Hi all
So I wanted a "tootling about" pedelec to go with my BBS02B boardman conversion and I thought I would try doing this one myself (bit of a novice bike mechanic!). Not going to use it for commuting or in heavy traffic, just day trips on pretty deserted single track roads and maybe cycling to the shops
Also I thought it would be nice for visitors to be able to come with myself and my wife (who has a Wisper 705) on some ebike day trips - so I opted for a step through donor bike
I'm 6ft 3, 16 stone and still can add a bit of pedalling effort myself. I live in North Yorkshire and the North Yorkshire Moors are close by so I can do some test runs up some hills
After some discussion with Woosh, I opted for the XF08c with the 36V 20ah rear rack battery
I bought a claud butler legend as the donor bike from Facebook marketplace for the princely sum of £40
Conversion was very straightforward, left hand pas sensor, the controller is in the rear rack battery housing, new wheel slotted in fine, just needed to re-index the gears (I had asked Woosh to fit a wide range 8 speed cassette)
Tested it out today, very pleased, the speedometer matched exactly GPS speed.
You can't modify the settings on the assistance levels but level 1 was great, can feel the assistance but still do a bit of pedalling up to level 5 which you feel quite a push
Quite a lot of weight high up on the back, can't say I noticed in terms of handling but you do notice it moving it around when you are off the bike
I did try increasing the motor assist speed limit (it comes set at 25km/h), this motor with 700 x38 c wheels / tyres seems to max out at 31/32 km/h on the flat, which I think is quite fast enough with rim brakes! I suspect this limit is a product of the motor winding. The rim brakes were fine today in the dry, will try them downhill on a wet road and report back
So I wanted a "tootling about" pedelec to go with my BBS02B boardman conversion and I thought I would try doing this one myself (bit of a novice bike mechanic!). Not going to use it for commuting or in heavy traffic, just day trips on pretty deserted single track roads and maybe cycling to the shops
Also I thought it would be nice for visitors to be able to come with myself and my wife (who has a Wisper 705) on some ebike day trips - so I opted for a step through donor bike
I'm 6ft 3, 16 stone and still can add a bit of pedalling effort myself. I live in North Yorkshire and the North Yorkshire Moors are close by so I can do some test runs up some hills
After some discussion with Woosh, I opted for the XF08c with the 36V 20ah rear rack battery
I bought a claud butler legend as the donor bike from Facebook marketplace for the princely sum of £40
Conversion was very straightforward, left hand pas sensor, the controller is in the rear rack battery housing, new wheel slotted in fine, just needed to re-index the gears (I had asked Woosh to fit a wide range 8 speed cassette)
Tested it out today, very pleased, the speedometer matched exactly GPS speed.
You can't modify the settings on the assistance levels but level 1 was great, can feel the assistance but still do a bit of pedalling up to level 5 which you feel quite a push
Quite a lot of weight high up on the back, can't say I noticed in terms of handling but you do notice it moving it around when you are off the bike
I did try increasing the motor assist speed limit (it comes set at 25km/h), this motor with 700 x38 c wheels / tyres seems to max out at 31/32 km/h on the flat, which I think is quite fast enough with rim brakes! I suspect this limit is a product of the motor winding. The rim brakes were fine today in the dry, will try them downhill on a wet road and report back
