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• #2
Bafang. Depends what your uses for the bike are. A bafang 350with a 36v18ah battery should be powerful, but gentle enough on drivetrain to keep you rolling.
About £600 odd for battery and motor.Swytch is shit. Underpowered, poorly
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• #3
Thanks for the reply. Id be using it to assist with two decent hills on a 2 mile commute to work. Just to take the edge of and stop me being a sweaty mess by the time I get to work. Will Google the suggested though.
Cheers
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• #4
Then Swytch might actually be what you need. I’m just not a fan of the ‘fit to anything’ ethos. Strikes me as reckless since not all forks are built equal, and even with the limited power output, it’s still outside of fork design parameters.
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• #5
The frame is a bare Knuckle steel frame with straight carbon forks. I was under the impression I would be using a rear mounted hub set up.
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I’d like to try one of these
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• #7
I mean, plenty people use wheel mounted options, the best, again, is a bloody Bafang (manufacturing quality). Don't go for the Autobox ones, and don't go for anything higher than 500w. The bearings are far too small for the axial loads.
This looks perfect for your needs.Also loving the Timesplitters pic. Takes me back.
@Chaley That's a nice iMortor. If it goes wrong, good luck finding anyone to fix it. I dread to open up something like that to change bearings, with 500w 3phase capacitors still charged.
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• #8
That hub you posted looks like it could do the job perfectly. I'll start researching that and get a list of parts needed compiled, thanks!
Timesplitters is and all time classic!
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• #9
If its for commute keep it legal I think 250w and pedal assist only (No throttle) and max out at 15mph... iirc
Tbh radpower and gtech do a reasonable one only ablietly hub powered but it'll be a easier option
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• #10
IIRC then Bafangs are cadence sensing. That means their output is a function of pedal speed (pedal faster, get more assistance). If you've got gears then that's cool, you can drop some cogs on a long hill, spin away and get max assistance. On a single speed, not so much.
If it was me, I'd be looking at something with torque sensing so that the more you push on the pedals, the more assistance you get. That way, you get a magic legs feeling.
The Tongshen TSDZ2 springs to mind.
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• #11
If it is hub motor, you can get torque sensing Bottom brackets.
Iv got a single speed bike that I commute on. Thinking of converting it to electric so it's a single speed eclectic bike. Had anyone in the group done this and have any pointers or links to a good conversion kit that has all bits I'd need.
Thanks in advance