off the shelf e bike or custom build ?

jim Brock

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Thanks for the replies. Still going round in circles but I am picking up the jargon although I haven't figured out what BPM means yet but I know what a BB is.

Car is lovely Martin (MY12, stage 2 Litcfield)

The idea is to pedal all the way on the journey so would a mid drive be a better bet ?
 
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A BPM motor is a larger than average motor made by Bafang. They called it "The Hillclimber" for obvious reasons. There used to be 350w or 500w versions, but now you can get a "250w" version of the 350w one, so many OEMs are stating to use it in their bikes for those that have steep hills to climb or not much pedal power.
 

Nealh

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BPM = Bafang Performance Motor ?. BPM Acronym that I thought sounded
good:D.
 

Martin@e-bikeshop

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Car is lovely Martin (MY12, stage 2 Litcfield)
Nice, mine was stage 3 (MY09), downpipes, injectors, intake etc running 620! On custom map through my dataport all maps from Ben Linney. Lovely car :)

The idea is to pedal all the way on the journey so would a mid drive be a better bet ?
I much prefer CD, in fact we specialise in them, but others will point out the exact differences.

I would suggest, go ride both and see which you prefer.

Martin
 

trex

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BPM = Big Powerful Motor.
The BPM is better hillclimber than most CD motors at the moment, except the S-Pelelecs, the 8-Fun BBS02 and the woosh Krieger.
 
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Which BPM are you talking about? There's about 20 different versions. The one Iin the bike I built for Allen-uk will annihilate any Wooshbike or s-pedelec in a hill-climbing contest. His was only set to 23 amps. They run OK on 30 amps, which would annihilate a BBS02 - if the BBS02's controller didn't burn halfway up the hill, in which case it would be no contest.
 

trex

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the legal ones, laser marked 250W. I guess all the manufacturers run these at 17A-20A