Nickelodeon
1 mW
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- May 28, 2018
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Hi guys!
Last year I bought a little compact electric bike for my mother and ever since test-riding it I've fallen in love with E-bikes!
While it was just a 36v 250w rear-hub motor I felt like it had enough power for me and my usage (cruising 30-50km in nice weather). What amazed me was that I literally did not have to put ANY power into the pedals and it would handle every hill like a beast. I don't know if it's because it only had 20" wheels, but after reading a bit I suspect it may be??
Fast forward to today, I want a fun cruiser-bike and I came across the "Critical Cycles Harper Single Speed" bike, pic below:
Here is the thing though. While I am not going to be going faster than 25-30km/h on the bike (Which should be fine for 250 Watt), I would like some nice acceleration when launching off, and I'm afraid the 28" wheels will make the motor a bit more dull than 20" wheels?
Since I chose the bike for its design over function, I also don't want to clutter it unnecessarily with the ebike conversion.
My question though: What would be better suitable keeping all the above in mind? A BBS01 (or maybe 02?) mid-drive conversion, or fitting a rear/front hub-motor?
- Will a BBS02 provide too much torque for a single-speed bike? (I guess I could combat that by just having it in a low-assist mode until up in speed?)
- I saw a video on yourtube mentioning mid-drive systems had slower acceleration but faster top-end because of it's ability to take advantage of gears? (I really want quick off-the-line acceleration rather than top-end, like I said 25-30km/h is fine for me)
My concern for hub-motors is that I also need to fit a controller somewhere, whereas with the mid-drive I can put a batterypack in a nice leather satchel hung over the top frame. Of course the hub-motor will also add some bulk to the wheels
- I would also need to fit a new wheel on it that would not look similar to the one on the rear then?
- Do hub motors even come with such narrow wheels as the 30mm that are on the bike?
Alright I'm going to stop now because I think I already filled up this thread with 200 different questions and I could keep going. Hopefully someone will share some insight
Last year I bought a little compact electric bike for my mother and ever since test-riding it I've fallen in love with E-bikes!
While it was just a 36v 250w rear-hub motor I felt like it had enough power for me and my usage (cruising 30-50km in nice weather). What amazed me was that I literally did not have to put ANY power into the pedals and it would handle every hill like a beast. I don't know if it's because it only had 20" wheels, but after reading a bit I suspect it may be??
Fast forward to today, I want a fun cruiser-bike and I came across the "Critical Cycles Harper Single Speed" bike, pic below:
Here is the thing though. While I am not going to be going faster than 25-30km/h on the bike (Which should be fine for 250 Watt), I would like some nice acceleration when launching off, and I'm afraid the 28" wheels will make the motor a bit more dull than 20" wheels?
Since I chose the bike for its design over function, I also don't want to clutter it unnecessarily with the ebike conversion.
My question though: What would be better suitable keeping all the above in mind? A BBS01 (or maybe 02?) mid-drive conversion, or fitting a rear/front hub-motor?
- Will a BBS02 provide too much torque for a single-speed bike? (I guess I could combat that by just having it in a low-assist mode until up in speed?)
- I saw a video on yourtube mentioning mid-drive systems had slower acceleration but faster top-end because of it's ability to take advantage of gears? (I really want quick off-the-line acceleration rather than top-end, like I said 25-30km/h is fine for me)
My concern for hub-motors is that I also need to fit a controller somewhere, whereas with the mid-drive I can put a batterypack in a nice leather satchel hung over the top frame. Of course the hub-motor will also add some bulk to the wheels
- I would also need to fit a new wheel on it that would not look similar to the one on the rear then?
- Do hub motors even come with such narrow wheels as the 30mm that are on the bike?
Alright I'm going to stop now because I think I already filled up this thread with 200 different questions and I could keep going. Hopefully someone will share some insight