Setting a speed limit on bafang mid drive

[guerney]

As you see picture, i live in Exeter and they keep taking bikes. probably you’ll say those are illegal. most of them it is but they don’t know how to check bikes and couple of guys lost bikes because of display shows more than 15.5mph. so we don’t know what tl do. that’s why i try to cut speed of my bike to don’t get trouble by police.

Thanks for advise, but unfortunately when they make a test for a bike we can’t touch it. so that means if im not wrong ‘there is no way to cut speed when wheel on the air’

That's a social media post, not news, from the 16th March, not yesterday, and it says nothing about no-load pedal assist speed limit tests!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1059452319549641&set=pb.100064546485923.-2207520000

What tosh.

 

[saneagle]

As you see picture, i live in Exeter and they keep taking bikes. probably you’ll say those are illegal. most of them it is but they don’t know how to check bikes and couple of guys lost bikes because of display shows more than 15.5mph. so we don’t know what tl do. that’s why i try to cut speed of my bike to don’t get trouble by police.

Thanks for advise, but unfortunately when they make a test for a bike we can’t touch it. so that means if im not wrong ‘there is no way to cut speed when wheel on the air’

Can you find out who is the policeman in charge of testing ebikes, and get their details, then I'll write to them to explain why that test is invalid?

All three of those bikes seized have dinner-plate direct drive motors in them. Whatever test the police did would result in those bikes getting seized.

 

[cococof1st]

That's a social media post, not news, from the 16th March, not yesterday, and it says nothing about no-load pedal assist speed limit tests!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1059452319549641&set=pb.100064546485923.-2207520000

What tosh.

Mate i dont know what u wanna see or know but if you dont believe me please come to Exeter, i will give you one bike and go street have a look for officers or probably they will find you anyway. They dont share pics for each bike.

 

[cococof1st]

Can you find out who is the policeman in charge of testing ebikes, and get their details, then I'll write to them to explain why that test is invalid?

All three of those bikes seized have dinner-plate direct drive motors in them. Whatever test the police did would result in those bikes getting seized.

They just walking on the streets and try to check whole bike and if you are lucky, just got you and touch everywhere on bike.
Unfortunately we can not any details about who is gonna check bikes, but if we all send same mail about valid bike check we could get response or some solution.

 

[guerney]

Mate i dont know what u wanna see or know but if you dont believe me please come to Exeter, i will give you one bike and go street have a look for officers or probably they will find you anyway. They dont share pics for each bike.

If really are worried and you have a Bafang BBSXX(X) mid-drive and a programming cable, you could try increasing magnet number as detailed eariler on this thread, and buying a bunch of magnets. You could also experiment with other settings, such as increasing Slow-start Mode, and decreasing "Start current"?

https://edrivenet.com/bafang-programming/

I guess if your mates have KT controllers, they could try the something similar? The hub motor expert dudes on the forum can advise about that. Other than idle interest if I have spare time, I myself see no reason to try, because there is no evidence whatsoever the police are testing pedal assist speed with no load - a test every ebike will fail if the testing police orificer is vigorously determined to make it fail. Besides, I like my new highly effective fridge magnets being very useful exactly where they presently are, on my fridge door holding up reminders about a variety of necessary and vital stuff I mustn't forget to remember being reminded of not forgetting to do.