Hi all I've been looking into trying to fit a throttle to my ebike which is the Raleigh Strada TSE I can't seem to find the controller ( or if it even has one). Has anyone has any interactions with this bike cheers
Electrical
Motor: New TranzX M16 36v 250w centre mount motor
Battery: TranzX 400wh 36V 11Ah BL 19 Battery
Display: TranzX DP16 PST LCD Display, 5 assist levels with Walk Function
Sensor: TranzX Wheel Sensor
Wiring loom: Battery Cable
Range: Eco 125Km 85Km in normal use
I have an e-bike from Ebco that uses the same motor/battery/system from TranzX. The American division of Raleigh and others used the same system on a number of their e-bikes, and those had throttles fitted although US bikes had an uprated 350w version of the M16 motor to allow 20mph assist as permitted there. The early systems had a push button throttle, later a thumb throttle. None of the makers in the EU that used the same system fitted throttles because they're not legal/permitted by law.
The problem you have is the system is now old and no-one uses it anymore (TranzX deleted the M16 from their catalogue last year after maybe 8-10 years of production). The controller is in the motor, so there may be a plug there for a throttle, but it's CANbus... even if you can get a generic throttle to plug/wire in, IIRC I think you need the dealer software to enable it. I have that software, and it links to TranzX's database over the internet to determine what's fitted to your bike and once it's sussed yours is a UK configuration from the component identifiers, I suspect it wouldn't enable it in the same way as it won't allow you to tinker with the maximum speed.
Personally, apart from connecting and updating software, I wouldn't tinker with any of it... if you toast your controller, that's the end of your bike (some parts are becoming very difficult to get now, and IMHO it'd be beyond economic repair).
