Ebike - long range

[Cyclezee]

eZee have had the option of dual battery setups for several years on all their bikes with either front or rear motors.

Personally with a dual battery or large capacity rear mounted battery I prefer to have a front motor for better balance and weight distribution.

My old Mk1 Forza with 2 x 14 Ah batteries​

My Mk1 Cadence with 2 x 10Ah batteries​

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Personally with a dual battery or large capacity rear mounted battery I prefer to have a front motor for better balance and weight distribution.

Good point, well-presented. I agree. I just built a bike with a front BPM motor and heavy LiFePo4 rack battery, which feels nicely balanced. The Ezee has the high torque motor like I'd like to see in the Mountainsport, and I think that the cost is quite a bit less, though no hydraulic disc brakes, which would be better for all that weight. I think I'd go for the Ezee bike considering everything.

 

[103Alex1]

I wouldn't want one if the 2nd battery was on the rear rack with a rear hub motor. It would need to be half in the triangle, half behind the seat post, supplies and panniers on the rack. On a 'proper' touring setup to accommodate extended "overnighting" you can get away with this sort of thing ... and that configuration would work well with the batteries set up in such a way, imho :



This wouldn't work well with a front hub motor because the front pannier setup isn't really a goer.

Also, I think d8veh's point about motor power is bang on ... it's with higher torque motors or higher speeds you could do with the extra battery.

Still can't see myself ever wanting to do 60-80 miles in a day on an unpowered racing bike or (say) on my Kalkhoff, for different reasons.

 

[RobF]

I had a go on a Mountainsport bike - it was one with an 'off-road' de-restrict button.

It was certainly quick, although I didn't get the chance to try it on hills.

But as a bike, well, the kindest thing I can say is basic Chinese.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

You should have tried their 500w one, where suddenly it becomes good to be Chinese.

 

[flecc]

eZee have had the option of dual battery setups for several years on all their bikes with either front or rear motors.

My old Mk1 Forza with 2 x 14 Ah batteries​

View attachment 8073

The dodgems lady of attachment 8073 in the quote box is clearly entranced by your Forza.

I used to ride my two eZee bikes long distance with two or three batteries, the backup one or two upright in panniers. They were two of the old Li-ions at 4.3 kilos each and the NiMh at 5.5 kilos, and the bikes always handled fine. The originally front motor Torq was best balanced with that, but the rear motor Quando was also ok due to it's 20" wheels keeping the additional batteries weight low.

 

[103Alex1]

The dodgems lady of attachment 8073 in the quote box is clearly entranced by your Forza.

She does seem to be eyeing up the headstock !

 

[Cyclezee]

Good point, well-presented. I agree. I just built a bike with a front BPM motor and heavy LiFePo4 rack battery, which feels nicely balanced. The Ezee has the high torque motor like I'd like to see in the Mountainsport, and I think that the cost is quite a bit less, though no hydraulic disc brakes, which would be better for all that weight. I think I'd go for the Ezee bike considering everything.

Just say that eZee bikes can be specified with hydraulic disc brakes at additional cost