendations

[Elecman]

Hi everyone.
After having owned my first ebike for over 6 months now, and using it more than my car all my shopping and local journeys, I have decided to build another bike with more load lugging capacity.
I have got myself a used Yuba Mundo, and would like to add a beastly kit suitable to power this beast of a bike and 90kg of me loaded with shopping etc up the huge hills to get back to my house from the shops !

My current bike is a Trek 7.5FX with a Cyclotricity front hub motor kit and an upgraded de-restriced controller on it and I have been pleaseantly suprosed by how capable it has been, however it would be nowhere near suitable for what I want to use on the cargo bike.

So far I am thinking a Bafang BB02 kit might be a good option. This would give me good torque, but still pull through the gears to a reasonable speed. All the weight is low in the frame, and it looks fairly small and unobtrusive with the integrated controller, and should be a fairly straight forward install.
I have also read good reviews about these motors.

I found this UK site with a 750w version of the mid-drive for £400
http://www.custom-ebikes.com/bafang-bbs02-750w-mid-drive-motor/

They also supply this battery
http://www.custom-ebikes.com/48v-11-6ah-frame-mount-black-samsung-cells/

Your opinions and experience would be greatlt appreciated.

 

[Cyclezee]

eZee has the power

 

[Alan Quay]

A cheaper alternative would be a Bafang BPM/CST 500w hub motor in the front or rear. With a 20ah battery you would be looking at £650 (ish) by the time you paid taxes/postage etc.

My CST bike will happily drag my 18st (110 kg) up hills, and I'm often towing a six year old on his bike, probably another 40 kg.

 

[Elecman]

Thanks for the reply. Anyone got a cargo bike on here such a EZEE Yuba want to comment, or people with a 350/750 mid drive about their experiences ?

 

[Cyclezee]

Thanks for the reply. Anyone got a cargo bike on here such a EZEE Yuba want to comment, or people with a 350/750 mid drive about their experiences ?

We have supplied people with the eZee powered Yuba el Mundo but like most of our customers non of them are forum members.

 

[Alan Quay]

I have repaired and ridden an ezee kit fitted to a Madsen Bucket bike.

I liked the ezee kit. Plenty of torque, reasonable top speed.

I would say it was comparable to a BPM 201 RPM, running at 22amps.

 

[Cyclezee]

I have repaired and ridden an ezee kit fitted to a Madsen Bucket bike.

I liked the ezee kit. Plenty of torque, reasonable top speed.

I would say it was comparable to a BPM 201 RPM, running at 22amps.

If the kit fitted to the Madsen was more than 2 years old it must have had the V1 eZee 250 rpm motor with 20amp controller, the current V2 is more powerful.

 

[Alan Quay]

If the kit fitted to the Madsen was more than 2 years old it must have had the V1 eZee 250 rpm motor with 20amp controller, the current V2 is more powerful.

Yup, it was the v1. We put a KU93 controller on it, so it was a bit more powerful when we'd finished with it.

 

[Elecman]

A cheaper alternative would be a Bafang BPM/CST 500w hub motor in the front or rear. With a 20ah battery you would be looking at £650 (ish) by the time you paid taxes/postage etc.

What is the current EZEE motor, battery, controller etc like compared with a BPM 500w motor kit as speccd' in your reply above ?
I must admit I would prefer not to import, only because Im worried about returns and getting a motor with the wrong code etc.
I have also seen a MAC 12Tmotor
http://www.custom-ebikes.com/mac-hi-torque-motor-26/
for sale in this country, but I havent read as much about these motors.

 

[Alan Quay]

The CST 500w will run up to 30A, and they only make it in one variant (270 RPM i think) which is good for about 23 mph.

When you compare the price advantage in buying from China, you will see why some of us are happy to risk it. I have never had a major problem with BMSbattery.com, and I've bought a fair amount of stuff.

Others might be able to advise how the CST compares to the Ezee kit. I would be very surprised if anyone thinks the CST inferior to the Ezee in performance.

 

[Elecman]

Must admit I'm still very interested in the Bafang BB02 750W after reading some of the comments and reviews on endless sphere, it looks a great little drive.