folding moutain bike

[ade]

Hi all wondering if anyone has had any experience converting a folding mountain bike using a Bafang mid drive motor kit ,looking at building one to take touring around Cornwall any info/advise appreciated

 

[Deleted member 4366]

There's several OEM ones. It shouldn't make any difference whether it folds or not as far as conversion goes, though you need to think about routing the wires to deal with the fold. Show us a photo of the donor.

 

[ade]

There's several OEM ones. It shouldn't make any difference whether it folds or not as far as conversion goes, though you need to think about routing the wires to deal with the fold. Show us a photo of the donor.

this is the bike i had in mind

 

[Deleted member 4366]

You need to think about how/where to install the battery and which battery to use. Jimmy at BGA reworking made this one to fit a standard Topeak large bag. IIRC, Its 48v and 16 AH, so you can get plenty of 36v in there:

 

[ade]

You need to think about how/where to install the battery and which battery to use. Jimmy at BGA reworking made this one to fit a standard Topeak large bag. IIRC, Its 48v and 16 AH, so you can get plenty of 36v in there:

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i was thinking of rack mounting it or maybe if room mounting it on the crossbar a have a 21ah dolphin battery that jimmy made for me , although the one he has made for your bike looks nice and compact in that bag

 

[Woosh]

hello ade,

have you got the folding mtb yet?
if you haven't, take a look at the woosh zephyr. It may be cheaper to buy ready built than a conversion.

http://wooshbikes.co.uk/?zephyr-2017

 

[ade]

hello ade,

have you got the folding mtb yet?
if you haven't, take a look at the woosh zephyr. It may be cheaper to buy ready built than a conversion.

http://wooshbikes.co.uk/?zephyr-2017

I was looking at this bike and would had bought it the only drawback for me was the battery i want a greater range, i have 3 batteries which are which are 20-21aH I bought a couple of mid-drives and a big bear kit from you last year and was hoping to unitize one of those . Is the battery on this bike removable?

 

[Woosh]

yes, it's got a lock inside the fold. You have to fold the bike before you have access to the lock, making the battery virtually thief proof.
The battery has 12AH capacity, good for 35 mile range.
The on off switch, charger port and a USB port are easily accessible at the front.
If you want to use your battery to extend the range, we can add an anderson connector for you to do that.

 

[ade]

yes, it's got a lock inside the fold. You have to fold the bike before you have access to the lock, making the battery virtually thief proof.
The battery has 12AH capacity, good for 35 mile range.
The on off switch, charger port and a USB port are easily accessible at the front.
If you want to use your battery to extend the range, we can add an anderson connector for you to do that.
So just to be clear by adding anderson connector i would be able to use an external battery?

yes, it's got a lock inside the fold. You have to fold the bike before you have access to the lock, making the battery virtually thief proof.
The battery has 12AH capacity, good for 35 mile range.
The on off switch, charger port and a USB port are easily accessible at the front.
If you want to use your battery to extend the range, we can add an anderson connector for you to do that.

 

[Woosh]

So just to be clear by adding anderson connector i would be able to use an external battery?

in principle, yes. You still need to be responsible for matching the voltage of the in-frame battery and the external battery. That means that both should both fully charged before paralleled.

 

[ade]

in principle, yes. You still need to be responsible for matching the voltage of the in-frame battery and the external battery. That means that both should both fully charged before paralleled.

the easy solution would be to buy an additional battery with the bike so i could just swap over , do you have batteries additional batteries to buy?

 

[Woosh]

do you have batteries additional batteries to buy?

yes. 12AH, 1.5kgs, £299 including delivery.

 

[ade]

yes. 12AH, 1.5kgs, £299 including delivery.

Ok thanks sounds good ,the weight of the battery means i could carry it easy in a pannier I can order the bike but i can't see the battery listed in your online shop how do i go about ordering this?

 

[Woosh]

you can order by phone or email support@wooshbikes.co.uk, I will create a paypal invoice for you with exactly what you need.

 

[ade]

you can order by phone or email support@wooshbikes.co.uk, I will create a paypal invoice for you with exactly what you need.

ok thanks I'll email order

 

[topographer]

Ok thanks sounds good ,the weight of the battery means i could carry it easy in a pannier I can order the bike but i can't see the battery listed in your online shop how do i go about ordering this?

Where are you going to put panniers on that bike? It may be difficult.

 

[Woosh]

I use this shoping panier:

for a more permanent rear rack panier, because it's a full-sus bike, the rear triangle moves with the road, the choice is limited to this Thule luggage rack:

or seat post type:

 

[topographer]

I use this shoping panier:

for a more permanent rear rack panier, because it's a full-sus bike, the rear triangle moves with the road, the choice is limited to this Thule luggage rack:

or seat post type:

For a heavy battery though.

P.S. I'm hoping you'll manage to dispatch my bike today...

 

[Woosh]

For a heavy battery though.

the battery weighs less than a 2L bottle of milk.

 

[Woosh]

P.S. I'm hoping you'll manage to dispatch my bike today...

I'll ask Hatti to give you a ring after Tuffnells have been.