Recent content by Nogwin

Same here, Bafang 80V, and average 450W/hr. Sometimes peak at 2KW like I did today. I have around 5000 miles on the nylon gears, and still it runs fantastic - just keep it easy under accel... Nog

Thanks, that may be the problem. I did wire up the throttle up correctly, but have not tested the final system with a new motor. I will try to get the hall/phase wiring figured out tonight (BMC 1000W V.3 to a 24-72V 35A Xlyte Controller) -- If anyone knows the wiring combo's, please let me know...

Just bought a spare analogue 24-72v Xlyte controller, and found it has the 4 wire throttle cable. My old 1/2 twist throttle is 3-wire, and I tried all the 8 combos and the motor still does not move (I know about the 4th - which is batter +v). Checked the multimeter on the signal from green hall...

Got several hundred miles on the new steel gear, and I will say the steel gears at >20mph are quite a bit louder. I never heard the nylon much, but with steel now, I get looks now from people. Looks like I will revert back to nylon as I ride in a dense cycling comunity, and I hate those looks I...

Still going strong and I passed the 2,100 mile mark today. I've been running 80v for several weeks, and nylon gears are holding. As mentioned before, I like the freewheeling motor a lot and serves me well. The steel gears are being delivered thursday, and I'll switch to 80v NimH for good after...

These are available at bike stores in my area. They were around $50 US, and I have this on my bike. It will support quite a bit of weight. On my commuter I have panniers in the baskets and carry battery on one side and a laptop on the other. Recomended highly Nog

Sorry to hear that . I too had a chain go in between the rear wheel spoke and cassette, and down I went, sliding on my belly. No harm done. That was years ago. Now you have time to rebuild the Bafang? Nog

It's a really good motor, and most likely about as fun as it can get. Durability of the nylon gears is poor, and there are only two people who's motors survived long term (I am one). One key is not to go over 48v with nylon. Try to minimise sudden hard accelerations from lights. Keywin has the...

I'm going to order a set of metal gears too today, but the post above regarding a gear not fitting is worrying. I have the same black motor from Knuckles, so if anyone has the gear part number then ordering - that would be great. My motor has just under 2000 miles now, and still running well...

The motor is a front mount on a 26" (rear is 27"). Bike is 30lb + 6lb motor + 15lb battery + ~10lb for controller and panniers (total about 60lb) and I am ~150lb , so a total of around 210lb combined. I race cat3 here in norcal, and am in very good shape. (Hope for cat2 next year!) I am very...

Last checked, I was on mile 1400, and likely will have another 100 more by friday. (46mi/day rt) Ran at 80V last week for a 'test' and was impressed to say the least. Started very easy from stops - pedal to 10mph then roll on throttle to around 600W. Once at 25mph, then go to full throttle to...

I looked at various plastics for gears and if you look at this site http://www.sdp-si.com/d190/HTML/D190T132.htm it will show you various features of plastics - Tensile str., Flex, Compression, Heat Distortion, Hardness etc.. It appears there is no one 'best' material that does it all. I do...

I now have a few hundred more miles on the Bafang since the last update. I think it's around 2200 km and spent this week running at 80V. I am very careful to pedal first and keep the watts under 1000W during a hard start (typical is around 600W), then settle in for around 300-450W continuous...

I just checked the controller and the key switch is at the horizontal position pointing to red mark. When I was getting the phase wiring figured out several months ago, the combo I posted was the only one to work smooth. Others made a crazy noise and amp load was 10+A at a few mph. So the...

Bafang update Now I'm on mile 1,200 and running flawlessley at 66V NImH. Still averaging 9-11whr/mi. Friday went as fast I could (26-30mph) for 20 miles and really enjoyed the ride. I noticed my habit is to always pedal from a stop to 3mph and then gently roll on the throttle. I keep watts...